Forests are gold : trees, people, and environmental rule in Vietnam / Pamela D. McElwee.
Forests are gold : trees, people, and environmental rule in Vietnam / Pamela D. McElwee.
Forests are gold : trees, people, and environmental rule in Vietnam / Pamela D. McElwee.
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Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]
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G 2016/1938
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English
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xxvi, 283 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Introduction : seeing the trees and people for the forests -- Forests for profit or posterity? : the emergence of environmental rule under French colonialism -- Planting new people : socialism, settlement, and subjectivity in the postcolonial forest -- Illegal loggers and heroic rangers : the discov...
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Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]
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Washington (State)
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[2016]
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"Ho Chi Minh, the founder of modern Vietnam, once famously remarked that "forests are gold--if we know to protect and develop them well, they will be very precious." Ho's statement conveys important ideas about nature, the state, and society that are relevant in understanding contemporary environmental issues in Vietnam. For Ho and other political...
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Forests are gold : trees, people, and environmental rule in Vietnam / Pamela D. McElwee.
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Culture, place, and nature : studies in anthropology and environment
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/1938
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74VKVdVLE33l
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVdVLE33l
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0295995483 paperback alkaline paper
9780295995472 hardcover alkaline paper
0295995475 hardcover alkaline paper
9780295995489 paperback alkaline paper
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333.7509597
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991024000447702626
