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University of California Press

The Unquiet Woods

Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya

by Ramachandra Guha (Author)
Price: $31.95 / £27.00
Publication Date: Feb 2000
Edition: 1st Edition
Title Details:
Rights: Omit South Asia
Pages: 265
ISBN: 9780520222359
Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.25
Illustrations: 1 map, 14 tables, 1 chart

About the Book

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.

About the Author

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