Empires and the Anthropocene: Review of Sumit Guha, 2023. Ecologies of Empire in South Asia, 1400–1900. University of Washington Press.

Lavanya Suresh

doi:10.37773/ees.v9i2.2149

Empires and the Anthropocene

Review of Sumit Guha, 2023. Ecologies of Empire in South Asia, 1400–1900. University of Washington Press.

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Lavanya Suresh Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Hyderabad Campus

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https://doi.org/10.37773/ees.v9i2.2149

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Colonialism, Indian Subcontinent, Environmental History

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Gattey, Emma. 2021. “Global Histories of Empire and Climate in the Anthropocene.” History Compass 19 (8). https://doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12683.

Guha, Ramachandra. 1993. “Writing Environmental History in India.” Studies in History 9 (1): 119–129. https://doi.org/10.1177/025764309300900106.

Guha, S. 2009. Environment and Ethnicity in India, 1200–1991. Cambridge University Press.

Gadgil, Madhav, and Ramachandra Guha. 1993. This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India. University of California Press.

Sivaramakrishnan, Kalyanakrishnan. 2008. “Science, Environment and Empire History: Comparative Perspectives from Forests in Colonial India.” Environment and History 14 (1): 41–65. https://doi.org/10.3197/096734008X271850.

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2026-07-31

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Suresh, L. (2026). Empires and the Anthropocene: Review of Sumit Guha, 2023. Ecologies of Empire in South Asia, 1400–1900. University of Washington Press. Ecology, Economy and Society–the INSEE Journal, 9(2), 2149.1–2149.4. https://doi.org/10.37773/ees.v9i2.2149

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2026): Ecology, Economy and Society - the INSEE Journal

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