Syllabus

HYOP 02 ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY IN INDIAN CONTEXT

This course will introduce students to the dynamic field of environmental history, presenting essential concepts, concerns and methodology in the context of global / Indian environmental history.

Module 1

Earth and Environment (a) The three realms of Earth- Features of Lithosphere, Hydrosphere- Atmosphere (b) Nature Ages of Natural History Evolutions- Mutations and Extinctions Food Chains Plants and animals Forests . (c) Homo Sapiens Homo Erectus The Hunting Gathering Environments.

 MODULE 2

Human Existence - Neolithic Revolution Primitive Agriculture Discovery of Metal hange Iron,Demographic expansion and Sedentarization Colonisation - Migration and Ecological change - Industrial Impact

MODULE -3

The Indian Context

Indian environmental tradition-British colonialism-a watershed Imperial Agendas and exploitation of natural resources-deforestation-ship building-Railways-opening of plantations- world war and forests-reservation of forests and enactments-alienation of people-Development and deprivation in free India-dams-mines-hydro-electric projects-the colonial inheritance

MODULE 4

Environmental Movements

Green parties and ideology-environmental pressure grOUPs-Indian experience-Chipko Movement-Narmada Bachao Movement-Silent Valley in Kerala-the Pathrakadavu Issue-Plachimada issue-sand mining and river protection groups-pollution and waste disposal-voices from the margin-Women and environment

Readings:

Donald Worster, ed. The Ends of the Earth: Perspectives of Modern Environmental History, New York, 1988

Al Gore, Earth in the Balance, London, 1992

Sverker Sorlin and Paul Warde, The Problem of Environmental History: A Re-reading of the field, Environmental History. Vol 12, No. 1, Jan .2007.

Erach Bharucha, Textbook of Environmental Studies, Universities Press India Pvt Ltd, 2005.

Lester R.Brown, Eco-Economy, Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd

Samir Dasgupta, Understanding the Global Environment, Pearson Longman, New Delhi, 2009.

S.N.Chary, Environmental Studies, Macmillan India Ltd, 2008.

Agrawal et.al, A Textbook of Environment, Macmillan India Ltd, 2002.

Kiran B.Chhokar, Understanding Environment, Sage Publications, 2004.

S.P.Misra, et.al, Essential Environmental Studies, Ane Books, New Delhi, 2008.

V.K.Ahluwalia, et.al, Environmental Science, Ane Books, New Delhi, 2006.

Donald Worster, ed., The Ends of the Earth: Perspectives of Modern. Environmental History,New York, 1988.

Alfred W. Crosby, Ecological Imperialism: the biological expansion of Europe, 900-1900, New York, 1986.

Dennis Pirages, The Ecological Perspective and the Social Sciences,

International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Sept. 1983), pp. 243-255 http://www.jstpr.org/stable/2600681

John Bellamy Foster, Ecology Against Capitalism

Lester J. Bilsky (ed), Historical Ecology, New York, 1980.

J.F. Richards and R. Tucker, (ed) World Deforestation in the Twentieth century,Durham, 1988.

Patricia Jagentowicz Mills, Feminism and Ecology: on the Domination of Nature,

Hypatia, vol. 6, No. 1, Ecological Feminism (Spring, 1991) pp 162-178. http:www.jstor.org/stable/3810039.

Madhav Gadgil and Ramachandra Guha, This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India, OUP, New Delhi, 1992.

Ramachandra Guha, Natures Spokesman: M.Krishnan & Indian Wildlife, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 2007.

Ramachandra Guha, The Uniquient Woods, OUP, Delhi, 1989.

Stebbing E.P The Forest of India, Vols, 11, London, 1922-27.

Sangreiya, K.P, Forests and Forestry, New Delhi, 1967.

Ribbentrop. B, Forestry in British India, Calcutta, 1900.

S. Fernardez and Kulkarni (ed), Towards a New Forest Policy: Peoples Rights and Environmental Needs.

Madhav Gadgil and R. Guha, Ecology and Equity (Penguin, 1996).

Amita Baviskar, In the belly o f the River: Tribal Conflicts over Development in the Narmada Valley OUP, New Delhi.

Amita Baviskar, (ed.), Contested Grounds: Essays on Nature, Culture and Power, New Delhi, 2008.

James Connelly and Graham Smith, Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice,New York, 2003.

Lafferty, W. and Eckerberg, K. (eds), From Earth Summit to Local Agenda 21: Working Towards Sustainable Development, London, 1998.

Lorraine Elliot, The Global Politics of the Environment, London, 1998.

Vandana Shiva, Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development, London, 1989.

John Vogler and Iunber, The Environment and International Relations, London, 1996.

National Committee on Environmental Planning and Coordinator, Dept. of Science and Technology, Ecological Investigation in the Silent Valley,June 1980.

V.R. Krishna Iyer, Hydel Projects and Perils: An Instance in Kerala, The Hindu, 3 May 2007.