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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Widick, Richard (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Logging
Forest conservation > Citizen participation
Environmentalism > Social aspects
Ecoterrorism
Anti-environmentalism
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
Antiecologisme > Californie.
Écoterrorisme > Californie.
Forêts > Exploitation > Californie.
Redwood > Industrie > Aspect social > Californie.
Environnementalisme > Aspect social > Californie.
Anti-environmentalism > California.
Ecoterrorism > California.
Logging > California.
Redwood industry > Social aspects > California.
Forest conservation > California > Citizen participation.
Environmentalism > Social aspects > California.
California
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (360 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780816670765

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