The political ecology of hegemony in depression-era British Columbia, Canada: Masculinities, work and the production of the forestscape

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-315

  Ekers, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antonio Gramsci; Forestry; Hegemony; Masculinities; Production of nature; Relief policies

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; FORESTRY; GREAT DEPRESSION; HEGEMONY; IDEOLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349182115     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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