Patriots : Defending Australia's Natural Heritage

Englisch

Saint Lucia : University of Queensland Press, 2008

2008.

1 online resource (417 pages)

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Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9780702235542

978-0-7022-4220-5

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-0-7022-3554-2 (Druckausgabe)

*Electronic books

*Environmental policy ; Australia ; History ; Environmentalism ; Australia ; History ; Electronic books

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: GE199.A8 .L55 2006

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 333.720994;

Australia's environmental movement and those defending the unique wildlife Down Under are superbly examined in this powerful account. Charting the emergence of a new national green" movement and its members' commitment to nature's survival, this exploration details the landmark environmental battles already faced as well as those lurking on the horizon.

Title -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Storm -- Chapter 2: This gentle art of bulldozing -- Chapter 3: Harmony -- Chapter 4: Level-headed men -- Chapter 5: Abyss of folly -- Chapter 6: Gadarene swine -- Chapter 7: Pedderised -- Chapter 8: Bogus letters -- Chapter 9: Reverie -- Chapter 10: Come in Peace and Love -- Chapter 11: Streams of vilification -- Chapter 12: No dams -- Chapter 13: Different realms -- Chapter 14: Vanity Fair -- Chapter 15: Don't you worry about that -- Chapter 16: House of theory -- Chapter 17: Green Saboteur -- Chapter 18: Woodchips on stumps -- Chapter 19: Trespass -- Chapter 20: A fart in a cyclone -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Select bibliography -- Notes -- Index.

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