At Nature's Edge

The Global Present and Long-term History

Professor Gunnel Cederlöf, Professor Mahesh Rangarajan (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

325 Seiten

2018
OUP India (Verlag)
978-0-19-948907-7 (ISBN)

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In an epoch when environmental issues make the headlines, this is a work that goes beyond the everyday. Ecologies as diverse as the Himalayas and the Indian Ocean coast, the Negev desert and the former military bases of Vietnam, or the Namib desert and the east African savannah all have in common a long-time human presence and the many ways people have modified nature. With research covering countries from Asia, Africa, and Australia, the authors come together to ask how and why human impacts on nature have grown in scale and pace from a long pre-history.

The chapters in this volume illumine specific patterns and responses across time, going beyond an overt centring of the European experience. The tapestry of life and the human reshaping of environments evoke both concern and hope, making it vital to understand when, why, and how we came to this particular turn in the road. Eschewing easy labels and questioning eurocentrism in today's climate vocabulary, this is a volume that will stimulate rethinking among scholars and citizens alike.

Gunnel Cederlöf is Professor of History, Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies, Linnaeus University, Sweden. Mahesh Rangarajan is Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Ashoka University, Haryana, India.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
The Global Present and Long-term Perspectives of Nature and History: An Introduction
Gunnel Cederlof and Mahesh Rangarajan
1. Provincializing the Anthropocene: Eurocentrism in the Earth System
Kathleen D. Morrison
2. Anthropogenic Landscapes of the Central Himalayas
Vasudha Pande
3. Wild Children
Michael Adams
4. An Historical Ecology of Cattle in Mozambique
Anneli Ekblom
5. Wild Beasts in the City
Harini Nagendra
6. History Eats its Young: The Perils of Short-Termism in Understanding the Past
Sandra Swart
7. Going, Going, Gone: A History of Israel's Biodiversity
Alon Tal
8. History and the Militarized Landscape: Long Historical and Broad Social Views
David Biggs
9. 'Natural' No More? Delhi's Yamuna River
Ravi Agarwal
10. South Asia's Coastal Frontiers
Sunil Amrith
11. Narratives from Indian Seas: Marine Resource Use, Ecosystem Responses, and Accidents of History
Rohan Arthur
12. Expanding Nature Conservation: Considering Wide Landscapes and Deep Histories
T. R. Shankar Raman
Bibliography
Index
About the Editors and Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum	24.11.2018
Zusatzinfo	b/w illus.
Verlagsort	New Delhi
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 224 mm
Gewicht	528 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	0-19-948907-6 / 0199489076
ISBN-13	978-0-19-948907-7 / 9780199489077
Zustand	Neuware