State sciences and development histories: Encoding local forestry knowledge in Bengal

Development and Change

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-89

  Sivaramakrishnan, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

INDIA;

EID: 0034049065     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00147     Document Type: Article

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