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. |
Contents
A SOCIOLOGY OF DOMINATION | 1 |
REBELLION AS CUSTOM | 4 |
THE MOUNTAINS AND THEIR PEOPLE | 9 |
SCIENTIFIC FORESTRY AND SOCIAL | 35 |
RAJA AND PRAJA IN TEHRI | 62 |
EARLY RESISTANCE TO FOREST MANAGEMENT | 69 |
I | 72 |
THE KISAN ANDOLAN 19448 | 79 |
288 | 125 |
100 | 128 |
28 | 140 |
SOCIAL HISTORY OF | 152 |
THE AGENDA OF SCIENTIFIC FORESTRY | 178 |
PEASANTS AND HISTORY | 185 |
Epilogue | 197 |
Appendix | 211 |
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