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Author Boyer, Christopher R. (Christopher Robert), author.

Title Political landscapes : forests, conservation, and community in Mexico / Christopher R. Boyer
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 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
Summary In this environmental history of twentieth-century Mexico, Christopher R. Boyer conceptualizes the forests of Chihuahua and Michoacán as political landscapes. Conflicts among local landowners, the federal government and timber companies politicized these geographies, demonstrating the crucial role that social forces play in the construction of environments
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Community forests -- Mexico
Forest management -- Mexico
Forest policy -- Mexico
Forest ecology -- Mexico
Forest conservation -- Mexico
Forests and forestry -- Mexico.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
Community forests
Forest conservation
Forest ecology
Forest management
Forest policy
Forests and forestry
Forstschutz
Waldökosystem
Mexico
Mexiko
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822375876
0822375877