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

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Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical prices. In all its contradictions, matsutake offers insights into areas far beyond just mushrooms and addresses a crucial question: what manages to live in the ruins we have made? 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. By investigating one of the world's most sought-after fungi, The Mushroom at the End of the World presents an original examination into the relation between capitalist destruction and collaborative survival within multispecies landscapes, the prerequisite for continuing life on earth.--
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eng
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xii, 331 pages
Contents
  • Prologue: autumn aroma
  • What's left?
  • Arts of noticing
  • Contamination as collaboration
  • Some problems with scale
  • Interlude: smelling
  • After progress : salvage accumulation
  • Working the edge "freedom"
  • Open ticket, Oregon
  • War stories
  • What happened to the state? : two kinds of Asian Americans in translation
  • Between the dollar and the yen
  • From gifts to commodities and back
  • Salvage rhythms : business in disturbance
  • Interlude: tracking
  • Disturbed beginnings : unintentional design
  • The life of the forest : coming up among pines
  • History
  • Resurgence
  • Serendipity
  • Ruin in gaps and patches
  • In science as translation
  • Flying spores
  • Interlude: dancing
  • In the middle of things
  • Matsutake crusaders
  • Ordinary assets
  • Anti-ending : some people I met along the way
  • Spore trail: the further adventures of a mushroom
  • Notes
  • Index
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9780691162751
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The mushroom at the end of the world : on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins
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The mushroom at the end of the world
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on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins
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Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
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Language
eng
Summary
Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical prices. In all its contradictions, matsutake offers insights into areas far beyond just mushrooms and addresses a crucial question: what manages to live in the ruins we have made? 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. By investigating one of the world's most sought-after fungi, The Mushroom at the End of the World presents an original examination into the relation between capitalist destruction and collaborative survival within multispecies landscapes, the prerequisite for continuing life on earth.--
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Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt
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  • Human ecology
  • Economic development
  • Environmental degradation
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The mushroom at the end of the world : on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins, Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
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Contents
Prologue: autumn aroma -- What's left? -- Arts of noticing -- Contamination as collaboration -- Some problems with scale -- Interlude: smelling -- After progress : salvage accumulation -- Working the edge "freedom" -- Open ticket, Oregon -- War stories -- What happened to the state? : two kinds of Asian Americans in translation -- Between the dollar and the yen -- From gifts to commodities and back -- Salvage rhythms : business in disturbance -- Interlude: tracking -- Disturbed beginnings : unintentional design -- The life of the forest : coming up among pines -- History -- Resurgence -- Serendipity -- Ruin in gaps and patches -- In science as translation -- Flying spores -- Interlude: dancing -- In the middle of things -- Matsutake crusaders -- Ordinary assets -- Anti-ending : some people I met along the way -- Spore trail: the further adventures of a mushroom -- Notes -- Index
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FIEb1775852x
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xii, 331 pages
Isbn
9780691162751
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unmediated
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rdamedia.
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  • n
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illustrations
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(OCoLC)894777646
Label
The mushroom at the end of the world : on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins, Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
Prologue: autumn aroma -- What's left? -- Arts of noticing -- Contamination as collaboration -- Some problems with scale -- Interlude: smelling -- After progress : salvage accumulation -- Working the edge "freedom" -- Open ticket, Oregon -- War stories -- What happened to the state? : two kinds of Asian Americans in translation -- Between the dollar and the yen -- From gifts to commodities and back -- Salvage rhythms : business in disturbance -- Interlude: tracking -- Disturbed beginnings : unintentional design -- The life of the forest : coming up among pines -- History -- Resurgence -- Serendipity -- Ruin in gaps and patches -- In science as translation -- Flying spores -- Interlude: dancing -- In the middle of things -- Matsutake crusaders -- Ordinary assets -- Anti-ending : some people I met along the way -- Spore trail: the further adventures of a mushroom -- Notes -- Index
Control code
FIEb1775852x
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xii, 331 pages
Isbn
9780691162751
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)894777646

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