"This is an immensely thought-provoking and entertaining book. It makes a compelling case for an approach to the rain forest that eschews environmental fundamentalism in favor of a rich and multilayered understanding of the social complexities of rain forest practice and representation."--Raymond L. Bryant, author of "The Political Ecology of Forestry in Burma, 1824-1994"
""In Search of the Rain Forest" dissects the multiple meanings and the iconography of tropical nature in a very interesting way. It moves 'rain forest studies' into the realm of cultural critique in a manner that serves important scholarly as well as consciousness-raising ends."--Susanna B. Hecht, coauthor of "The Fate of the Forest: Developers, Destroyers, and Defenders of the Amazon"
