Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta K. Sivaramakrishnan
yhteensä 105 hakutulosta
Ecologies of Empire in South Asia, 1400-1900
Reveals how imperial power and local resistance have shaped landscapesThe perception, valuation, and manipulation of human environments all have their own layered histories. So …
Making Kantha, Making Home
In Bengal, mothers swaddle their infants and cover their beds in colorful textiles that are passed down through generations. They create these kantha from layers of soft, recycled …
Snow Leopard and the Goat
Following the downgrading of the snow leopards status from endangered to vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2017, debate has renewed about the …
Ecologies of Urbanism in India
Ecologies of Urbanism in India explores how rapidly proliferating and resource-intensive urbanism affects everyday lived environments and the ecological processes that undergird …
Caring for Glaciers
Regional geopolitical processes have turned the Himalayan region of Ladakh, in northwest India, into a strategic border area with an increasing military presence that has …
Shifting Livelihoods
Honorable Mention for the Society for the Anthropology of Work (SAW) Book PrizeThe many dimensions of gold in a shadow economyPeople employ various methods to extract gold in the …
Gandhi’s Search for the Perfect Diet
Mahatma Gandhi redefined nutrition as fundamental to building a more just world. What he chose to eat was intimately tied to his beliefs, and his key values of nonviolence, …
The Dynamic Vedic Multiplier Implemented in FPGA for DSP applications
Consuming Ivory
Examines the complex global impact of the ivory tradeThe economic prosperity of two nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century New England towns rested on factories that manufactured …
Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian
Bovine politics exposes fault lines within contemporary Indian society, where eating beef is simultaneously a violation of sacred taboos, an expression of marginalized identities, …
Turning Land into Capital
In Southeast Asia reversals of earlier agrarian reforms have rolled back "land-to-the-tiller" policies created in the wake of Cold War–era revolutions. This trend, marked by …
Mapping Water in Dominica
How sugarcane monoculture decimated an island's water supply and peopleOpen access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295748733Dominica, a place once described as “Nature’s Island,” was rich …