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Record Nr.

UNINA9910799600903321

Autore

Boyer Christopher R (Christopher Robert)

Titolo

Political landscapes : forests, conservation, and community in Mexico / / Christopher R. Boyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham ; ; London : , : Duke University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-8223-5832-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Disciplina

333.750972

Soggetti

Community forests - Mexico

Forest management - Mexico

Forest policy - Mexico

Forest ecology - Mexico

Forest conservation - Mexico

Forests and forestry - Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

<div>Christopher R. Boyer is Professor of History and Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is the editor of <I>A Land between Waters: Environmental Histories of Modern Mexico</I>.</div>