The Great Convergence

Ravi Rajan is Professor in the Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz Lise Sedrez is Professor at the Institute of History, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

List of Maps and Figures Preface Introduction - S Ravi Rajan Part 1 - The State 1. State and Environment in Brazil: In Defence of Society - Regina Horta Duarte 2. Russia, State Power, and the Environment - Paul Josephson 3. The State of Environmental History in India - S. Ravi Rajan 4. The Trajectory of Contemporary China's State Involved in Environmental Issues - Xueqin Mei 5. The State, Science and Environmental Management in South Africa, c. 1870 to the Present - William Beinart PART II - Civil Society 6. Civil Society And Environmentalism In Brazil: The Twentieth Century's Great Acceleration - JosA (c) Augusto PA!dua 7. Non-state Actors in Environmental History of Russia - Nicolai Dronin 8. The Environment and Civil Society in India - Radhika Krishnan 9. Understanding the Development of Civil Society and ENGOs in China since 1979 - Fei Sheng 10. From Conservation To Environmental Justice: Trends In The Relationship Between The State And Environmental Civil Society Organizations In South Africa - Farieda Khan PART III - Historiography 11. What Do Brazilian Environmental Historians Really Do? An Overview of Research and Main Themes of the Discipline - Lise Sedrez e Eunice Nodari 12. Russian Environmental History: A Historiographical Review - Julia Lajus 13. South Asian Environmental History: An Overview - S Ravi Rajan 14. Making New Wine in Old Casks: Environmental History in China - Shen Hou 15. South Africa's Environmental History: A Historiography - Sandra Swart Conclusion: The Great Convergence and Historiography - S Ravi Rajan Bibliography About the Editors and Contributors Index