The unquiet woods : ecological change and peasant resistance in the Himalaya

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The unquiet woods : ecological change and peasant resistance in the Himalaya

Ramachandra Guha

(Oxford India paperbacks)

Oxford University Press, 1991

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Bibliography: p197-210. - Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book spans the gap between two important scholarly traditions - the sociology of peasant protest and the ecologically-oriented study of history. It documents the social and environmental consequences of commercial forestry in the watershed of the Ganges, while focusing wide-ranging peasant struggles in defence of forest rights in this region generally.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • A sociology of domination and resistance
  • The mountains and their people
  • Scientific forestry and social change'
  • Rebellion as custom
  • Rebellion as confrontation
  • The march of commercial forestry
  • Chipko: Social history of an environmental movement
  • Peasants and 'History'
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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Details

  • NCID
    BA27514104
  • ISBN
    • 0195629825
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Delhi ; Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    xx, 214 p
  • Size
    22 cm
  • Classification
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