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More copies of this ISBN:Whispering in the Giant's Ear: A Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia's War on Globalizationby William Powers
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:An intimate and powerful account of living in Bolivia during a time of crisis and change. Long the obscure “Tibet of South America,” Bolivia emerged as a world flashpoint during the four years William Powers lived there as an aid worker. CNN and the New York Times have shown images of Aymara women in bowler hats standing down tanks; citizen protests have ousted multinationals and two pro-globalization presidents. In A Natural Nation, Powers breathes life into the recent struggles of the Bolivian people. When he arrives in the rainforest, he meets an extraordinary Chiquitano Indian named Salvador who is fighting the extinction of his people. At the same time, the clock ticks for three multinational energy companies forced to curb global warming. Both goals depend upon the survival of a stretch of pristine jungle. But as Indians and oil giants join to launch the world’s largest Kyoto Protocol project—using forests to absorb dangerous planetary greenhouse gasses—Salvador’s life is threatened by loggers collaborating with a racist Bolivian oligarchy. The quest for a single rainforest is subsumed in a movement of national liberation. A Natural Nation goes beneath the headlines, gracefully weaving memoir, travel, history and reportage into an unforgettable chronicle of a “poor little rich country” attempting to engage the world without losing its soul. Book News Annotation:Based on his experiences living in Bolivia from 2001 to 2005, the
author describes how the indigenous people of the Latin American
country are confronting neoliberal globalization and producing their
own alternatives presaging a "green globalization," in which
economically poor but ecologically rich countries might thrive
"through producing certified timber, ecotourism, and carbon ranching,
and cultural services such as alpaca and llama products, native
weavings, and ethnotourism." He frames his narrative through the
story of his unfolding relationship with a single Amazonian Indian,
which links together his three themes of an Amazon tribe struggling
to survive, a nation overcoming oppression and constructing a new
identity, and a global community pioneering green globalization
through "the world's largest Kyoto Protocol experiment." Distributed
in the US by Holtzbrinck Publishers.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Long the obscure "Tibet of South America," Bolivia emerged as a world flashpoint during the four years William Powers lived there as an aid worker. CNN and the About the AuthorWilliam Powers has worked for over a decade in development aid in Latin America, Africa, Washington, D.C., and Native North America. His project in the Bolivian Amazon won the 2003 Harvard University JFK School prize for innovation. He is author of the Liberia memoir Blue Clay People, and contributor to two recent books on tropical biodiversity. His essays have appeared in the New York Times and International Herald Tribune, and he provides commentary for World Vision Radio and NPR. Powers, who is still based in Bolivia, is 2004-2005 recipient of the Open Door Foundation fellowship for nonfiction What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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