Mathews, Andrew S.

Instituting nature : authority, expertise, and power in Mexican forests / Andrew S. Mathews. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011. - xii, 304 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Politics, science, and the environment series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-290) and index.

Building forestry in Mexico: ambitious regulations and popular evasions -- The Sierra Juárez of Oaxaca: mobile landscapes, political economy, and the fires of war -- Forestry comes to Oaxaca: bureaucrats, gangsters, and indigenous communities, 1926-1956 -- Industrial forestry, watershed control, and the rise of community forestry, 1956-2001 -- The Mexican forest service: knowledge, ignorance, and power -- The acrobatics of transparency and obscurity: forestry regulations travel to Oaxaca -- Working the indigenous industrial.

9780262516440 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Zapotec Indians--Social conditions.--Mexico--Ixtlan de Juarez
Zapotec Indians--Industries--Mexico--Ixtlán de Juárez.
Zapotec Indians--Government relations.--Mexico--Ixtlán de Juárez
Indigenous peoples--Ecology--Mexico--Ixtlan de Juarez.
Forests and forestry--Mexico--Ixtlan de Juarez.
Forest management--Mexico--Ixtlán de Juárez.
Forest conservation--Mexico--Ixtlan de Juárez.

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