The Coal Nation: Histories, Ecologies And Politics Of Coal In India

The Coal Nation explores the complex history of coal in India; from its colonial legacies to contemporary cultural and social impacts of mining; land ownership and moral resource rights; protective legislation for coal as well as for the indigenous and local communities; the question of legality, illegitimacy and illicit mining and of social justice. Presenting cutting-edge multidisciplinary social science research on coal and mining in India, The Coal Nation initiates a productive dialogue amongst academics and between them and activists.

• • Author: Dr Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Apr 11, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 348 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1472424700
• • ISBN-13: 9781472424709