Regulation, conservation, and collaboration: Ecological anthropology in the Mississippi Delta

Human Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-107

  Shoreman, Eleanor E ^a   Haenn, Nora ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti environmentalism; Autonomy; Community based conservation; Environmentality; Neoliberalism; United States

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; AUTONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ENVIRONMENTALISM; NEOLIBERALISM;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60649103960     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-009-9218-5     Document Type: Article

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