This book captures the complexities of both development and environment, from the political economy point of view, to offer a broad economic and environmental history of post-independent India. This book is an essential resource for scholars and researchers of history, economic history, environmental studies, and development studies.

This book delves into the history of the commercialization of wildlife in India. It examines the colonial strategies that were employed in the commodification of wildlife resources specifically for lucrative domestic and international trade during the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.