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How Much Should a Person Consume?(1st Edition)
by Ramachandra Guha, Rukun Advani
Paperback, 276 Pages, Published 2006 by University Of California Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-24805-2, ISBN: 0-520-24805-8

"Based on research conducted over two decades, this accessible and deeply felt book provides a provocative comparative history of environmentalism in two large ecologically and culturally diverse democracies--India and the United States. Ramachandra Guha takes as his point of departure the dominant environmental philosophies in these two countries--identified as "agrarianism" in India and "wilderness thinking" in the U.S. Proposing an in ..."






The Unquiet Woods(1st Edition)
Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalya, Expanded Edition
by Ramachandra Guha
Paperback, 265 Pages, Published 2000 by University Of California Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-22235-9, ISBN: 0-520-22235-0

"These lines were cleared of tree growth and burned annually, under departmental control, during winter or early spring, preferably after a spell. " H. G. Champion, 'Observations on Some Effects of Fires in the Chir Forest! of the West Almora Division', IF, vol. 45 (1919), pp. 353-63. '• See Turner, Slash in Chir Pine Forests, for details. " H. M. Glover, 'Departmental Firing in Chir Forests in the Rawalpindi Division, Punjab", IF, ..."






Gandhi(Reprint)
The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948
by Ramachandra Guha
Paperback, 1,120 Pages, Published 2019 by Vintage
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-47479-7, ISBN: 0-307-47479-8

"Opening in July 1914, as Mohandas Gandhi leaves South Africa to return to India, Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1918 traces the Mahatma’s life over the three decades preceding his assassination. Drawing on new archival materials, acclaimed historian Ramachandra Guha follows Gandhi’s struggle to deliver India from British rule, to forge harmonious relations between India’s Hindus and Muslims, to end the pernicious practic ..."






India After Gandhi Revised and Edition(Updated)
The History of the World's Largest Democracy
by Ramachandra Guha
Paperback, 992 Pages, Published 2019 by Ecco
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-297806-6, ISBN: 0-06-297806-3

"From one of the subcontinent’s most important and controversial writers comes this definitive history of post-Partition India, published on the 60th anniversary of IndependenceTold in lucid and beautiful prose, the story of India’s wild ride toward and since Independence is a riveting one. Taking full advantage of the dramatic details of the protests and conflicts that helped shape the nation, politically, socially, and economically, Gu ..."






Makers Of Modern India(1st Edition)
by Ramachandra Guha
Paperback, Published 2010 by Viking
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-341924-2, ISBN: 0-14-341924-2

"This Book is Brand new international softcover edition delivered within 7-12 working days via UPS/USPS/DHL and FEDEX.(FOR SALE ONLY U.S. & U.K.)"






Environmentalism(1st Edition)
A Global History
by Ramachandra Guha
Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 1999 by Pearson
ISBN-13: 978-0-321-01169-5, ISBN: 0-321-01169-4

"A new entry in the Longman World History Series, Environmentalism: A Global History is perfect for professors who want to assign short topical paperbacks which explore global issues and movements in their world history classes. This volume will fit into the second half of World History courses which typically cover the period from 1500 to the present century.   Environmentalism: A Global History is the first genuinely global history ..."






This Fissured Land(1st Edition)
An Ecological History of India
by Madhav Gadgil, Ramachandra Guha
Paperback, 300 Pages, Published 1993 by University Of California Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-08296-0, ISBN: 0-520-08296-6

"Ecologist Madhav Gadgil and historian Ramachandra Guha offer fresh perspectives both on the ecological history of India and on theoretical issues of interest to environmental historians regardless of geographical specialization. Juxtaposing data from India with the ecological literature on lifestyles as diverse as those of modern Americans and Amazonian Indians, the authors analyze the social conflicts that have emerged over environment ..."






Gandhi Before India(Reprint)
by Ramachandra Guha
Paperback, 704 Pages, Published 2015 by Vintage
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-47478-0, ISBN: 0-307-47478-X

"A "New York Times "Notable Book and a "San Francisco Chronicle" Best Book of the Year A revelatory work of biography, "Gandhi Before India" is an illuminating portrait of the life, the work, and the historical context of one of the most abidingly influential--and controversial--men in modern history. From Gandhi's birth in 1869, through his upbringing in Gujarat and his years as a student in London, to his two decades as a lawyer and co ..."






The Use and Abuse of Nature(1st Edition)
incorporating This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India and Ecology and Equity (Oxford India Paperbacks)
by Madhav Gadgil, Ramachandra Guha
Paperback, 230 Pages, Published 2005 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-567198-8, ISBN: 0-19-567198-8

"Madhav Gadgil, Ramachandra Guha ... Gadgil, M. (1979) 'Hills, dams and forests: some field observations from Karnataka Western Ghats', Proceedings of the ... ( 1993) 'Biodiversity and India's degraded lands', Ambio, 22 (2-3): 167-72. — - and Guha, R. (1992) This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India, Delhi: Oxford University Press, and Berkeley, Calif. ... Forests, Canberra: Australian National University. and Subash Chandra ..."






Rebels Against the Raj
Western Fighters for India's Freedom (Hardback)
by Ramachandra Guha
Hardcover, 505 Pages, Published 2022 by Knopf
ISBN-13: 978-1-101-87483-7, ISBN: 1-101-87483-X

"This book tells their stories, each renegade motivated by idealism and genuine sacrifice; each connected to Gandhi, though some as acolytes where others found endless infuriation in his views; each understanding they would likely face ..."






