Ravaged Paradise

Ravaged Paradise

Environmental History of Colonial Darjeeling Himalaya (1835-1947)

Dasgupta, Dipanwita

Taylor & Francis Ltd

10/2024

244

Mole

9781032498294

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List of Illustrations and Maps

List of Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations/Acronyms

1. Introduction

2. Tribes and the Natural Habitat

3. Deadly Plain and Homely Hills

4. Commercialization of Exotic Flora

5. Communication, Deforestation and Conflict

6. Climate, Landscape, and Nostalgia

7. Forest and Wildlife

8. The Violence of Nature

Conclusion

Appendices

Appendix I: Lepcha Medicinal Plant and their Usage

Appendix II: The List of Earthquakes in Darjeeling (1842-1947)

Glossary

Bibliography

Index
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Darjeeling;Environmental Studies;Colonialism;Colonial History;Darjeeling Himalayan;North Bengal;Cryptomeria Japonica;Hill Station;Ageratum Conyzoides;Darjeeling Hills;Deputy Commissioner;Hill Slopes;Human Animal Conflict;Eastern Himalayas;Wooden Bridge;Mahananda River;Tea Gardens;Natural Beauty;Sal Forest;Darjeeling Himalayan Railway;Darjeeling District;Ethnomedicinal Practices;Citronella Oil;Dense;Lansium Domesticum;Tea Plantations;Tea Cultivation;EHR;East Indian Railway Company