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In search of the rain forest

e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection Pre-2008 Archive Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Duke University Press.
Contributor:
Slater, Candace.
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
New ecologies for the twenty-first century.
New ecologies for the twenty-first century
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Rain forests--Psychological aspects.
Rain forests.
Rain forest ecology.
Human ecology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (329 p.)
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2003.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Collection of essays offers a multi-layered understanding of the social complexities of rainforest practice and representation,.
Contents:
MAPPING OUT THE QUEST
In Search of the Rain Forest / Candace Slater
RAIN FOREST ICONS
Fire in El Dorado, Or Images of Tropical Nature and their Practical Effects / Candace Slater
Subterranean Techniques: Corporate Environmentalism, Oil Operations, and Social Injustice in the Ecuadorian Rain Forest / Suzana Sawyer
The Voice of Ix Chel: Fashioning Maya Tradition in the Belizean Rain Forest / Alex Greene
RAIN FOREST AND JUNGLE
In Search of the Maya Forest / Scott Fedick
SPECTACLES OF WILDNESS
Bio-Ironies of the Fractured Forest: India's Tiger Reserves / Paul Greenough
Weapons of the Wild: Strategic Uses of Violence and Wildness in the Rain Forests of Indonesian Borneo / Nancy Peluso
The Viral Forest in Motion: Ebola, African Forests, and the New Cartographies of Environmental Danger / Charles Zerner
AFTERWORD: The Ongoing Search.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9786612920998
9781282920996
1282920995
9780822385271
0822385279
OCLC:
213455284

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