Kivalina
Subtitle: a climate change story
By: Christine Shearer
Publisher: Haymarket Books; Distributed to the trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill; [St. Paul, Minn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781608461288
Subjects: Climate change mitigation; Climatic changes; Government policy; Economic conditions; Inupiat; Relocation
Description: "For the people of Kivalina, Alaska, the price of further climate change denial could be the complete devastation of their lives and culture. Their village must be relocated to survive, but neither the fossil fuel giants or the U.s. government are willing to take full responsibility."--P. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: The science of persuasion.; title: Blueprint for denial; title: Shaping legality; title: The industrial revolution and climate change.; title: Fossilized fuels and U.S. power; title: Global what?; title: Kivalina.; title: The human face of global warming; title: Relocation in a neoliberal state.