State, Society and Ecology: Gorakhpur in Transition, 17501830 (Revised Edition)

State, Society And Ecology, Gorakhpur In Transition examines the specificities and peculiarities of Gorakhpur in the period of transition, viz., c. 17501830. While it reinforces the notions of growth and development, continuity and change, its major contribution is its attempt to redefine economic history and focus on new ways of studying economic history. The issues which it discusses, gives it a definite tilt towards social history. It studies ecology and forests; people their caste compositions and affiliations, their history and culture; and economic growth, social change and the changing political traditions. This work is significant for it clearly understands, and encompasses within it the shift in academic research and academic curriculum towards social history, sociological and anthropological perspectives of history and an interdisciplinary approach to the study of various societal issues.