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Rainforest capitalism : power and masculinity in a Congolese timber concession / Thomas Hendriks.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hendriks, Thomas, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Lumbermen--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Social life and customs.
Lumbermen.
Logging--Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Logging.
Lumber camps--Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Lumber camps.
Lumber camps--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Management.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 online resource xxiv, 294 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.
Summary:
"Thomas Hendriks examines the rowdy environment of industrial timber production in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to theorize the social, racial, and gender power dynamics of capitalist extraction."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Thinking with loggers
Awkward beginning
Forest work
Remembering labor
Sharing the company
Out of here
A darker shade of white
Cannibals and corned beef
Men and trees
Women and chainsaws
Capitalism and ecstasis.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781478022473
1478022477
OCLC:
1277179897

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