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Understories : the political life of forests in northern New Mexico / Jake Kosek.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kosek, Jake, author.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- A John Hope Franklin Center Book : 32
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forest policy--New Mexico--Espanola Region.
- Forest policy.
- Forest management--New Mexico--Espanola Region.
- Forest management.
- Forestry and community--New Mexico--Espanola Region.
- Forestry and community.
- Forest ecology--New Mexico--Espanola Region.
- Forest ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 380 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- A lively, engaging ethnography that demonstrates how a volatile politics of race, class, and nation animates the infamously violent struggles over forests in the U.S. Southwest.
- Contents:
- The cultural politics of memory and longing
- Sovereign natures
- Passionate attachments and the nature of belonging
- Racial degradation and environmental anxieties
- "Smokey Bear is a white racist pig"
- Nuclear natures : in the shadows of the city on the hill.
- Notes:
- "A John Hope Franklin Center book"--Page [i].
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-369) and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kosek, Jake. Understories.
- ISBN:
- 0-8223-8830-8
- 9780822388302
- 0822388308 ǂq (electronic bk.)
- OCLC:
- 262341483
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