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Book Review

India's Wildlife History: An Introduction. By Mahesh Rangarajan. Delhi, India: Permanent Black in association with the Ranthambhore Foundation, 2001. xv + 135 pp. Illustrations, bibliography. Cloth $34.00, paper $19.95.

In this concise, well-written book, the author sets himself the task of explaining the paradoxes inherent in "ecological India"—including the coexistence of over a billion people with a rich and varied biodiversity that includes the famous lions and elephants scattered over a peninsula, much of which is forest, scrub, and grassland. The environmental history of India has been a popular topic in the last decade, with approaches that vary dramatically depending on disciplinary, political, and social perspective and with tones varying from dry to strident. This book is a short but useful contribution to this field. . . .

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