Science and the Changing Environment in India 1780-1920

by Axelby, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780712309455
• ISBN10: 0712309454
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-07-15
• Publisher: British Library Board

Summary

The India Office Records in The British Library document the activities of the English East India Company and the British administration of India from 1600 to 1947. The guide makes a great part of this material relating to science and to the environment newly accessible via sign-posted routes into the archives and detailed lists of the principal records. It also gives the historical and archival context of the documents, outlining the British involvement in science in India and explaining how the records are organised.

Author Biography

Richard Axelby is a social scientist who has published on the subject of common property and natural resource management.

Savithri Preetha Nair has published on collecting, museums, and the shaping of the sciences in India. She is currently at work on a history of plant genetics.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
The India Office Records	p. 17
Maps	p. 26
Format of entries and explanation of symbols and abbreviations	p. 29
Plants and Botanic Gardens	p. 31
Agriculture	p. 41
Forests and Forestry	p. 75
Animals and Animal Husbandry	p. 97
Geology	p. 115
Meteorology	p. 133
Health and Disease	p. 143
Irrigation and Water Control	p. 189
Communications and the Built Environment	p. 207
Ethnography	p. 231
Landscape and Topography	p. 237
Index	p. 243
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