Entangled Edens Visions of the Amazon

"[A] scholarly, heavily-annotated discussion of the myths surrounding the Amazon….Often, Slater seems more scornful of the environmentalists who are trying to save the rain forests than she is of the multinational corporations that are destroying them. Her sharp criticisms underscore the shortcomings of the environmental movement--the moral ambiguities surrounding the West's 'proprietary interest' in protecting the Amazon and our consumer-driver culture's complicity in its destruction--but for anybody looking for solutions, ENTANGLED EDENS is ultimately disappointing. Slater leaves readers with the same questions she raises at the book's beginning: What is it we need to know? What can we do?Slater, Candace is the author of 'Entangled Edens Visions of the Amazon' with ISBN 9780520226418 and ISBN 0520226410.