Ecologies of Empire in South Asia, 1400-1900

by Sumit Guha

Reveals how imperial power and local resistance have shaped landscapes

The perception, valuation, and manipulation of human environments all have their own layered histories. So Sumit Guha argues in this sweeping examination of a pivotal five hundred years when successive empires struggled to harness lands and peoples to their agendas across Asia. Ecologies of Empire in South Asia, 1400-1900 compares the practices of the Mughal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295751487
• ISBN13: 9780295751481
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"