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Book SynopsisBound to the Hearth by the Shortest Tether is a story of original research in China and Brazil as well as the circumstances that made that work possible. Applied anthropology, rural economics, agroforestry, natural and social history, and world travel are combined to create an engaging account of the effort to better the circumstances of the developing world''s rural poor. The first part of the book focuses on rural China and the indigenous knowledge of the processes at work within the world''s oldest system of timber management and how that knowledge is being displaced by inferior scientific systems of forest management. The critical role of rights to private property in the conservation of rural resources, a unique method to elicit ecological knowledge, the difficulties of field access in China, and the varied challenges to living and working in a poor mountain village are all recounted. The second part addresses the tradition-bound bush zone of Brazil, documenting the unexpected
Table of ContentsChapter 1 List of Maps Chapter 2 List of Tables Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 Part I: Village Life in the Mountains of Fujian Chapter 6 Part II: Village Life in the Bush Zone of Minas Gerais Chapter 7 Conclusion Chapter 8 Bibliography Chapter 9 Index
