The word for world is forest

title:

The word for world is forest

summary:

Colonists from Earth take over a planet that the locals call Athshe, and follow the 19th century model of colonization, which involves cutting down trees, planting farms, building mines, and enslaving indigenous peoples. The Athsheans eventually retaliate against their captors, abandoning their rules against violence and endangering the very foundations of their society.

Attribution:

Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018, Berkley Pub. Corp., and In copyright--educational user permitted; for more information, see http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/

Description:

Book jacket image of the copy held in the Science Fiction & Fantasy Research Collection at Cushing Memorial Library on the campus of Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas and included in an exhibition, "Live To Build A Better World: Despair, Survival, and Hope in Science Fiction’s Response to Environmental Change," at Cushing from January 19, 2021-June 30, 2021.