Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-242) and index.
Contents:
World wide webs : imagining the planet -- From the Blue Planet to Google Earth : environmentalism, ecocriticism, and the imagination of the global -- Among the everywheres : global crowds and the networked planet -- Adventures in the global Amazon -- Planet at risk -- Narrative in the world risk society -- Toxic bodies, corporate poisons : local risks and global systems -- Afterglow : Chernobyl and the everyday -- Some like it hot : climate change and eco-cosmopolitanism.
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