Political Landscapes : Forests, Conservation, and Community in Mexico /

In this environmental history of twentieth-century Mexico, Christopher R. Boyer conceptualizes the forests of Chihuahua and Michoacán as political landscapes. Conflicts among local landowners, the federal government and timber companies politicized these geographies, demonstrating the crucial role t...

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Autore principale: Boyer, Christopher R. (Christopher Robert) (Autore)
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
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Sommario:
  • The making of revolutionary forestry
  • The commodification of nature, 1880-1910
  • Revolution and regulation, 1910-1928
  • Revolutionary forestry, 1928-1942
  • The development imperative
  • Industrial forests, 1942-1958
  • The ecology of development, 1952-1972
  • The romance of state forestry, 1972-1992
  • Slivers of hope in the neoliberal forest
  • Federal forestry codes, 1926-2008
  • UIEFs, 1945-1986.