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Distant Islands

Author : Daniel H. Inouye
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1607327937
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Distant Islands written by Daniel H. Inouye and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distant Islands is a modern narrative history of the Japanese American community in New York City between America's centennial year and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Often overshadowed in historical literature by the Japanese diaspora on the West Coast, this community, which dates back to the 1870s, has its own fascinating history. The New York Japanese American community was a composite of several micro communities divided along status, class, geographic, and religious lines. Using a wealth of primary sources—oral histories, memoirs, newspapers, government documents, photographs, and more—Daniel H. Inouye tells the stories of the business and professional elites, mid-sized merchants, small business owners, working-class families, menial laborers, and students that made up these communities. The book presents new knowledge about the history of Japanese immigrants in the United States and makes a novel and persuasive argument about the primacy of class and status stratification and relatively weak ethnic cohesion and solidarity in New York City, compared to the pervading understanding of nikkei on the West Coast. While a few prior studies have identified social stratification in other nikkei communities, this book presents the first full exploration of the subject and additionally draws parallels to divisions in German American communities. Distant Islands is a unique and nuanced historical account of an American ethnic community that reveals the common humanity of pioneering Japanese New Yorkers despite diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and life stories. It will be of interest to general readers, students, and scholars interested in Asian American studies, immigration and ethnic studies, sociology, and history. Winner- Honorable Mention, 2018 Immigration and Ethnic History Society First Book Award

Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands

Author : Judith Schalansky
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143126679
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands written by Judith Schalansky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lovely small-trim edition of the award-winning Atlas of Remote Islands The Atlas of Remote Islands, Judith Schalansky’s beautiful and deeply personal account of the islands that have held a place in her heart throughout her lifelong love of cartography, has captured the imaginations of readers everywhere. Using historic events and scientific reports as a springboard, she creates a story around each island: fantastical, inscrutable stories, mixtures of fact and imagination that produce worlds for the reader to explore. Gorgeously illustrated and with new, vibrant colors for the Pocket edition, the atlas shows all fifty islands on the same scale, in order of the oceans they are found. Schalansky lures us to fifty remote destinations—from Tristan da Cunha to Clipperton Atoll, from Christmas Island to Easter Island—and proves that the most adventurous journeys still take place in the mind, with one finger pointing at a map.

Distant Islands

Author : Steve K. Bertrand
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1796018805
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Distant Islands written by Steve K. Bertrand and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no available information at this time. Author will provide once available.

Toward the Distant Islands

Author : Hayden Carruth
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
ISBN 13 : 1556592361
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (565 download)

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Download or read book Toward the Distant Islands written by Hayden Carruth and published by Copper Canyon Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects works by American poet Hayden Carruth, including lyrics; narratives; comic, meditative, and erotic poems; and reflections on the natural world.

Islands Beyond the Horizon

Author : Roger Lovegrove
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191651907
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Islands Beyond the Horizon written by Roger Lovegrove and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islands have an irresistible attraction and an enduring appeal. Naturalist Roger Lovegrove has visited many of the most remote islands in the world, and in this book he takes the reader to twenty that fascinate him the most. Some are familiar but most are little known; they range from the storm-bound island of South Georgia and the ice-locked Arctic island of Wrangel to the wind-swept, wave-lashed Mykines and St Kilda. The range is diverse and spectacular; and whether distant, offshore, inhabited, uninhabited, tropical or polar, each is a unique self-contained habitat with a delicately-balanced ecosystem, and each has its own mystique and ineffable magnetism. Central to each story is also the impact of human settlers. Lovegrove recounts unforgettable tales of human endeavour, tragedy, and heroism. But consistently, he has to report on the mankind's negative impact on wildlife and habitats — from the exploitation of birds for food to the elimination of native vegetation for crops. By looking not only at the biodiversity of each island, but also the uneasy relationship between its wildlife and the involvement of man, he provides a richly detailed account of each island, its diverse wildlife, its human history, and the efforts of conservationists to retain these irreplaceable sites.

