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Terry Glavin is an adjunct professor in the Department of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia.

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1955
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
UK
Luogo di residenza
British Columbia, Canada
Attività lavorative
journalist
writing teacher
Organizzazioni
Vancouver Sun
Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee

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This book wasn't easy reading, but it was fascinating. It offers a lot of information about the Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en road blocks, pre-settler history of the area and the personal relationships between the people in that community as they fight for their land. It is written in a kind of circular way, which may be meant to relate back to the worldview of the original communities of the area.
 
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vnfc | Nov 9, 2023 |
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This is a polemical book about diversity - both biodiversity, in terms of species (and even different breeds of cultivated crops and animals), and ethnic diversity, in terms of languages spoken. Glavin argues passionately that we are losing vast amounts of what makes the world special, and points out that the disappearance of human languages is closely linked geographically to the extinction of species. It is a dramatic story, and some chapters - particularly the one describing the Russian Far East - are simply appalling in their description of what we are doing to our world.

Despite the awfulness of the overall story, Glavin tries to be optimistic, and I too would like to be optimistic, but unfortunately I found his optimistic passages far less convincing than his pessimistic passages. (I also didn't quite manage to summon up enthusiasm to match his for the whalers of the Lofoten Islands or the Angh of Longwa.) I would have appreciated some more practical ideas for what can be done at an individual or political level to ameliorate matters - Glavin debunks romantic environmentalism, quite possibly with good reason, but without offering much in its place. Still, I guess the purpose of such a book is to raise consciousness, and mine is duly raised.
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nwhyte | Jun 29, 2008 |
A passionate and somewhat balanced description of the accelerating pace of extinctions. The most powerful and frightening chapter dealt with agriculture, monoculture, plant extinctions. Not much of a prescription for a cure other than "do what you can."
 
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colinsky | 1 altra recensione | Oct 26, 2006 |
Interesting and informative. Depressing.
 
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rakerman | 1 altra recensione | Jul 18, 2006 |

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Opere
11
Utenti
186
Popolarità
#116,758
Voto
3.8
Recensioni
4
ISBN
28
Preferito da
1

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