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The Unquiet Woods

Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya
Ramachandra Guha
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.
Ramachandra Guha is a historian and journalist living in Bangalore, India.