This study explores the confluence of economy and ecology in British India, showing that Britain initiated economic development strategies in India in order to efficiently extract resources from it. It looks specifically at how state railway construction and forest conservation efforts took on a cyclical, almost symbiotic relationship.

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Pallavi V. Das is an Associate Professor of History at Lakehead University, Canada. Her research interests include global environmental history, environment and development in colonial and post-colonial India, and people's history of climate change. She has published articles in Environment and History and Modern Asian Studies and other journals.

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Book Title: Colonialism, Development, and the Environment
Book Subtitle: Railways and Deforestation in British India, 1860–1884
Authors: Pallavi V. Das
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-49458-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-49456-6Published: 06 October 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-49458-0Published: 14 March 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 189
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Imperialism and Colonialism, History of Britain and Ireland, Asian History, History of South Asia, Modern History

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Railways and Development in Colonial India

Railways’ Sleeper Demand and Deforestation

The Forests and Railway Fuel Supply

Hugh Cleghorn and Forest Conservation in India

Conclusion

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