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Introduction.. I Nature and Culture.. An Ecological Approach to Sociology.. The Ecological Significance of Caste.. Ecology and Social Structure: A Comparative Analysis.. The Sacred Uses of Nature.. 'Jungle' in Nature and Culture.. II The Sociology of Resource Use and Abuse.. Water and Social Structure.. I. The Basis of Community.. II. Technology, Management and Control.. Canal Irrigation and Ecological Change in Colonial North India.. Common Property Resources and the Rural Poor.. Energy and the Poor in an Indian Village.. Overfishing the Coastal Commons: Causes and Consequences.. III Competing Claims Over Nature.. Civilizing the Savage.. Colonialism and Conflict in the Himalayan Forest.. Wildlife - Human Conflict in India: An Ecological and Social Perspective.. IV Towards Environmental Renewar.. Technology, Development and the Environment: An Analytical Framework.. An Indian Environmentalist's Credo.. Index

The Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology comprise a set of volumes each on an important theme or sub-area within these disciplines. Along with authoritative introductions and sectional prefaces, each book brings together key essays that apprise readers of the current debates and developments within that area, with specific reference to India. The volumes act both as introductions to sociology and social anthropology and as essential reference works for students, teachers and researchers. Social Ecology brings together a selection of pioneering essays on a subject of increasing interest to sociologists and social anthropologists. This anthology reflects the growing awareness of the causes and consequences of environmental degradation, and provides a compact and analytically sophisticated overview of environment and society in contemporary India. Inglés