Imperial agendas and India's forests: The early history of Indian forestry, 1800-1878

Indian Economic & Social History Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 147-167

  Rangarajan, Mahesh ^a  

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DOI: 10.1177/001946469403100202     Document Type: Article

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