Island Shores, Distant Pasts

Author : Scott M. Fitzpatrick
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813063140
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Island Shores, Distant Pasts written by Scott M. Fitzpatrick and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An excellent compilation of new methods and theories in Caribbean archaeology. . . . Not only materialize[s] the methodological advance in Caribbean archaeology, but also signif[ies] the strong theoretical progression that this discipline is experiencing."--Journal of Caribbean Archaeology "Look[s] beyond the field of archaeology to include new techniques from genetics, computer simulation, and physical anthropology. . . . Unquestionably moves our understanding of the settling of the Caribbean forward and provides several new provocative avenues for further exploration."--New West Indian Guide "Demonstrate[s] various methods that introduce new insights into the investigation of Caribbean prehistory, revealing the complexity of pre-Columbian cultures, peoples, and their movements. . . . [and] contributes to a totalizing view of the colonization process in the Caribbean."--Caribbean Quarterly "Can be considered as a real starting point for a biological approach of the pre-Columbian settlement of the Caribbean."-- Benoit Berard, Universite des Antilles For more than a century, archaeologists and anthropologists have searched for evidence of when and how peoples first settled the Caribbean islands. Research on this area is pivotal for understanding the migration of peoples in the New World and how small and large populations develop biologically and culturally through time. This unique collection synthesizes our archaeological and biological knowledge about the pre-Columbian settlement of the Caribbean and highlights the various techniques we can use to analyze human migration and settlement patterns throughout history. Newer and well-established techniques, like computer simulations of seafaring, radiocarbon dating, three-dimensional and traditional craniometrics, stable isotopes, and ancient and modern DNA analysis, show great promise for helping us better understand pre-Columbian Caribbean population expansions, while demonstrating the utility of integrating and comparing biological markers with the archaeological record. Surprisingly little attention has been paid to migrations, population movements, and island colonization in the Caribbean islands. This volume fills that void. Scott M. Fitzpatrick is professor of archaeology at the University of Oregon and founding coeditor of the Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. Ann H. Ross is professor of biological sciences at North Carolina State University. She is a contributor to Digging Deeper: Current Trends and Future Directions in Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology. A volume in the series Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past, edited by Clark Spencer Larsen

Distant Islands

Author : Charles Corn
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Distant Islands written by Charles Corn and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1991 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A record of a journey to the Malay Archipelago and a celebration of this mysterious country, its islands, seas, and peoples.

African Islands

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Rochester Studies in African H
ISBN 13 : 158046954X
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book African Islands written by Toyin Falola and published by Rochester Studies in African H. This book was released on 2019 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the culturally complex and cosmopolitan histories and of islands off the African coast

Plants on Islands

Author : Martin L. Cody
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520338103
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Plants on Islands written by Martin L. Cody and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thorough and meticulous study, the result of nearly a quarter-century of research, examines the island biogeography of plants on continental islands in Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Invaluable both because of its geographical setting and because of the duration of the study, Plants on Islands summarizes the diversity, dynamics, and distribution of the approximately three hundred species of plants on more than two hundred islands. Martin Cody uses his extensive data set to test various aspects of island biogeographic theory. His thoughtful analysis, constrained by taxon and region, elucidates and enhances the understanding of the biogeographic patterns and dynamics. He provides an overview of the basic theory, concepts, and analytical tools of island biogeography. Also discussed are island relaxation to lower equilibrium species numbers post-isolation, plant distributions variously limited by island area, isolation and climatic differences, adaptation to local abiotic and biotic environments within islands, and the evolution of different island phenotypes. The book concludes with a valuable consideration of equilibrium concepts and of the interplay of coexistence and competition. Certain to challenge, Plants on Islands is among the first books to critically analyze the central tenets of the theory of island biogeography.

Graphic pictures of native life in distant lands, with explanatory text by A. Kirchoff, tr. by G. Philip

Author : Heinrich Leutemann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Book Synopsis Graphic pictures of native life in distant lands, with explanatory text by A. Kirchoff, tr. by G. Philip by : Heinrich Leutemann

Download or read book Graphic pictures of native life in distant lands, with explanatory text by A. Kirchoff, tr. by G. Philip written by Heinrich Leutemann and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Getting Stoned with Savages

