The unquiet woods

Ramachandra Guha First published 1989

About this book

"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.

Subjects

  • chipko movement
  • forest management
  • forest policy
  • forests and forestry
  • forests and forestry, india
  • history
  • human ecology
  • peasant uprisings
  • protest movements
  • social aspects
  • social aspects of forests and forestry
  • social conditions