Forests, people and state: continuities and changes
By: Bhargava, Meena.
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ArticlePublisher: 2002Description: p.4440-446.Subject(s): Forests
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Economic and Political WeeklySummary: This paper focuses on the differences between pre-colonial and colonial constructions of nature and how the two interacted with and absorbed one another, with reference to the forests of the Gorakhpur region. The East India Company, while continuing the Mughal framework and institutions in the management of the forests, also embarked upon reinvention of traditions and recreation of customs. its commercial and strategic interests always remained prominent as it sought to reinforce its notions of power and authority. - Reproduced.
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This paper focuses on the differences between pre-colonial and colonial constructions of nature and how the two interacted with and absorbed one another, with reference to the forests of the Gorakhpur region. The East India Company, while continuing the Mughal framework and institutions in the management of the forests, also embarked upon reinvention of traditions and recreation of customs. its commercial and strategic interests always remained prominent as it sought to reinforce its notions of power and authority. - Reproduced.
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