The unquiet woods
Subtitle: ecological change and peasant resistance in the Himalaya
By: Ramachandra Guha.
Edition: Expanded ed.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Chipko movement -- India -- Uttar Khand Region -- History; Chipko movement -- History; Forests and forestry -- Social aspects -- India -- Uttar Khand Region -- History; Peasant uprisings -- India -- Uttar Khand Region -- History; Forest policy -- India -- Uttar Khand Region -- History; Forest management -- India -- Uttar Khand Region -- History; Human ecology -- India -- Uttar Khand Region -- History
Description: "This new, expanded edition of The Unquiet Woods, Ramachandra Guha's study of peasant movements against commercial forestry, offers a new epilogue that brings the story of Himalayan social protest up to date, reflecting the Chipko movement's continuing influence in the wider world. A new appendix charts the progress of environmental history in India, and both bibliography and index have been revised and updated."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-239) and index.