The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya / Edition 1

by Ramachandra Guha

Overview

Expanded 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520222359
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	02/02/2000
Edition description:	First Edition, Expanded Edition
Pages:	265
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Ramachandra Guha is a historian and journalist living in Bangalore, India.