This Fissured Land, first published in 1992, presents an interpretative history ecological history of the Indian subcontinent. It offers a theory of ecological prudence and profligacy, testing this t
This omnibus brings together two books that have radically altered our understanding of Indian history. The first book, This Fissured Land, presents an interpretative ecological history of the sub-con
"A masterful study. . . . It does for ecological history what the writings of Marx and Engels did for the study of class relations and social production."--Michael Adas, Rutgers University
