(Will add more after class discussion)
Guha primarily pulls from court proceedings, important government documents, draft bills, writings of prominent figures (Baden-Powell, Brandis), reports, memorandums, laws, and letters. Very similarly, Grove pulls from archival sources such as documents, reports, and official records, including a lengthy description of their source materials at the bottom of most pages. Neither author heavily relies on opinion pieces created by other authors, instead choosing to compile a bunch of 1st hand sources that aid their arguments.
Barton’s piece barely touches on the negative impacts of colonialism in India because it is too focused on touting the accomplishments of early American “environmentalists”. Barton refer to an environmentalist who insists on building a system from scratch, just like what had been done in India. They give little recognition to Indigenous Peoples and claim that “forests in India satisfied all the needs of the population” when this is the complete opposite of what is being said in Guha and Groves’ writings. Barton also says that “India exemplified how forests could be utilized by the public and not “locked up” like Yellowstone” when Guha says “peasants would not plant trees on private or common land on suspicion that the government would seize it”.