Amazon Journal: Dispatches from a Vanishing Frontier

O'CONNOR, Geoffrey

ISBN 10: 0525941134 / ISBN 13: 9780525941132

Edité par Dutton, New York, 1997

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Views on the sad story of the Amazon River Basin and the growing environmental degradation that is happening there. 1st printing, 8vo, 378pp. Hardcover with 1/4 green cloth and paper boards and with unclipped dustjacket. Mint copy, as new. Weight, 556g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

N° de réf. du vendeur 036330

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Amazon Journal: Dispatches from a Vanishing Frontier
• Éditeur: Dutton, New York
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0525941134
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780525941132
• Reliure: Cloth
• Édition: First Printing.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Type de livre: Book
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Central & South America, Caribbean
  • Natural History, Outdoors, Environment

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Synopsis

Book by OConnor Geoffrey

Revue de presse

“In the late '80s and early '90s, while the world worked itself in a lather over the disappearing Amazon rain forests, reporter and filmmaker Geoffrey O'Connor found an even bigger story behind the movement. While the world turned its attention to saving the Brazilian rain forest, O'Connor found that the indigenous Indian culture was on the brink of being destroyed by loggers, miners and corrupt politicians. In turning the focus on indigenous societies caught up in the gold rush taking placing on Indian lands in the rain forest, O'Connor found a far more ambiguous and complex story beyond the simple predictable tale of Indian victims battling a virtual army of 45,000 gold miners.”—The Vancouver Sun (British Columbia)
 
“Not only recounts his own reactions to what he sees and hears in a strikingly honest way; it also analyzes the variables of greed, racism, hunger, sentimentality, adventure, idealism, violence and corruption that confuse how the Amazon is perceived.”—Alan Riding, New York Times
 
“These doubts, and the historical perspective O'Connor adopts, are the chief virtues of this book, along with his sharp, visual prose.”—Michael Harris, Los Angeles Times