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The mushroom at the end of the world : on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing.

Summary:

Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world-and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical prices. In all its contradictions, matsutake offers insights into areas far beyond just mushrooms and addresses a crucial question: what manages to live in the ruins we have made? A tale of diversity within our damaged landscapes, The Mushroom at the End of the World follows one of the stra.

Record details

ISBN: 1400873541
ISBN: 9781400873548
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 331 pages) : illustrations
Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:march.19 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Arts of noticing -- Contamination as collaboration -- Some problems with scale -- Interlude, smelling -- Working the edge -- Freedom ... -- Open ticket, Oregon -- War stories -- What happeneed to the state? Two kinds of Asian Americans -- ... in translation -- Between the dollar and the yen -- From gifts to commodities-and back -- Salvage rhythms : business in disturbance -- Interlude, tracking -- The life of the forest -- Coming up among pines ... -- History -- Resurgence -- Serendipity -- Ruin -- ... in gaps and patches -- Science as translation -- Flying spores -- Interlude, dancing -- Matsutake crusaders : waiting for fungal action -- Ordinary assets -- Anti-ending : some people I met along the way -- Spore trail : the further adventures of a mushroom.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Language Note:	In English.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.