Rob Nixon (1)
Author of Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor
For other authors named Rob Nixon, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Rob Nixon is Rachel Carson Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Among his many books is Dreambirds: The Natural History of a Fantasy. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times.
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Dreambirds: The Strange History of the Ostrich in Fashion, Food and Fortune (1999) 43 copies, 2 reviews
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Rob Nixon's Dream Birds is about history and hope, the corrosive effects of colonialism and patriarchy and greed and conformity, the impermanence of the things we stake our fortunes on, and the impact of landscape on the human mind - but mostly it's about the ostrich-farming industry.... more...
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