Environmental Winds challenges the notion that globalized social formations emerged solely in the Global North prior to impacting the Global South. Instead, such formations have been constituted, transformed, and propelled through diverse, site-specific social interactions that complicate and defy divisions between ‘global’ and ‘local.’ The book brings the reader into the lives of Chinese scientists, officials, villagers, and expatriate conservationists who were caught up in environmental trends over the past 25 years. 2000 IDRF fellow Michael Hathaway reveals how global environmentalism has been enacted and altered in China, often with unanticipated effects, such as the rise of indigenous rights, or the reconfiguration of human/animal relationships, fostering what rural villagers refer to as “the revenge of wild elephants.” Buy it on Amazon.

Publication Details

Title
Environmental Winds: Making the Global in Southwest China
Authors
Hathaway, Michael John
Publisher
University of California / University of California Press
Publish Date
July 26, 2013
ISBN
978-0520276208
Citation
Hathaway, Michael John, Environmental Winds: Making the Global in Southwest China (University of California / University of California Press, July 26, 2013).
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