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Record Nr.

UNINA9910708701103321

Autore

Rodenbiker Jesse <1983->

Titolo

Ecological states : politics of science and nature in urbanizing China / / Jesse Rodenbiker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, N.Y. : , : Cornell University Press, , 2022

©2023

ISBN

9781501769023

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (264 pages)

Collana

The Environments of East Asia

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Ecology - Political aspects - China

Human ecology - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Ecological States -- Making Ecology Developmental -- Botany, Beauty, Purification -- Ecological Territorialization -- Ecological Migrations, Volumetric Aspirations -- Rural Redux -- Infrastructural Diffusion -- Global Ecological Futures.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book analyzes how science-based nature protection campaigns are transforming society and the environment through extensive fieldwork in China's southwestern cities. Furthermore, it examines the role of ecology in constituting state power and social inequality"--