The mushroom at the end of the world
Subtitle: on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins
By: Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9780691162751
Subjects: Environmental degradation; Human ecology; Economic development; Environmental aspects
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: autumn aroma; title: What's left?; title: Arts of noticing; title: Contamination as collaboration; title: Some problems with scale; title: Interlude: smelling; title: After progress : salvage accumulation; title: Working the edge "freedom"; title: Open ticket, Oregon; title: War stories; title: What happened to the state? : two kinds of Asian Americans in translation; title: Between the dollar and the yen; title: From gifts to commodities and back; title: Salvage rhythms : business in disturbance; title: Interlude: tracking; title: Disturbed beginnings : unintentional design; title: The life of the forest : coming up among pines; title: History; title: Resurgence; title: Serendipity; title: Ruin in gaps and patches; title: In science as translation; title: Flying spores; title: Interlude: dancing; title: In the middle of things; title: Matsutake crusaders; title: Ordinary assets; title: Anti-ending : some people I met along the way; title: Spore trail: the further adventures of a mushroom; title: Notes; title: Index.