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The Mushroom at the End of the World : On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
Author(s): Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt
| Binding: | Softcover |
| Volume Condition: | Near Fine |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Princeton University Press |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Publication Place: | London (Oxford Street) |
| ISBN: | 9780691220550 |
| Book ID: | 008763 |
| Catalogue(s): | Culture and Society ◇ Nature and Natural History ◇ Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Environmental |
332pp, illustrated, in laminated card covers. Hint of scuff mark at base of spine, else neat, clean, bright and tight. Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world, and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Tsing's account of this sought-after fungi offers insights into areas, far beyond just mushrooms and addresses crucial questions : What manages to live, and to thrive, in the ruins we have made.
Keywords:
Mushrooms
fungi
capitalism
environment
sustainable development
anthropology
