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This book offers a bird's eye view of the economic and environmental history of the Indian peninsula during colonial era. It analyses the nature of colonial land revenue policy, commercialisation of forest resources, consequences of coffee plantations, intrusion into tribal private forests and tribal-controlled geographical regions, and disintegration of their socio-cultural, political, administrative and judicial systems during the British Raj. It explores the economic history of the region through regional and 'non-market' economies and addresses the issues concerning local communities.
Comprehensive, systematic and rich in archival material, Colonialism, Environment and Tribals in South India,1792-1947 will be useful to scholars and researchers in history, especially those concerned with economic and environmental history.
List of tables
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgement
Introduction
1. Pre-colonial tribal system (prior to 1793)
2. Geographical encroachment
3. Colonial agrarian policies (1793-1872)
4. Colonial agrarian policies (1872-1947)
5. Commercialization of forests
6. Commercial forest policy and tribal private forests
7. Plantation collision and appropriation of tribals
8. Impact of external factors
Conclusion
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Velayutham Saravanan is Professor and Director at Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi, India. With interdisciplinary research interests, he has made significant contributions to the fields of economic history and environmental history, especially pertaining to South India of the late eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries as also the contemporary period. He has published more than 60 research articles in national and international journals and presented over 40 papers at national and international forums.
