India's Wildlife History: An Introduction (Record no. 49267)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9788178241401
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 590.50954 RAN
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Rangarajan, Mahesh
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title India's Wildlife History: An Introduction
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Permanent Black
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2006
Place of publication, distribution, etc Delhi
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 135
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc The swift decline and present plight of India's wildlife make regular headlines. This book asks how we came to this point. It introduces us to the long history of India's wildlife, culminating in the present crisis. Drawing on memoirs, archives and official records, Mahesh Rangarajan brings new insights to bear upon age-old encounters between human beings and the natural world in India. While highlighting major figures, such as Jim Corbett and M. Krishnan, he also puts the spotlight on less-known conservationists, landscapes and species. The focus of this book is on key landmarks in the history of Indian wildlife—both its conservation and decline. Chapters on the Ancient and Medieval periods sketch out India's early wildlife history. Nature's retreat against human onslaught over the past two centuries, and efforts to reverse that trend, are then addressed in greater detail. The past can serve as a guide to options for the present. It can reveal strategies for a future in which wildlife and people coexist. This book ends by looking ahead and identifies workable ways to conserve India's vanishing wildlife. An easy and lucid style makes this illuminating historical account a book for the general reader. Specialists and scholars will find a mine of information within it. This book is the best available short account of the history of Indian wildlife.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Natural history-India
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Wildlife Conservation-India.
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Koha item type Book
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