Thai forestry : a critical history /

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Author / Creator:Usher, Ann Danaiya.
Imprint:Chiang Mai, Thailand : Silkworm Books, 2009.
Description:238 p. ; 21 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8009074
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ISBN:9789749511732 (pbk.)
9749511735 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-230) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Watersheds of Thai Forestry History
  • Nam Chon
  • The Logging Ban
  • Huai Kaeo
  • The Suan Kitti Scandal
  • Khor Chor Kor
  • The Death of an Honest Forester
  • Part 2. Scientific Forestry Enters Siam
  • The Problem of Diversity: The German Forestry Model
  • Herbert Slade's Legacy
  • Colonial Strategies and Historical Resistance
  • The Four Failures of Thai Forestry
  • Part 3. The Logical Conclusion: Factory Forests
  • The Danish Factor
  • Teak: Green Revolution Forestry
  • Pine: A Window on Colonial Forestry
  • Eucalyptus: Notorious camaldulensis
  • A "New" Policy
  • Industrial Strategies and Resistance
  • The End of the Road
  • Part 4. The Making of Thai Wilderness
  • Theft and Utopia: The American Model
  • George Ruhle and the Story of Glacier
  • Fathers of Thai Conservation
  • Conservation Unlimited
  • Reinventing Tha-i Forestry
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index