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The mass media in different countries reflects dominant concerns of
contemporary societies. Ideas of "environmentalism" are often broad
and imprecise, holding neither meaning or currency. This volume
discusses the diverse ideas of "environmentalism", the way
environmental ideas circulate, and public reaction to environmental
concerns conveyed by the media. Drawing on interviews with
journalists, media pictures, and public opinion surveys in both UK
and India, the authors outline the differing cultural, religious
and political contexts against which "world views" form present an
interesting picture between North and South. Mass media and
communication technology is in danger of locking Northern countries
into a ghetto of environmental self-deception thereby perpetuating
poverty in the South. The South's goal remains the attainment of
development; the North sees "environmental" problems occuring
"elsewhere" - in Eastern Europe and developing countries. Whether
or not "environmentalism" becomes a universal cause depends on how
and to what extent such sharply contrasting world views can
converge.
The mass media in different countries reflects dominant concerns of
contemporary societies. Ideas of `environmentalism' are often broad
and imprecise, holding neither meaning nor currency.
Environmentalism and Mass Media sheds new light on the diverse
ideas of `environmentalism', the way environmental ideas circulate,
and public reaction to environmental concerns conveyed by the
media. Drawing on unique interviews with journalists, media
pictures, and public opinion surveys in both UK and India, the
authors outline the differing cultural, religious and political
contexts against which `world views' form present a fascinating
picture between North and South. Mass media and communication
technology is in danger of locking Northern countries into a ghetto
of environmental self-deception, thereby perpetuating poverty in
the South. The South's goal remains the attainment of development;
the North sees `environmental' problems occuring `elsewhere' - in
Eastern Europe and developing countries. Whether or not
`environmentalism' becomes a universal cause depends on how and to
what extent such sharply contrasting world views can converge.
A "Library Journal" Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year
If environmental destruction continues at its current rate, a
third of all plants and animals could disappear by 2050--along with
earth's life-support ecosystems, which provide food, water,
medicine, and natural defenses against climate change.
Now Caroline Fraser offers the first definitive account of a
visionary crusade to confront this crisis: rewilding. Breathtaking
in scope and ambition, rewilding aims to save species by restoring
habitats, reviving migration corridors, and brokering peace between
people and predators. A "methodical, lyrical" (Sacramento News
& Review) story of scientific discovery and grassroots action,
"Rewilding the World" offers hope for a richer, wilder future.
'Just as gripping as the original novels . . . As pacy and vivid as
one of Wilder's own narratives' Sunday Times Millions of readers of
Little House on the Prairie believe they know Laura Ingalls - the
pioneer girl who survived blizzards and near-starvation on the
Great Plains where 'as far as a man could go to the north in a day,
or a week, or a whole month, there was nothing but woods. There
were no houses'. Her books are beloved around the world. But the
true story of her life has never been fully told. The Little House
books were not only fictionalized but brilliantly edited, a
profound act of myth-making and self-transformation. Now, drawing
on unpublished manuscripts, letters, diaries, and land and
financial records, Caroline Fraser, the editor of the Library of
America edition of the Little House series, masterfully fills in
the gaps in Wilder's biography, setting the record straight
regarding charges of ghostwriting that have swirled around the
books and uncovering the grown-up story behind the most influential
childhood epic of pioneer life. Set against nearly a century of
epochal change, from the Homestead Act and the Indian Wars to the
Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, Wilder's dramatic life provides
a unique perspective on American history and our national mythology
of self-reliance. Settling on the frontier amidst land-rush
speculation, Wilder's family encountered Biblical tribulations of
locusts and drought, fire and ruin. Deep in debt after a series of
personal tragedies, including the loss of a child and her husband's
stroke, Wilder uprooted herself again, crisscrossing the country
and turning to menial work to support her family. In middle age,
she began writing a farm advice column, prodded by her self-taught
journalist daughter. And at the age of sixty, after losing nearly
everything in the Depression, she turned to children's books,
recasting her hardscrabble childhood as a triumphal vision of
homesteading - and achieving fame and fortune in the process, in
one of the most astonishing rags-to-riches stories in American
letters. Offering fresh insight and new discoveries about Wilder's
life and times, Prairie Fires reveals the complex woman who defined
the American pioneer character, and whose artful blend of fact and
fiction grips us to this day.
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