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Understories : the political life of forests in northern New Mexico / Jake Kosek.

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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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