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UNINA9910462882503321 |
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Shinn Eugene A |
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Bootstrap geologist [[electronic resource] ] : my life in science / / Gene Shinn |
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Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013 |
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0-8130-4749-8 |
0-8130-4506-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (311 p.) |
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Geologists - United States |
Geology - United States - History |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preface: A modern horror story -- Beginnings and early years -- The Shell years -- The Netherlands and the Persian Gulf -- Return to Stateside Shell -- The U.S. Geological Survey -- St. Petersburg and a new beginning -- Epilogue. |
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A memoir by Eugene Shinn of his life in geological field science. |
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UNINA9910453035903321 |
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Transnational ecocinema : film culture in an era of ecological transformation / / edited by Pietari Kääpä and Tommy Gustafsson ; Jelena Stanovnik, production manager |
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Bristol, England ; ; Chicago, Illinois : , : Intellect, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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1-78320-127-4 |
1-78320-128-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (238 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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KääpäPietari |
GustafssonTommy |
StanovnikJelena |
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Ecology in motion pictures |
Environmentalism in motion pictures |
Environmental protection and motion pictures |
Motion pictures and transnationalism |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; PART I: Introduction to Transnational Ecocinema; Introduction: Transnational Ecocinema in an age of Ecological Transformation; Transnational Approaches to Ecocinema: Charting an Expansive Field; PART II: Documentary Politics and the Ecological Imagination; Colourful Screens: Water Imaginaries in Documentaries from China and Taiwan; From My Fancy High Heels to Useless Clothing: 'Interconnectedness' and Ecocritical Issues in Transnational Documentaries; Ecocinema and 'Good Life' in Latin America |
Dimensions of Humanity in Earthlings (2005) and Encounters at the End of the World (2007)PART III: Popular Film and Ecology; China Has a Natural Environment, Too!: Consumerist and Ideological Ecoimaginaries in the Cinema of Feng Xiaogang; And the Oscar Goes to ... Ecoheroines, Ecoheros and the Development of Ecothemes from The China Syndrome |
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(1979) to GasLand (2010); PART IV: (In)Sustainable Footprint Of Cinema; Climate Change Films: Fear and Agency Appeals; Envisaging Environmental Change: Foregrounding Place in Three Australian Ecomedia Initiatives |
Afterword-Towards a Transnational Understanding of the Anthropocene Contributor Details; Index; Back Cover |
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Until recently, discussion of Hollywood film has dominated much of the contemporary dialogue on ecocriticism and the cinema. Transnational Ecocinema, open up the critical debate to look at a larger variety of films from many different countries and cultures. By foregrounding these films with their economic and political contexts, the contributors offer a more comprehensive and nuanced look at the role of place in ecocinema. The essays also interrogate proposed global solutions to environmental issues by presenting an ecocritical perspective on different film and cultural considerations from ar |
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