Nature's saviours : celebrity conservationists in the television age / Graham Huggan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huggan, Graham, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservationists--Biography.

Conservationists.

Naturalists--Biography.

Naturalists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Nature's saviors

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge/Earthscan, 2013.

London ; New York, NY : Earthscan from Rutledge : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.

Summary:

<P>Celebrity conservationists have played a major role in drawing attention to an increasingly threatened natural world. Through television they have brought the crises of this world directly into the public gaze. This book is one of the first to address this contribution, focusing on key figures such as David Attenborough and Steve Irwin. </P>

Contents:

Cover; Nature's Saviours; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Foreword; Introduction; 1 A is for Attenborough; 2 Lives aquatic: underwater with the Cousteaus; 3 Requiem for Dian: myth, memory, mediation; 4 Suzuki: the scientist as moralist; 5 Crocodile tears: the life and death of Steve Irwin; Afterword; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-203-12318-2

1-136-33759-8

9780203123188

OCLC:

862820609