Description
Book SynopsisAlligator hunters, mangroves, and the (mis)adventures of the Ashley Gang in the Florida Everglades.
Trade Review"Tangled swamps; alligator hunters; outlaws: Here is a multi-species ethnography that is really fun to read. The book just asks to be taught." —Anna Tsing, author of Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection
"Swamplife is thoroughly compelling. It works at the cutting edge of theory without straying far from an extremely grounded, rich, and page-turning narrative style. There are few books like it in political ecology." —Paul Robbins, author of Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction
Table of ContentsMap of Southern Florida and the Greater Everglades Watershed
Map of Everglades National Park
Acknowledgments
1. The Florida Everglades: An Entangled Landscape
The Queen of the Everglades 2. Landscape Ethnography and the Politics of Nature
The Notorious Ashley Gang 3. Earth, Fire and Flesh: Territorial Refrains
The Theatrics of Everglades Outlaws 4. The Travels of Snakes, Mangroves, and Men
The Gang Vanishes into the Mysterious Swamp 5. Searching for Paradise in the Florida Everglades
The Story Doesn’t End with the Ambush on the Sebastian River Bridge 6. Alligator Conservation, Commodities, and Tactics of Subversion
Epilogue. The Bill Ashley Jungles: Trace Impressions of a Forgotten Landscape
Notes
Index
