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Forests as fuel : energy, landscape, climate, and race in the U.S. South / Sarah Hitchner, John Schelhas, and J. Peter Brosius.
Penn Museum Library TP324 .H58 2022
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hitchner, Sarah, author.
- Schelhas, John, author.
- Brosius, J. Peter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fuelwood--Southern States--Public opinion.
- Fuelwood.
- Climatic changes--Public opinion.
- Climatic changes.
- Forests and forestry--Southern States.
- Forests and forestry.
- African Americans.
- Economic conditions.
- Fuelwood industry.
- Social aspects.
- Public opinion.
- Southern States.
- Fuelwood industry--Social aspects--Southern States.
- African Americans--Southern States--Economic conditions.
- Southern States--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- African Americans--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 238 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
- Summary:
- "In the US South, wood-based bioenergy is being promoted through a powerful vision merging social, environmental, and economic benefits for rural, forest-dependent communities. Forests as Fuel uses extensive multi-sited ethnography to address the complexities of bioenergy development, highlighting the impacts of varying perceptions of climate change"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Bioenergy Stories at the Intersection of Energy, Landscape, Climate, and Race in the U.S. South
- 2. What People Hear and What People Say about Bioenergy: Translating Bioenergy Narratives, Imaginaries, and Metaphors
- 3. Bioenergy Landscapes: Impacts of Bioenergy Developments on Forest-dependent Communities in the U.S. South
- 4. What's Climate Change Got to Do with It? The Relevance (or Not) of Climate Change to Perceptions of Bioenergy
- 5. "The South Be the South": How Bioenergy Development Illustrates and Affects Racial Dynamics in the U.S. South.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hitchner, Sarah. Forests as fuel
- ISBN:
- 9781793632340
- 1793632340
- OCLC:
- 1273915098
- Publisher Number:
- 99989723724
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