Books by Finis Dunaway

Shows how popular environmentalism has been entwined with mass media spectacles of crisis. The author focuses on key moments in which media images provoked environmental anxiety but also prescribed limited forms of action. It is suitable to anyone interested in the history of environmentalism or in the power of the media.

Shows how visual imagery - such as wilderness photographs, New Deal documentary films, and Sierra Club coffee-table books - shaped perceptions of the natural world and led to the development of the contemporary conservation movement. This book is suitable for those interested in American cultural history, the visual arts, and environmentalism.