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100			_aBhargava, Meena
245			_aForests, people and state: continuities and changes
260			_c2002
300			_ap.4440-446.
362			_a26 Oct
520			_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.
650			_aForests
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a54257
999			_c54257 _d54257