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Surroundings

Author : Etienne S. Benson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022670629X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Surroundings written by Etienne S. Benson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the ubiquity of environmental rhetoric in the modern world, it’s easy to think that the meaning of the terms environment and environmentalism are and always have been self-evident. But in Surroundings, we learn that the environmental past is much more complex than it seems at first glance. In this wide-ranging history of the concept, Etienne S. Benson uncovers the diversity of forms that environmentalism has taken over the last two centuries and opens our eyes to the promising new varieties of environmentalism that are emerging today. Through a series of richly contextualized case studies, Benson shows us how and why particular groups of people—from naturalists in Napoleonic France in the 1790s to global climate change activists today—adopted the concept of environment and adapted it to their specific needs and challenges. Bold and deeply researched, Surroundings challenges much of what we think we know about what an environment is, why we should care about it, and how we can protect it.

Surroundings

Author : Etienne S. Benson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022670632X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Surroundings written by Etienne S. Benson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the ubiquity of environmental rhetoric in the modern world, it’s easy to think that the meaning of the terms environment and environmentalism are and always have been self-evident. But in Surroundings, we learn that the environmental past is much more complex than it seems at first glance. In this wide-ranging history of the concept, Etienne S. Benson uncovers the diversity of forms that environmentalism has taken over the last two centuries and opens our eyes to the promising new varieties of environmentalism that are emerging today. Through a series of richly contextualized case studies, Benson shows us how and why particular groups of people—from naturalists in Napoleonic France in the 1790s to global climate change activists today—adopted the concept of environment and adapted it to their specific needs and challenges. Bold and deeply researched, Surroundings challenges much of what we think we know about what an environment is, why we should care about it, and how we can protect it.

Art-Rite

Author : Walter Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780991558575
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (585 download)

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Download or read book Art-Rite written by Walter Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This facsimile edition collects all 19 issues of 'Art-Rite' magazine, edited by art critics Walter Robinson and Edit DeAk from 1973 to 1978. Robinson, DeAk and a third editor, Joshua Cohn, met as art history students at Columbia University, and were inspired to found the magazine by their art criticism teacher, Brian O'Doherty. 'Art-Rite', cheaply produced on newsprint, served as an important alternative to the established art magazines of the period. 'Art-Rite' ran for only five years, and published only 19 issues. But in that time the magazine featured contributions from hundreds of artists, a list that now reads like a who's-who of 1970s art: Yvonne Rainer, Gordon Matta-Clark, Alan Vega (Suicide), William Wegman, Nancy Holt, Jack Smith, Dorothea Rockburne, Robert Morris, Adrian Piper, Laurie Anderson, Carolee Schneemann and Carl Andre; critics such as Lucy Lippard contributed writing. Through its single-artist issues and its thematic issues on performance, video and artists' books, 'Art-Rite' championed the new art of its era.

Genes and Surroundings

Author : Ronald G. Davidson
Publisher : Kendall Hunt
ISBN 13 : 9780787230241
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Genes and Surroundings written by Ronald G. Davidson and published by Kendall Hunt. This book was released on 1999-07-07 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Floristic Biodiversity of Barda Hills and Its Surroundings

Author : P.S. Nagar
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
ISBN 13 : 938774115X
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Floristic Biodiversity of Barda Hills and Its Surroundings written by P.S. Nagar and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book Floristic diversity of Barda Hills and its surroundings is first of its kind emphasizing the contribution of J.I. Thaker (1910) to the field of plant taxonomy and ethnobotany of Gujarat. His major contribution was on Vanaspati Sastra - Barda dungar ni-Jadibuti taeni Pariksha anae Upayog in Gujarati (1910). After his premiere work, no comprehensive study were undertaken to identify the multifarious changes that have come about in the area. In view of this, an attempt was made to understand the floristic diversity with different facets of taxonomic and ecological understanding in the Barda Hills and its surroundings. The basis of the whole study was based on the hypothesis that - the habitat destruction, over-exploitation of biotic resources, pollution and introduc-tion of exotic species as a result of human activities in the area over a period of ten decades, might have caused decline or shift in the species composition in the Barda Hills and its surroundings. Justification to the hypothesis includes various descriptive findings on biodiversity, historical understanding, floristic diversity, biogeography, species diversity (ecological prospective), genetic diversity and bioresources.

Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings

Author : Edward Sylvester Morse
Publisher : Boston, Ticknor, 1886 [1885]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings written by Edward Sylvester Morse and published by Boston, Ticknor, 1886 [1885]. This book was released on 1885 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Living with Bad Surroundings

Author : Sverker Finnström
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822388791
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book Living with Bad Surroundings written by Sverker Finnström and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-20 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1986, the Acholi people of northern Uganda have lived in the crossfire of a violent civil war, with the Lord’s Resistance Army and other groups fighting the Ugandan government. Acholi have been murdered, maimed, and driven into displacement. Thousands of children have been abducted and forced to fight. Many observers have perceived Acholiland and northern Uganda to be an exception in contemporary Uganda, which has been celebrated by the international community for its increased political stability and particularly for its fight against AIDS. These observers tend to portray the Acholi as war-prone, whether because of religious fanaticism or intractable ethnic hatreds. In Living with Bad Surroundings, Sverker Finnström rejects these characterizations and challenges other simplistic explanations for the violence in northern Uganda. Foregrounding the narratives of individual Acholi, Finnström enables those most affected by the ongoing “dirty war” to explain how they participate in, comprehend, survive, and even resist it. Finnström draws on fieldwork conducted in northern Uganda between 1997 and 2006 to describe how the Acholi—especially the younger generation, those born into the era of civil strife—understand and attempt to control their moral universe and material circumstances. Structuring his argument around indigenous metaphors and images, notably the Acholi concepts of good and bad surroundings, he vividly renders struggles in war and the related ills of impoverishment, sickness, and marginalization. In this rich ethnography, Finnström provides a clear-eyed assessment of the historical, cultural, and political underpinnings of the civil war while maintaining his focus on Acholi efforts to achieve “good surroundings,” viable futures for themselves and their families.

