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Autore |
Sodikoff Genese Marie <1966-> |
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Titolo |
Forest and labor in Madagascar [[electronic resource] ] : from colonial concession to global biosphere / / Genese Marie Sodikoff |
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-13457-4 |
9786613807151 |
0-253-00584-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Forest conservation - Madagascar |
Forest biodiversity conservation - Madagascar |
Forests and forestry - Economic aspects - Madagascar |
Rural poor - Madagascar |
Madagascar Economic conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Geographies of borrowed time -- Overland on foot, aloft: an anatomy of the social structure -- Land and languor: on what makes good work -- Toward a new nature: rank and value in conservation bureaucracy -- Contracting space: making deals in a global hot spot -- How the dead matter: the production of heritage -- Cooked rice wages: internal contradiction and subjective experience -- Epilogue: workers of the vanishing world. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Protecting the unique plants and animals that live on Madagascar while fueling economic growth has been a priority for the Malagasy state, international donors, and conservation NGOs since the late 1980's. Forest and Labor in Madagascar shows how poor rural workers who must make a living from the forest balance their needs with the desire of the state to earn foreign revenue from ecotourism and forest-based enterprises. Genese Marie Sodikoff examines how the appreciation and protection of Madagascar's biodiversity depend on manual labor. She exposes the moral dilemmas workers face as both... |
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