| Forests Are Gold: Trees, People, and Environmental Rule in Vietnam Contributor(s): McElwee, Pamela D. (Author), Sivaramakrishnan, K. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0295995475 ISBN-13: 9780295995472 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $103.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Forestry |
| Dewey: 333.750 |
| LCCN: 2015042773 |
| Series: Culture, Place, and Nature |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.38 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Forests Are Gold examines the management of Vietnam's forests in the tumultuous twentieth century--from French colonialism to the recent transition to market-oriented economics--as the country united, prospered, and transformed people and landscapes. Forest policy has rarely been about ecology or conservation for nature's sake, but about managing citizens and society, a process Pamela McElwee terms "environmental rule." Untangling and understanding these practices and networks of rule illuminates not just thorny issues of environmental change, but also the birth of Vietnam itself. |