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The nature of spectacle on images, money, and conserving capitalism

Title
The nature of spectacle [electronic resource] : on images, money, and conserving capitalism / Jim Igoe.
Author
Igoe, Jim, 1964-
Publication
Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2017.

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Description
1 online resource (xiv, 161 pages) : maps.
Summary
"A thoughtful treatise on how popular representations of nature, through entertainment and tourism, shape how we imagine environmental problems and their solutions"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
Critical green engagements : investigating the green economy and its alternatives
Uniform Title
  • Nature of spectacle (Online)
  • Critical green engagements.
Alternative Title
Nature of spectacle (Online)
Subject
  • Nature conservation > Economic aspects
  • Ecotourism
  • Spectacular, The
  • Capitalism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-152) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: the spectacle of nature and circuits of capitalism -- 1. Making, managing, and marketing East African nature -- 2. A landscape that functions ecologically and economically? -- 3. Seeing the world to save the world -- 4. Wise exchange, convention space, and transnational tournaments of value -- 5. Consume, connect, conserve -- 6. Some last(ing) stories and reflections.
LCCN
2016057165
OCLC
ssj0001814536
Author
Igoe, Jim, 1964-
Title
The nature of spectacle [electronic resource] : on images, money, and conserving capitalism / Jim Igoe.
Imprint
Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2017.
Series
Critical green engagements : investigating the green economy and its alternatives
Critical green engagements.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-152) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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