Hearts and Minds: Creative Australians and the Environment by Michael Pollak and Margaret MacNabb (Second-hand Book)

Description SECOND-HAND BOOK Attitudes towards the environment have undergone a revolution over the last 30 years and writing of various kinds have played a major role in forging our environmental consciousness. Hearts & Minds examines comprehensively for the first time the dazzling variety of work by creative Australians in alerting us to environmental destruction and presenting solutions to prevent it. Separate sections are devoted to fiction, non-fiction, illustrated books, films, plays, poetry, songs, magazines and children’s books. These studies are based on extensive research and on over 1,000 interviews with writers from all over Australia, providing lively and passionate comment o their work and their country. Hearts & Minds looks at the works of writers as diverse as Peter Carey, Tim Flannery, Rosie Scott, Peter Corris, Dorothy Hewett, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Peter Garrett, and Brian Hannant. Always stimulating to read, this is a landmark publication which makes a major contribution to our understanding of Australian culture, history, and politics.   Specifications: Condition: Very Good. Very light wear on cover, pages next to pristine. Publisher: Hale & Iremonger Year: 2000 Format: Paperback Pages: 399 ISBN: 0 86806 692 3