Haruka Yanagisawa Author

The late Haruka Yanagisawa, who passed away in 2015, was a Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo, Japan. He was much loved and respected for his kindness and academic commitment. His publications include A Century of Change: Caste and Irrigated Lands in Tamilnadu 1860s–1970s (1996), Towards a History of Consumption in South Asia (co-editor, 2010), Local Agrarian Societies in Colonial India: Japanese Perspectives (co-editor, 1996, reprint: 2016), Community, Commons and Natural Resource Management in Asia (editor, 2015). His articles have been published in Indian Economic and Social History Review, Conservation and Society and Review of Agrarian Studies. He has also published many books and articles in Japanese.