Nature in the Global South: Environmental Projects in South and Southeast Asia

by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing (Author), PaulR.Greenough (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $41.11

  Offers a look at how nature has been culturally constructed in South and Southeast Asia. This book looks at how social and natural landscapes are created, maintained, and transformed by scientists, government administrators, monks, and farmers. It also analyzes campaigns to eradicate smallpox and save forests, waterways, and animal habitats.