Forests Are Gold
Author | : Pamela D. McElwee |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2016-04-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780295806464 |
ISBN-13 | : 029580646X |
Rating | : 4/5 (46X Downloads) |
Download or read book Forests Are Gold written by Pamela D. McElwee and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.