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Loading... Into the Woods: the Battle for Tasmania's Forestsby Anna Krien
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Much more interesting than I expected a book about Tasmania's logging debate to be! Insightful and engaging. ( ) Krien is a poor journalist, at best. This book had so much potential, but failed on so many counts. Overly emotional, the book has no linear flow that turns it into just a mish-mash of facts/feelings. I would love to love this book, but she doesn't understand so many things about the environmental movement that it makes it difficult to do so. She has little to no concept of Ed Abbey. I don't think she understands how power works in politics. And, her writing needs to be significantly clearer to make her point. Having just left Tassie, I will say that the island is a bit on the vanilla side which probably made it easier for the corruption in the govt. to go on, But she could have brought that out better.... Thorough and rather fearless analysis of the history of logging in Tasmania over recent decades (up to 2010). Read full review at whisperinggums: http://whisperinggums.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/anna-krien-into-the-woods/ no reviews | add a review
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Winner of the Literary or Media Award Advancing Public Debate in the 2011 QLD Premier's Literary Awards and the People's Choice Award in the 2011 Victorian Premier's Literary AwardsFor many years, the Tasmanian wilderness has been the site of a fierce struggle. At stake is the future of old-growth forests. Loggers and police face off with protesters deep in the forest, while savage political games are played in the courts and parliaments.In Into the Woods, Anna Krien, armed with a notebook, a sleeping bag and a rusty sedan, ventures behind the battlelines to see what it is like to risk everyth No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)333.7509946Social sciences Economics Economics of land and energy Land, recreational and wilderness areas, energy Forests & Rainforests Biography; History by Place PacificLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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