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Environmental Winds: Making the Global in Southwest China
Michael J. Hathaway
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Description for Environmental Winds: Making the Global in Southwest China
Paperback. Challenges the notion that globalized social formations emerged solely in the Global North prior to impacting the Global South. This book brings the reader into the lives of Chinese scientists, officials, villagers, and expatriate conservationists who were caught up in environmental trends over the past years. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Environmental Winds challenges the notion that globalized social formations emerged solely in the Global North prior to impacting the Global South. Instead, such formations have been constituted, transformed, and propelled through diverse, site-specific social interactions that complicate and defy divisions between 'global' and 'local.' The book brings the reader into the lives of Chinese scientists, officials, villagers, and expatriate conservationists who were caught up in environmental trends over the past 25 years. Hathaway reveals how global environmentalism has been enacted and altered in China, often with unanticipated effects, such as the rise of indigenous rights, or the reconfiguration of human/animal ... Read more
Environmental Winds challenges the notion that globalized social formations emerged solely in the Global North prior to impacting the Global South. Instead, such formations have been constituted, transformed, and propelled through diverse, site-specific social interactions that complicate and defy divisions between 'global' and 'local.' The book brings the reader into the lives of Chinese scientists, officials, villagers, and expatriate conservationists who were caught up in environmental trends over the past 25 years. Hathaway reveals how global environmentalism has been enacted and altered in China, often with unanticipated effects, such as the rise of indigenous rights, or the reconfiguration of human/animal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520276208
SKU
V9780520276208
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About Michael J. Hathaway
Michael J. Hathaway is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.
Reviews for Environmental Winds: Making the Global in Southwest China
"A well-crafted and lucidly written book... Its delightful ethnographic insights and sharp concepts will be of great value in introducing ... new ways of thinking about China." Journal of Historical Geography "Theoretically nuanced, empirically grounded, and written in accessible prose." The China Quarterly