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List of Illustrations viii Foreword ix Introduction 1 1. The Ecological Imagination: From Paradigm to Practice 12 2. Narratives of Agriculture: How Did We Get Here? 28 3. Balaram and the Yamuna River: Entitlement and Presumptions of Control 56 4. Borrowing Balaram: Alternative Narratives 93 5. The Festival of Holi: Celebrating Agricultural and Social Health 121 6. The Land in Between: Constructing Nature, Wilderness, and Agriculture 161 7. Restoration, Reciprocity, and Repair: Revising the Ecological Imagination 194 Acknowledgments 225 Notes 227 Bibliography 241 Index 257 Contents ...

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