Ezra D Rashkow
Biographic Data
| ID | 5521618 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ezra D Rashkow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ezra D |
| FAMILY NAME | Rashkow |
| SIGNATURE | RASHKOW E D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Montclair State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Wilding the domestic
How can a jungle be domestic, and a camp servant be a domestic servant? This article argues for a reconceptualisation of historical forests and jungles of India: spaces usually conceived of as wild and hostile in the popular imagination were also a domestic realm. Pushing the boundaries of traditional conceptualisations of both domestic and wild, I examine the lives of late nineteenth to early twentieth-century camp servants and colonial officers…
Perfumed the axe that laid it low
Between 1950 and 1970, on average over 480,000 Indian sandalwood (Santalum album) trees were harvested annually in the state of Karnataka in southern India. Then, in 1974, it was suddenly discovered that there were only approximately 350,000 standing trees left in the entire state. Overnight, India’s sandalwood industry ground to a halt. The species was on the brink of extinction. Harvesting and trade in Indian sandalwood, long considered the mos…
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Perfumed the axe that laid it low
Between 1950 and 1970, on average over 480,000 Indian sandalwood (Santalum album) trees were harvested annually in the state of Karnataka in southern India. Then, in 1974, it was suddenly discovered that there were only approximately 350,000 standing trees left in the entire state. Overnight, India’s sandalwood industry ground to a halt. The species was on the brink of extinction. Harvesting and trade in Indian sandalwood, long considered the mos…
Wilding the domestic
How can a jungle be domestic, and a camp servant be a domestic servant? This article argues for a reconceptualisation of historical forests and jungles of India: spaces usually conceived of as wild and hostile in the popular imagination were also a domestic realm. Pushing the boundaries of traditional conceptualisations of both domestic and wild, I examine the lives of late nineteenth to early twentieth-century camp servants and colonial officers…
Archaeology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (1 work) · Agroforestry (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Big game (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (1 work)