Sarah Hitchner is assistant research scientist and adjunct professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Georgia.John Schelhas is research forester with the Southern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service.J. Peter Brosius is distinguished research professor of anthropology at the University of Georgia and founding director of the University of Georgia's Center for Integrative Conservation Research.

This work offers an engaging, multi-faceted ethnography, covering two Georgia sites and one in Mississippi…. This book is well-researched and meticulously referenced. It will interest scholars in a wide range of disciplines, from anthropology and environmental studies to political science.Highlyrecommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. General readers.

• ForewordJ. Marshall ShepherdIntroduction Bioenergy Stories at the Intersection of Energy, Landscape, Race, and Climate in the U.S. SouthChapter 2 What People Hear and What People Say about Bioenergy: Translating Bioenergy Narratives, Imaginaries, and MetaphorsChapter 3 Bioenergy Landscapes: Impacts of Bioenergy Developments on Forest-Dependent Communities in the U.S. SouthChapter 4 What’s Climate Change Got to Do with It?: The Relevance (Or Not) of Climate Change to Perceptions of BioenergyChapter 5 “The South Be the South”: How Bioenergy Development Illustrates and Affects Racial Dynamics in the U.S. SouthConclusion A New Bioenergy Imaginary in the U.S. South

Sarah Hitchner is assistant research scientist and adjunct professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Georgia.John Schelhas is research forester with the Southern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service.J. Peter Brosius is distinguished research professor of anthropology at the University of Georgia and founding director of the University of Georgia's Center for Integrative Conservation Research.

This work offers an engaging, multi-faceted ethnography, covering two Georgia sites and one in Mississippi…. This book is well-researched and meticulously referenced. It will interest scholars in a wide range of disciplines, from anthropology and environmental studies to political science.Highlyrecommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. General readers.

• ForewordJ. Marshall ShepherdIntroduction Bioenergy Stories at the Intersection of Energy, Landscape, Race, and Climate in the U.S. SouthChapter 2 What People Hear and What People Say about Bioenergy: Translating Bioenergy Narratives, Imaginaries, and MetaphorsChapter 3 Bioenergy Landscapes: Impacts of Bioenergy Developments on Forest-Dependent Communities in the U.S. SouthChapter 4 What’s Climate Change Got to Do with It?: The Relevance (Or Not) of Climate Change to Perceptions of BioenergyChapter 5 “The South Be the South”: How Bioenergy Development Illustrates and Affects Racial Dynamics in the U.S. SouthConclusion A New Bioenergy Imaginary in the U.S. South