The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the HimalayaExpanded Edition This new, expanded edition of The Unquiet Woods, Ramachandra Guha's pathbreaking 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. The bibliography and index have been revised and updated. |
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User Review - quantum_flapdoodle - LibraryThingA decent look at the history of environmental activism in India, with a great deal of information on the grassroots group, Chipko, that managed to affect environmental policy in India. Read full review
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Contents
A SOCIOLOGY OF DOMINATION | 1 |
THE MOUNTAINS AND THEIR PEOPLE | 9 |
SCIENTIFIC FORESTRY AND SOCIAL | 35 |
SCIENTIFIC FORESTRY AND SOCIAL CONTROL | 48 |
THE AGENDA OF SCIENTIFIC FORESTRY | 59 |
REBELLION AS CUSTOM | 62 |
REBELLION AS CONFRONTATION | 99 |
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| Title | The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya |
| Author | Ramachandra Guha |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University of California Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0520222350, 9780520222359 |
| Length | 244 pages |
| Subjects | › Nature / Ecology |
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