The Unquiet Woods(1st Edition) Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalya, Expanded Edition by RamachandraGuha Paperback, 265 Pages, Published 2000 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-22235-9, ISBN: 0-520-22235-0
"These lines were cleared of tree growth and burned annually, under
departmental control, during winter or early spring, preferably after a spell. " H. G.
Champion, 'Observations on Some Effects of Fires in the Chir Forest! of the West
Almora Division', IF, vol. 45 (1919), pp. 353-63. '• See Turner, Slash in Chir Pine
Forests, for details. " H. M. Glover, 'Departmental Firing in Chir Forests in the
Rawalpindi Division, Punjab", IF, ..."
Environmentalism(1st Edition) A Global History by RamachandraGuha Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 1999 by Pearson ISBN-13: 978-0-321-01169-5, ISBN: 0-321-01169-4
"A new entry in the Longman World History Series, Environmentalism: A Global History is perfect for professors who want to assign short topical paperbacks which explore global issues and movements in their world history classes. This volume will fit into the second half of World History courses which typically cover the period from 1500 to the present century. Environmentalism: A Global History is the first genuinely global history ..."
"A tribute to the finest writers on the game of cricket and an acknowledgement that the great days of cricket literature are behind us. There was a time when major English writers -- P. G. Wodehouse, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alec Waugh -- took time off to write about cricket, whereas the cricket book market today is dominated by ghosted autobiographies and statistical compendiums. The Picador Book of Cricket celebrates the best writing on the ..."
Savaging the Civilized Verrier Elwin, His Trials and India (Hardback) by RamachandraGuha Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 1999 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-31047-3, ISBN: 0-226-31047-7
"... VE's relationship with 53-4, 88, 155, 168 Thakkar, Narwar 279 Thomas, R. S.
242 Thompson, E. J. ix, 184 Thompson, E. P. ix Tilak, Bal Gangadhar 34 Todorov,
Tzvetan 122-3 Tribal Art and Research Unit (TARU) 204 Tribal Welfare and
Research Unit (TWARU) 195,204,218,248, 297, 332 Turner, Victor, on VE 317-18
Tyagi, M. D. 280 *Uraons 118,220 Vannikar, P. G. 168 Verghese, George 322
Visvanathan, Shiv viii Waley, Arthur 310; on VE 248 ..."
Nature's Spokesman(Updated) M. Krishnan and Indian Wildlife by Madhaviah Krishnan, RamachandraGuha Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2002 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-565911-5, ISBN: 0-19-565911-2
"M. Krishnan (1913-86) was a naturalist known for his prose style, his learning, and his astonishingly wide range of interests. For nearly 60 years he wrote columns, essays, sketches, and jeremiads on the ecology and culture of the subcontinent. As a chronicler of the natural world Krishnan was unequalled, yet his work is to be found, for the most part, only in old and inaccessible newspapers and magazines. This collection showcases some ..."
A Corner of a Foreign Field The Indian History of a British Sport by RamachandraGuha Hardcover, 511 Pages, Published 2002 by Macmillan Pub Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-330-49116-7, ISBN: 0-330-49116-4
"Guhas opus on the great gamecricketseamlessly interweaves biography and history, a passionate love of the sport with an examination of its impact on society."
The Unquiet Woods Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya by RamachandraGuha Published 2000 ISBN-13: 978-0-520-92448-2, ISBN: 0-520-92448-7
The Unquiet Woods(2nd Edition) Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya by RamachandraGuha Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2000 by Oup India Import ISBN-13: 978-0-19-564955-0, ISBN: 0-19-564955-9
"Taking The Famous Chipko Movement As Its Point Of Departure, This Classic Uncovers And Analyses The Century Old History Of Forest Conflict That Preceded It."
"An attempt to highlight the values and orientation of the environmentalism of the poorand explore conflicting priorites of the rich and poor nations."
Savaging the Civilized(1st Edition) Verrier Elwin, His Tribals, and India by RamachandraGuha Paperback, 398 Pages, Published 1999 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-565306-9, ISBN: 0-19-565306-8
"This Is Both A Biography And History, An Exploration Through Verrier Eluvin`S Life Of Some Of The Great Debates Of The Twentieth Century-The Future Of Development, Cultural Pluralism Versus Cultural Homogeneity, The Moral Practice Of ..."
"This collection of original essays was written in honour of Andre Beteille, whose intellectual concerns form the nucleus around which the essays crystallise."
Nature's Spokesman The Wildlife Writings of M. Krishnan by M. Krishnan, RamachandraGuha Hardcover, 325 Pages, Published 2000 by Oup India ISBN-13: 978-0-19-564596-5, ISBN: 0-19-564596-0
"These essays engage with themes and arguments from the oeuvre of Andre Béteille, ranging from changing patterns of stratification and policies of protective discrimination to the place of the individual in Indian history and threats to secularism."
Social Ecology by RamachandraGuha Paperback, 398 Pages, Published 1998 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-564454-8, ISBN: 0-19-564454-9
"Social Ecology brings together a selection of pioneering essays on a subject of increasing interest to sociologists and social anthropologists. With the growing awareness of the causes and consequences of environmental degradation, the once neglected field of social ecology has assumed enormous theoretical and practical importance. The essays assembled in this anthology provide a state of the art survey of the field as well as an orient ..."
"The volume documents, and makes an original contribution to, an astonishing period in twentieth-century philosophy the progress of Arne Naess's ecophilosophy from its inception to the present. It includes Naess's most crucial polemics with leading thinkers, drawn from sources as diverse as scholarly articles, correspondence, TV interviews and unpublished exchanges. The book testifies to the skeptical and self-correcting aspects of Naess ..."
"The volume documents, and makes an original contribution to, an astonishing period in twentieth-century philosophy_the progress of Arne Naess's ecophilosophy from its inception to the present. It includes Naess's most crucial polemics with leading thinkers, drawn from sources as diverse as scholarly articles, correspondence, TV interviews and unpublished exchanges. The book testifies to the skeptical and self-correcting aspects of Naess ..."
"A tribute to the finest writers on the game of cricket, acknowledging that the great days of cricket literature are in the past. There was a time when major English writers - P.G. Wodehouse, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alec Waugh - took time off to write about cricket, whereas the cricket book market today is dominated by ghosted autobiographies and statistical compendiums. "The Picador Book of Cricket" celebrates the best writing on the game a ..."