02067nam 2200469Ia 450 991078764360332120200520144314.00-203-12318-21-136-33759-8(CKB)2670000000488874(EBL)1356286(OCoLC)862820609(MiAaPQ)EBC3061104(MiAaPQ)EBC1356286(Au-PeEL)EBL3061104(CaPaEBR)ebr10751753(OCoLC)922958404(EXLCZ)99267000000048887420130510d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Nature's saviours[electronic resource] celebrity conservationists in the television age /Graham HugganLondon ;New York Routledge/Earthscan20131 online resource (245 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references and index.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<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>Nature's saviorsConservationistsBiographyNaturalistsBiographyConservationistsNaturalists618.9289/14Huggan Graham1958-158552MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787643603321Nature's saviours3713105UNINA