"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 RamachandraGuha 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 RamachandraGuha 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 ..."
"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 ..."
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Environmentalism(1st Edition) A Global History by RamachandraGuha 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, RamachandraGuha 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 RamachandraGuha 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, RamachandraGuha 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 RamachandraGuha 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 Indiaâs Freedom by RamachandraGuha 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 RamachandraGuha 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, RamachandraGuha 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 RamachandraGuha 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 RamachandraGuha, 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."
"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 ..."
"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, ..."
"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 ..."
"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, RamachandraGuha 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."