Plant Life : The Entangled Politics of Afforestation by Rosetta S. Elkin ...
University of Minnesota Press
Plant LifeThe Entangled Politics of Afforestation\nAuthor(s): Rosetta S. Elkin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9781517912628, 978-1517912628\nSynopsis\nHow afforestation reveals the often-concealed politics between humans and plants\n\nIn Plant Life, Rosetta S. Elkin explores the procedures of afforestation, the large-scale planting of trees in otherwise treeless environments, including grasslands, prairies, and drylands. Elkin reveals that planting a tree can either be one of the ultimate offerings to thriving on this planet, or one of the most extreme perversions of human agency over it.\n\nUsing three supracontinental case studies-scientific forestry in the American prairies, colonial control in Africas Sahelian grasslands, and Chinese efforts to control and administer territory-Elkin explores the political implications of plant life as a tool of environmentalism. By exposing the human te.
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