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