00873pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002000040245005600060260000900116300001600125362001100141520054100152650001200693773003400705180718b2002   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBhargava, Meena  aForests, people and state: continuities and changes  c2002  ap.4440-446.  a26 Oct  aThis 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.  aForests  aEconomic and Political Weekly