THE USE AND ABUSE OF NATURE: Incorporating This Fissured Land (An Ecological History of India) and Ecology and Equity

This omnibus brings together two books that history. The first book, This Fissured Land, presents an interpretative ecological history of the sun-continent. It offers a theory of ecological prudence and profligacy, testing this theory across the wide sweep of South Asian history. The second book, Ecology and Equity, is a spirited intervention into the environment- development debate. The authors offer an innovative agenda for environmental and social renewal. Both books have attracted much attracted much attention, within the academic community as well as outside it. The Use and abuse of Nature is required reading for those interested in South Asian Politics, history and environmental Studies.

About The Author:

Madhav Gadgil is professor of Ecological Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Ramachandra Guha is one of India's best-known historians, a fulltime author and columnist. He has taught at Yale University, the Indian Institute of Science and the University of California at Berkeley, where he was the Indo-American Community Chair professor in 1997 and 1998.

Gadgil and Guha have put together a remarkable book…a must for those involved in the problems of India its provocative style stirs the cauldron of conflicts""

…a breath of Fresh air …easy, engrossing reading…scholarship laced with a strong sense of commitment.

'The book is a must for every concerned omnivore.'
Divyabhanusinh, Outlook