Political ecologies of war and forests: Counterinsurgencies and the making of national natures

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 587-608

  Peluso, Nancy Lee ^a   Vandergeest, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold war; Counterinsurgency; Jungles; Political ecology of forests; Political ecology of war; Territorialization

Indexed keywords

COLD WAR; FORESTRY; NATION STATE; NATIONAL SECURITY; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 79956219842     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.560064     Document Type: Article

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