Description
Product ID: | 9780674072343 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor |
Authors: | Author: Rob Nixon |
Page Count: | 368 |
Subjects: | Development economics and emerging economies, Development economics & emerging economies, Applied ecology, Conservation of the environment, Applied ecology, Conservation of the environment |
Description: | Select Guide Rating “Slow violence” from climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war occurs gradually and often invisibly. Rob Nixon focuses on the inattention we have paid to the lethality of many environmental crises, in contrast with the sensational, spectacle-driven messaging that impels public activism today. |
Imprint Name: | Harvard University Press |
Publisher Name: | Harvard University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2013-03-11 |