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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Derek MoscatoPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press ISBN: 9781496208392ISBN 10: 1496208390 Pages: 246 Publication Date: 01 June 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. A Pipeline Runs through It 2. Plains Spoken 3. Harvesting a Rural Metanarrative 4. Framing a Movement 5. Níbtháska 6. A Fight on Your Hands 7. From the Grass Roots Epilogue: After Nebraska References IndexReviews"""Whether you are a Nebraskan or not, opposed to or supportive of the pipeline, you will learn a lot from this book and gain insight into the controversy.""—Mark Brohman, Nebraska History Magazine ""Readers will learn how one case of civil environmental populism evolved in a rural US context and, in so doing, will also gain an in-depth understanding of the existing scholarship on environmental communication. This exemplary book demonstrates outstanding, careful scholarship.""—R. E. O'Connor, Choice “TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline is arguably one of the most significant environmental struggles in North American history. Moscato not only digs deep into these intense ecological antagonisms but—through the Bold Nebraska environmental campaign—also presents an important case study of the possibilities of engaged, multi-stakeholder environmental activism in a time of mounting global ecological crisis. . . . Dirt Persuasion is an exceptionally important contribution to environmental communication.”—Patrick D. Murphy, author of The Media Commons: Globalization and Environmental Discourses “Dirt Persuasion is a must-read for grassroots activists who care about rural environments. Lucidly written, Moscato’s fascinating book illuminates how Bold Nebraska mobilized cultural symbols, storytelling, and historical consciousness to build uncommon alliances and frame the media narrative in a successful movement to halt construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.”—Marsha Weisiger, Julie and Rocky Dixon Chair of U.S. Western History at the University of Oregon" TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline is arguably one of the most significant environmental struggles in North American history. Moscato not only digs deep into these intense ecological antagonisms but-through the Bold Nebraska environmental campaign-also presents an important case study of the possibilities of engaged, multi-stakeholder environmental activism in a time of mounting global ecological crisis. . . . Dirt Persuasion is an exceptionally important contribution to environmental communication. -Patrick D. Murphy, author of The Media Commons: Globalization and Environmental Discourses Dirt Persuasion is a must-read for grassroots activists who care about rural environments. Lucidly written, Moscato's fascinating book illuminates how Bold Nebraska mobilized cultural symbols, storytelling, and historical consciousness to build uncommon alliances and frame the media narrative in a successful movement to halt construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. -Marsha Weisiger, Julie and Rocky Dixon Chair of U.S. Western History at the University of Oregon """Readers will learn how one case of civil environmental populism evolved in a rural US context and, in so doing, will also gain an in-depth understanding of the existing scholarship on environmental communication. This exemplary book demonstrates outstanding, careful scholarship.""—R. E. O'Connor, Choice “TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline is arguably one of the most significant environmental struggles in North American history. Moscato not only digs deep into these intense ecological antagonisms but—through the Bold Nebraska environmental campaign—also presents an important case study of the possibilities of engaged, multi-stakeholder environmental activism in a time of mounting global ecological crisis. . . . Dirt Persuasion is an exceptionally important contribution to environmental communication.”—Patrick D. Murphy, author of The Media Commons: Globalization and Environmental Discourses “Dirt Persuasion is a must-read for grassroots activists who care about rural environments. Lucidly written, Moscato’s fascinating book illuminates how Bold Nebraska mobilized cultural symbols, storytelling, and historical consciousness to build uncommon alliances and frame the media narrative in a successful movement to halt construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.”—Marsha Weisiger, Julie and Rocky Dixon Chair of U.S. Western History at the University of Oregon" Author InformationDerek Moscato is an associate professor of journalism at Western Washington University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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