Colonialism, Environment and Tribals in South India,1792-1947

This book analyses the unexplored areas of both economic history as well as environmental history of late-eighteenth, nineteenth and the early-twentieth century's colonial rule in South India (1792-1947). It looks at the extractive nature of colonial revenue policy, commercialisation of forest resources, consequences of coffee plantations, intrusion into tribal forests and tribal-controlled geographical regions and disintegration of the tribals' socio-cultural, political, administrative and judicial systems.

Velayutham Saravanan is Professor and Director at Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi, India. With interdisciplinary research interests, he has made significant contributions to the fields of economic history and environmental history, especially pertaining to South India of the late eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries as also the contemporary period. He has published more than 60 research articles in national and international journals and presented over 40 papers at national and international forums.

List of tables List of Abbreviations Preface  Acknowledgement  Introduction 1. Pre colonial tribal system (prior to 1793) 2. Geographical encroachment 3.  Colonial agrarian policies (1793 1872) 4. Colonial agrarian policies (1872 1947) 5. Commercialization of forests  6.  Commercial forest policy and tribal private forests 7.  Plantation collision and appropriation of tribals 8.  Impact of external factors Conclusion  Bibliography  Glossary  Index