Rich Forests, Poor People: Resource Control and Resistance in Java

by Nancy Lee Peluso

Book Overview

Millions of Javanese peasants live alongside state-controlled forest lands in one of the world's most densely populated agricultural regions. Because their legal access and customary rights to the forest have been severely limited, these peasants have been pushed toward illegal use of forest resources. Rich Forests, Poor People untangles the complex of peasant and state politics that has developed in Java over three centuries. Drawing on historical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520089316
• ISBN13: 9780520089310
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"