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

on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins

  • 3.3 (3 ratings) ·
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"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,"--Amazon.com.

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331

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The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
Jun 08, 2021, Princeton University Press
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The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
Nov 28, 2017, Tantor Audio
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The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
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Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
2015, Princeton University Press
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The mushroom at the end of the world: on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins
2015, Princeton University Press
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
330.1
Library of Congress
GF21 .T76 2015, GF21.T76 2015, GF21

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 331 pages
Number of pages
331

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27195861M
Internet Archive
mushroomatendofw0000tsin
ISBN 10
0691162751
ISBN 13
9780691162751
LCCN
2014037624
OCLC/WorldCat
894777646, 923713782

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