Trouble in the forest : California's redwood timber wars /

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Wars over natural resources have been fiercely fought in the Humboldt Bay redwood region of Northern California, a situation made devastatingly urgent in recent decades of timber war that raised questions of economic sustainability and ecological preservation. In Trouble in the Forest, Richard Widic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Widick, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Environmentalism > Social aspects > California.
Forest conservation > California > Citizen participation.
Redwood industry > Social aspects > California.
Logging > California.
Ecoterrorism > California.
Anti-environmentalism > California.
Environnementalisme > Aspect social > Californie.
Redwood > Industrie > Aspect social > Californie.
Forêts > Exploitation > Californie.
Écoterrorisme > Californie.
Antiécologisme > Californie.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Anti-environmentalism
Ecoterrorism
Environmentalism > Social aspects
Forest conservation > Citizen participation
Logging
California
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Wars over natural resources have been fiercely fought in the Humboldt Bay redwood region of Northern California, a situation made devastatingly urgent in recent decades of timber war that raised questions of economic sustainability and ecological preservation. In Trouble in the Forest, Richard Widick narrates the long and bloody history of this hostility and demonstrates how it exemplifies the key contemporary challenge facing the modern societies--the collision of capitalism, ecology, and social justice. An innovative blend of social history, cultural theory, and ethnography, Trouble in the For.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiv, 353 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-333) and index.
ISBN:9780816670765
0816670765

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