Preface: The Plan of the Book
The Argument and Its Scope
A Note on Translation
1. Introduction: Epic Forests, Sacred Groves and Vernacular Jungles: Forests in Context
2. Colonial Modernity, National Romance, and the Global Trade in Wood
3. Forest, Village, Nation
4. Home Forest, Outlaw Forest: Indigeneity, Forestry, and National Hegemony
5. The Forest and the City: Aspiration, Cosmopolitanism, and Pollution
Conclusion: Language Politics, Religious Ideologies, and the Fate of Forests
Bibliography
Index