Colonial and Post-Colonial Geographies of India

By M. Satish Kumar

"Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies of India offers a good introduction to and basis for rethinking the ways in which academics theorize and teach the geographies of peoples, places, and regions."
--Haripriya Rangan, Monash University, Economic Geography

This collection of original essays by scholars of geography from India, Western Europe and the US provides important insights into the way in which contemporary geographers are engaging with India. The earlier narrow colonial focus that sought to map India as a country of resources and 'peoples' (tribes and castes) has now been discarded for a broader view located in mainstream intellectual frameworks and informed by a public policy perspective. This volume highlights how contemporary geographers 'see' and write on colonial and post-colonial themes such as the state, nation, community, environment and division of labour, while keeping in mind issues of spatiality and territoriality.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761934367
• ISBN13: 9780761934363
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.5"