Details of Book :Exploring the Green Horizon: Aspects of Environmental History (Paperback)
TITLE :Exploring the Green Horizon: Aspects of Environmental History (Paperback)
AUTHOR : Amit Bhattacharyya, Nupur Dasgupta, Rup Kumar Barman
ISBN : 978-93-80677-39-2
SUBJECT : ENVIRONMENT
LANGUAGE : English
YEAR : 2013
PRICE : Rs. 225
About Book:THE INTER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MAN AND ENVIRONMENT FROM URBAN ELITE PERCEPTION OF NATURE AS SEEN THROUGH THE TEXTS OF KALIDASA TO MODERN PERCEPTION AS SEEN THROUGH THE TEXTS OF TARASANKAR, CLASSICAL CONCEPT OF 'AGRO-ECOLOGY', PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER AND FORCED MIGRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON NATURE AND HUMAN BEINGS. IT EXPLAINS HOW THE HIGHEST PEAK OF THE WORLD WAS RENAMED 'MT. EVEREST' IN COLONIAL INTEREST, BRITISH FOREST POLICY IN INDIA, BINARIES OF THE AMERICAN META-NARRATIVES ON NATURE AND CIVILIZATION, GLOBAL WARMING AND HOW ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS THE STATUS OF TRIBAL WOMEN IN THE JANGAL MAHAL REGION OF WEST BENGA. THE VOLUME ALSO DEBATES ON RELATED ISSUES.
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