Author : J. Maarten Troost
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767921992
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book Getting Stoned with Savages written by J. Maarten Troost and published by Crown. This book was released on 2006-06-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Maarten Troost established himself as one of the most engaging and original travel writers around. Getting Stoned with Savages again reveals his wry wit and infectious joy of discovery in a side-splittingly funny account of life in the farthest reaches of the world. After two grueling years on the island of Tarawa, battling feral dogs, machete-wielding neighbors, and a lack of beer on a daily basis, Maarten Troost was in no hurry to return to the South Pacific. But as time went on, he realized he felt remarkably out of place among the trappings of twenty-first-century America. When he found himself holding down a job—one that might possibly lead to a career—he knew it was time for him and his wife, Sylvia, to repack their bags and set off for parts unknown. Getting Stoned with Savages tells the hilarious story of Troost’s time on Vanuatu—a rugged cluster of islands where the natives gorge themselves on kava and are still known to “eat the man.” Falling into one amusing misadventure after another, Troost struggles against typhoons, earthquakes, and giant centipedes and soon finds himself swept up in the laid-back, clothing-optional lifestyle of the islanders. When Sylvia gets pregnant, they decamp for slightly-more-civilized Fiji, a fallen paradise where the local chiefs can be found watching rugby in the house next door. And as they contend with new parenthood in a country rife with prostitutes and government coups, their son begins to take quite naturally to island living—in complete contrast to his dad.

Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine

Author : Alan Lightman
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101871873
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine written by Alan Lightman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams—“an elegant and moving paean to our spiritual quest for meaning in an age of science" (The New York Times Book Review). As a physicist, Alan Lightman has always held a scientific view of the world. But one summer evening, while looking at the stars from a small boat at sea, Lightman was overcome by the overwhelming sensation that he was merging with something larger than himself—an eternal unity, something absolute and immaterial. The result is an inspired, lyrical meditation from the acclaimed author of Einstein's Dreams that explores these seemingly contradictory impulses. Lightman draws on sources ranging from Saint Augustine's conception of absolute truth to Einstein's theory of relativity, and gives us a profound inquiry into the human desire for truth and meaning, and a journey along the different paths of religion and science that become part of that quest. This small but provocative book explores the tension between our yearning for certainty and permanence versus the modern scientific view that all things in the physical world are uncertain and impermanent.

Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island

Author : Basil Hall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island written by Basil Hall and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Island Biogeography in the Sea of Cortéz

Author : Ted J. Case
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520047990
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book Island Biogeography in the Sea of Cortéz written by Ted J. Case and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Distant Suffering

Author : Luc Boltanski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521659536
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book Distant Suffering written by Luc Boltanski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-10-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers morally acceptable response to images of war, famine etc. brought to us by television.

First Settlement of Remote Oceania

Author : Mike T. Carson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319010476
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book First Settlement of Remote Oceania written by Mike T. Carson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-07-13 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the only synthesis of early-period Marianas archaeology, marking the first human settlement of Remote Oceania about 1500 B.C. In these remote islands of the northwest Pacific Ocean, archaeological discoveries now can define the oldest site contexts, dating, and artifacts of a Neolithic (late stone-age) people. This ancient settlement was accomplished by the world’s longest open-ocean voyage in human history at its time, more than 2000 km from any contemporary populated area. This work brings the isolated Mariana Islands into the forefront of scientific research of how people first settled Remote Oceania, further important for understanding long-distance human migration in general. Given this significance, the early Marianas sites deserve close attention that has been awkwardly missing until now. The author draws on his years of intensive field research to define the earliest Marianas sites in scientific detail but accessible for broad readership. It covers three major topics: 1) situating the ancient sites in their original environmental contexts; 2) inventory of the early-period sites and their dating; and 3) the full range of pottery, stone tools, shell ornaments, and other artifacts. The work concludes with discussing the impacts of the findings on Asia-Pacific archaeology and on human global migration studies.

Island Sustainability

Author : Hiroshi Kakazu
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1425176585
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Island Sustainability written by Hiroshi Kakazu and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is devoted to island sustainability with a focus on the small island economies in the Pacific, especially islands of Okinawa located at the southwestern edge of Japan. It examines socio-economic characteristics, development issues, policies, networking of island societies, and the roles of culture, human resources, agriculture and tourism in a globalizing world. Okinawa, the birthplace of nissology (island studies in Greek), embraces all aspects of small, remote island characteristics, including geography, history, economy and culture. Okinawa hosted the third and fourth Pacific Leaders Meeting (PALM). PALM adopted “the Okinawa Initiative on Regional Development Strategies for a More Prosperous and Safer Pacific.” This initiative emphasized the important role of Okinawa in spearheading and coordinating development and educational relationships among the Pacific islands. Although the focus is on Okinawa, analytical methods and visions presented in this book will provide food for thought for many similar island societies which have been struggling to achieve toward sustainable development. Since the International Small Island Studies Association (ISISA) held its first meeting on Island of Okinawa, Nissology has been emerging as an important area of scientific investigation. The book is intended to appeal to students, academic researchers, policy makers and industry professionals and practitioners.