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020			_a9781107529106
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100			_aFisher, Michael H. _913342
245		3	_aAn environmental history of India: from earliest times to the twenty-first century
260			_bCambridge University Press _aCambridge _cc2018
300			_ax, 301p.; 23cm.
520			_aIndia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh contain one-fifth of humanity, are home to many biodiversity hotspots, and are among the nations most subject to climatic stresses. By surveying their environmental history, we can gain major insights into the causes and implications of the Indian subcontinent's current conditions. This accessible new survey begins roughly 100 million years ago, when continental drift moved India from the South Pole and across the Indian Ocean, forming the Himalayan Mountains and creating monsoons. Coverage continues to the twenty-first century, taking readers beyond independence from colonial rule. The new nations of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh have produced rising populations and have stretched natural resources, even as they have become increasingly engaged with climate change. To understand the region's current and future pressing issues, Michael H. Fisher argues that we must engage with the long and complex history of interactions among its people, land, climate, flora, and fauna.
650			_aSocial sciences _98148
650			_aAnthropology _98824
650			_aHuman ecology _xIndia _xHistory _913343
650			_aIndia _xEnvironmental conditions _913344
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781316276044
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