John F Richards
| Title: | Professor |
| Office Location: | 201 Carr Bldg |
| Office Phone: | +1 919 684 5454, +1 919 688 8828 |
| Email Address: | richards@duke.edu |
Education
- PhD University of California, Berkeley, 1970
- MA University of California, Berkeley, 1964
- BA University of New Hampshire, 1961
Research Interests
Dr. Richards specializes in the history of South Asia. He has published extensively on the history of Mughal India. His other interests include environmental history and the history of opium. He also contributes to the expanding field of world history.
Awards/Recognitions
Statement of Academic Interests
Lecture titled Warriors and their Homeland in Afghanistan
Lecture titled Opium and the British Indian Empire
Lecture titled The World Hunt, Species Depletion and European Expansion
Lecture titled Mahatma Gandhi
Recent Publications
Books
- The Unending Frontier: Environmental History of the Early Modern World (University of California, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 2003).
- (Ed.), Land Property and the Environment (Institute of Contemporary Studies Press, Oakland CA, 2002).
- "The Royal Commission on Opium of 1895." Modern Asian Studies 36 (February, 2002).
- "The Opium Industry in British India." Indian Economic and Social History Review :2-3 (2002): 149-180. Dharma Kumar Special Issue
- "The Mughal Empire." The Magnificent Mughals (2001).