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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Richard Alexander (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.470kg ISBN: 9780415888356ISBN 10: 0415888352 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 06 January 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Integrating the Ecological Issue 3. Ecological Commitment in Business 4. The Framing of Ecology 5. Talking About ‘Sustainable Development’ 6. Wording the World 7. Shaping Environmental Discourse 8. Resisting Imposed Metaphors of Value 9. Engineering Agriculture. Who Pays the Price? 10. Language and Orwell’s Problem 11. Concluding Obfuscation and Disinformation. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. IndexReviewsFor anyone interested in language, ecology and politics, the book is an eye-opener and should be compulsory reading. --Alwin Fill, Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik ""For anyone interested in language, ecology and politics, the book is an eye-opener and should be compulsory reading.""--Alwin Fill, Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik ""The survival of humanity depends on our ability to change the attitude most people have towards the environment and Alexander's work can help us follow the right direction."" - M. Cristina Caimotto, University of Torino, Italy Author InformationRichard J. Alexander, Full Professor of English Business Communication at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Publications include Aspects of Verbal Humour in English and New International Business English (co-author Leo Jones). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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