Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-322) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The mushroom at the end of the world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

894777646

Responsibility statement

Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

Sub title

on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins

Summary

"A tale of diversity within our damaged landscapes, The Mushroom at the End of the World follows one of the strangest commodity chains of our times to explore the unexpected corners of capitalism. Here, we witness the varied and peculiar worlds of matsutake commerce: the worlds of Japanese gourmets, capitalist traders, Hmong jungle fighters, industrial forests, Yi Chinese goat herders, Finnish nature guides, and more. These companions also lead us into fungal ecologies and forest histories to better understand the promise of cohabitation in a time of massive human destruction, "--Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

What's left? -- Arts of noticing -- Contamination as collaboration -- Some problems with scale -- After progress : salvage accumulation -- Working the edge -- Open ticket, Oregon -- War stories -- What happened to the state? Two kinds of Asian Americans -- Between the dollar and the yen -- From gifts to commodities-and back -- Salvage rhythms : business in disturbance -- Disturbed beginnings : unintentional design -- The life of the forest -- History -- Resurgence -- Serendipity -- Ruin -- Science as translation -- Flying spores -- In the middle of things -- Matsutake crusaders : waiting for fungal action -- Ordinary assets -- Anti-ending : some people I met along the way

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