Rebels Against the Raj
Western Fighters for India’s Freedom
by Ramachandra Guha
Paperback, Published 2023 by William Collins 2023-01-19
ISBN-13: 978-0-00-849880-1, ISBN: 0-00-849880-6






Gandhi
The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948
by Ramachandra Guha
Hardcover, 1,104 Pages, Published 2018 by Knopf
Deckle Edge
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-53231-0, ISBN: 0-385-53231-8

"The second and concluding volume of the magisterial biography that began with the acclaimed, Gandhi Before India: the definitive portrait of the life and work of one of the most abidingly influential--and controversial--men in world history.This volume opens with Mohandas Gandhi's arrival in Bombay in January 1915 and takes us through his epic struggles over the next three decades: to deliver India from British rule, to forge harmonious ..."






Yeh Darakti Zameen
Bharat ka Paristhitik Itihas
by Madhav Gadgil, Ramachandra Guha
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2018 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-948520-8, ISBN: 0-19-948520-8

"This Fissured Land, first published in 1992, presents an interpretative history ecological history of the Indian subcontinent. It offers a theory of ecological prudence and profligacy, testing this theory across the wide sweep of South Asian history. The book especially focuses on the use and abuse of forest resources. In Part One, the authors present a general theory of ecological history. Part Two provides a fresh interpretative histo ..."






Gandhi Before India(1st Edition)
by Ramachandra Guha
Hardcover, 688 Pages, Published 2013 by London : Allen Lane
ISBN-13: 978-1-84614-266-6, ISBN: 1-84614-266-0

"The first volume of the definitive biography of Gandhi, one of the most remarkable figures of the 20th century, from the great historian Ramachandra Guha. The life of Mohandas Gandhi is one of the most remarkable and potent in the modern era. In this fascinating new biography Ramachandra Guha allows us to understand the personality and politics of Mohandas Gandhi as never before. Showing that Gandhi's ideas were fundamentally shaped bef ..."






2 vol Offer
1: India after Gandhi : The History of the World's Largest Democracy. 2: MK Gandhi. An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth.
by Ramachandra Guha, Mk Gandhi
Hardcover, 928 Pages, Published 2007 by Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-0-230-01654-5, ISBN: 0-230-01654-5

"the two works provide a total read of 1353 pages."






Makers of Modern Asia(Reprint)
by Ramachandra Guha, Rana Mitter, Jay Taylor, James Rush, Srinath Raghavan, Jian Chen, Michael D. Barr, Odd Arne Westad, Sophie Quinn-Judge, Professor Farzana Shaikh, Farzana Shaikh, Belknap Press
Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2016 by Belknap Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-97080-9, ISBN: 0-674-97080-2

"Hardly more than a decade old, the twenty-first century has already been dubbed the Asian Century in recognition of China and India’s increasing importance in world affairs. Yet discussions of Asia seem fixated on economic indicators―gross national product, per capita income, share of global trade. Makers of Modern Asia reorients our understanding of contemporary Asia by highlighting the political leaders, not billionaire businessmen, w ..."






Hup Makers Of Modern Asia(1st Edition)
by Ramachandra Guha, Rana Mitter, Srinath Raghavan, Jay Taylor, Farzana Shaikh, James Rush, Jian Chen, Odd Arne Westad, Michael D. Barr, Sophie Quinn-Judge, Belknap Press
Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2014 by Belknap Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-36541-4, ISBN: 0-674-36541-0

"Hardly more than a decade old, the twenty-first century has already been dubbed the Asian Century in recognition of China and India s increasing importance in world affairs. Yet discussions of Asia seem fixated on economic indicators gross national product, per capita income, share of global trade. Makers of Modern Asia "reorients our understanding of contemporary Asia by highlighting the political leaders, not billionaire businessmen, ..."






Makers of Modern India
by Ramachandra Guha, Belknap Press
Hardcover, 512 Pages, Published 2011 by Belknap Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-05246-8, ISBN: 0-674-05246-3

"Modern India is the world's largest democracy, a sprawling, polyglot nation containing one-sixth of all humankind. The existence of such a complex and distinctive democratic regime qualifies as one of the world's bona fide political miracles. Furthermore, India's leading political thinkers have often served as its most influential political actors--think of Gandhi, whose collected works run to more than ninety volumes, or Ambedkar, or N ..."






The Picador Book of Cricket
by Ramachandra Guha
Paperback, 276 Pages, Published 2002 by Picador
ISBN-13: 978-0-330-39613-4, ISBN: 0-330-39613-7

"A tribute to the finest writers on the game of cricket and an acknowledgement that the great days of cricket literature are behind us. There was a time when major English writers -- P. G. Wodehouse, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alec Waugh -- took time off to write about cricket, whereas the cricket book market today is dominated by ghosted autobiographies and statistical compendiums. The Picador Book of Cricket celebrates the best writing on the ..."






Nature, Culture, Imperialism(Updated)
Essays on the Environmental History of South Asia (Studies in Social Ecology and Environmental History)
by David Arnold, Ramachandra Guha
Paperback, 388 Pages, Published 1997 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-564075-5, ISBN: 0-19-564075-6

"Environmental history is a fast developing field of critical enquiry. In both ecological and cultural terms. South Asia is characterized by an unparalleled diversity."



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