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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
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hitchner, Sarah, author.
Schelhas, John, author.
Brosius, J. Peter, author.
Contributor:
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
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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