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Tracing human interactions with the world’s most famous tropical timber species, The Social Life of Teak<\/em><\/strong> maps worlds revolving around teak forests, trees and wood.<\/p>\n

What gives Tectona grandis<\/em> such a powerful aura, stoking desires and capturing imaginations? How has teak shaped people’s lives, driving fortunes and impacting futures? What has happened to the teak forests and what is their destiny?<\/p>\n

In this illustrated anthology of oral histories, people connected personally or professionally to teak speak of survival, change and learning, creativity and destruction, growth and demise. Woven together, these experiences bring to light the ways that teak has been sought, crafted, cultivated, traded and prized over time.<\/p>\n

Animist beliefs, creative expression, scientific invention, economic viability, imperialist expansion, peak luxury, violent repression, ecological disaster and the regenerative power of nature all find a home in this global intergenerational tale.<\/p>\n

Charting the domestication of wilderness and exposing the era of extinction of a feted natural resource, this book seeks to stimulate conversations about our role as nature’s most troublesome offspring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A fascinating, original and beautiful book examining the many aspects of teak, using oral histories to examine the history of one of the world’s most valuable commodities, prized for its durability and beauty over millennia.
FOREWORD
\nINTRODUCTION
\nESSENCE 21
\nPROVIDENCE BEYOND BELIEF LORE OF THE JUNGLE
\nHANDMADE 34
\nSTRANGE WOOD
\nMINISTRY OF WOOD CARVING
\nSIZE MATTERS
\nLOCAL DÉCOR
\nLABOUR OF LOVE
\nHEAD ABOVE WATER
\nFORTUNE’S WHEEL
\nANCIENT TRADE 59
\nVITAL INGREDIENT
\nREGAL WAYS
\nMIND’S EYE
\nGOLDEN VESSELS
\nCOLONIAL PROJECTS 74
\nESSENTIAL HARDWARE
\nFORTY-SIX GUNS
\nGOING THE DISTANCE
\nBACK ON TRACK
\nOLD IS GOLD
\nAGENTS OF THE CROWN
\nTAINTED LOVE
\nDANISH REALM
\nFOREST LIFE
\nTWISTED FORTUNE
\nLAW OF THE LAND
\nPROVENANCE
\nDYNASTY 112
\nFAMILY TREE
\nTHE MECHANIC
\nFINAL STRAW
\nEXTRACTION 125
\nNATURAL CALLING
\nMOUTH AND KNEES
\nRISKY BUSINESS
\nALL EARS
\nCHAINSAW FAMILY TREE 136
\nFEWER TREES
\nMOVING ON
\nVALID CONCERNS
\nAFTER THE GOLDRUSH
\nORDER OF THE DAY 145
\nWE COULD FOLLOW
\nESPECIALLY FAIR
\nSTEALTH
\nPOETIC INJUSTICE
\nWITH THE FLOW
\nFEEDING FRENZY
\nTHE FLOOD
\nGREEN ACTIVITIES
\nTEACHER FRIEND
\nDESIRE 164
\nRUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE
\nNO OBJECT
\nNEXT GENERATION
\nEND OF WILDERNESS 181
\nFOREST CHRONICLE
\nWOOD FOR THE TREES
\nEND OF WILDERNESS
\nGOLDEN BREED
\nADAPTIVE EVOLUTION
\nFOREST WATCH
\nONE WAY TICKET
\nPLANTING OUT
\nTHE PEOPLE’S TREE
\nMORE THE MERRIER
\nGROWN ON TREES
\nDIMINISHING RETURN
\nTHINK LOCAL, ACT GLOBAL
\nEARLY HARVEST
\nNEW ECOLOGY 216
\nSHOW ME THE MONEY
\nEXTINCT IN THE WILD
\nA BETTER TREE
\nNEW ECOLOGY
\nTRANSITION PERIOD
\nPART OF THE PROBLEM
\nSCARCITY 233
\nTWENTY-TWENTY VISION
\nWANTS AND NEEDS
\nPRICE IS RIGHT
\nPARADISE LOST
\nNEW ID
\nNEEDS AND WANTS
\nEPILOGUE 247
\nSTARTING AGAIN
\nGLOSSARY 248
\nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 252<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[21580],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-45606","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-decorative-arts","7":"author-by-author-tim-webster","8":"author-by-author-virginia-henderson","9":"publisher-river-books","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Social Life of Teak - 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