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The mushroom at the end of the world : on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins
- Title
- The mushroom at the end of the world : on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing.
- Author
- Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt
- Publication
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-5032 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 331 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "A tale of diversity within our damaged landscapes, The Mushroom at the End of the World follows one of the strangest commodity chains of our times to explore the unexpected corners of capitalism. Here, we witness the varied and peculiar worlds of matsutake commerce: the worlds of Japanese gourmets, capitalist traders, Hmong jungle fighters, industrial forests, Yi Chinese goat herders, Finnish nature guides, and more. These companions also lead us into fungal ecologies and forest histories to better understand the promise of cohabitation in a time of massive human destruction,"--Amazon.com.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-322) and index.
- Contents
- What's left? -- Arts of noticing -- Contamination as collaboration -- Some problems with scale -- After progress : salvage accumulation -- Working the edge -- Open ticket, Oregon -- War stories -- What happened to the state? Two kinds of Asian Americans -- Between the dollar and the yen -- From gifts to commodities-and back -- Salvage rhythms : business in disturbance -- Disturbed beginnings : unintentional design -- The life of the forest -- History -- Resurgence -- Serendipity -- Ruin -- Science as translation -- Flying spores -- In the middle of things -- Matsutake crusaders : waiting for fungal action -- Ordinary assets -- Anti-ending : some people I met along the way.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-5032
- ISBN
- 9780691162751 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0691162751 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2014037624
- OCLC
- 894777646
- Author
- Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt, author.
- Title
- The mushroom at the end of the world : on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing.
- Publisher
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-322) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-5032