A Portrait of Machynlleth and Its Surroundings

Author : Evan Jones
Publisher : COCH Y BONDDU BOOKS
ISBN 13 : 9781904784241
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (842 download)

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Download or read book A Portrait of Machynlleth and Its Surroundings written by Evan Jones and published by COCH Y BONDDU BOOKS. This book was released on 2009 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

RoadVehicles Surroundings Supervision On-Board Sensors and Communications

Author : Felipe Jimenez
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3038975680
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book RoadVehicles Surroundings Supervision On-Board Sensors and Communications written by Felipe Jimenez and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Road Vehicles Surroundings Supervision: On-Board Sensors and Communications" that was published in Applied Sciences

Istanbul & Surroundings Travel Adventures

Author : Samantha Lafferty
Publisher : Hunter Publishing, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1588437353
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (884 download)

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Download or read book Istanbul & Surroundings Travel Adventures written by Samantha Lafferty and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second you land in Istanbul two things hit you: how vast it is and how chaotic. The cauldron of noise builds in the morning with the first call to prayer. As the city springs to life, ferries and tankers weave their way across the Bosphorus Strait from Asia to Europe and traffic chokes the streets. Hundreds of fishermen line the Galata Bridge in search of their daily catch to sell in cafés nestled below, while seagulls swoop and squall. At the end of the bridge, locals crush into the dark passageways at Eminönü's spice market and along the warrens of the Grand Bazaar for another day of haggling.

Arabian Plate and Surroundings: Geology, Sedimentary Basins and Georesources

Author : Sami Khomsi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030218740
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Arabian Plate and Surroundings: Geology, Sedimentary Basins and Georesources written by Sami Khomsi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the evolution of sedimentary basins of the Arabian Plate and its surroundings. Because these sedimentary basins developed in various tectonic settings, from extensional or transtensional to flexural, transpressional or compressional, their sedimentary sequences provide unique records of the regional geology. Georesources of the Arabian Plate are also described here, including petroleum potential, reservoirs, water resources, fresh water and deep saline aquifers, as well as materials and ore deposits. The book is made by a set of papers authored by geoscientists working in both academia and industry. Numerous chapters describe some regional important geologic features and selected sedimentary basins from the Middle East, North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula domains. Other chapters focus on georesources. A particular focus is given to the geology of Saudi Arabia. This book is an important contribution to the geology of the Arabian Peninsula and its surroundings. In view of the strategic and economic importance of the regional geology and georesources of the Arabian Plate and Surroundings, this volume will constitute an important reference for a wide range of geoscientists interested in the geology of this region, especially those active in petroleum geosciences and related industry. Ultimately, readers will discover important thematic maps in this book.

Justice and Its Surroundings

Author : Anthony De Jasay
Publisher : Amagi Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Justice and Its Surroundings written by Anthony De Jasay and published by Amagi Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libertarian (in the right-wing sense) political philosopher de Jasay presents 17 essays on his conception of justice and issues that he sees as surrounding the concept of justice: the state, the redistribution of income and wealth, the benefits and burdens between those who make collective choices and those who submit to them, the shaping of economic and social institutions so as to make them fit a unified ideology, and the problem of individual liberty. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Syracuse and Its Surroundings

Author : Henry Perry Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Syracuse and Its Surroundings written by Henry Perry Smith and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A descriptive and photographic tour of the city of Syracuse in 1878.

Jewish Bialystok and Surroundings in Eastern Poland

Author : Tomasz Wiśniewski
Publisher : Conran Octopus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jewish Bialystok and Surroundings in Eastern Poland written by Tomasz Wiśniewski and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 1998 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Countless men and women around the world today think of themselves as "Bialystokers," whether by birth or inheritance. In recent years, growing numbers of them have taken the trouble to make their way to northeastern Poland to visit - or revisit - the region that has been called "the heart of European Jewry," This Guide for Yesterday and Today is for them, as well as for students everywhere of the lost Jewish heritage of Poland. At the outbreak of World War II, more than three-quarters of all the Jews in the world either lived in Poland, or on former Polish lands, or were descendants of Jews who had lived there. The city of Bialystok alone counted at least 50,000 Jews, and refugees from the German invasion of Western Poland nearly tripled that number by November 1939. Today, only half a dozen Jews live in Bialystok...This ... book, which contains: the history of Białystok, Tykocin, and 30 nearby towns and villages; tours of Białystok by foot and auto to suit various time schedules; individual names and dates from cemeteries and and an old guidebook; a chronology of Jewish life in Białystok, starting in the 15th century; short biographies of notable Białystok Jews; 77 photographs and 25 maps... "--Back cover.

Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies

Author : G. Brent Dalrymple
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804749336
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies written by G. Brent Dalrymple and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planet Earth and the other bodies of the Solar System are 4.5 billion years old. They reside in a galaxy (the Milky Way Galaxy) that is 12-14 billion years old, and are part of a universe that is 13-15 billion years old. In Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies, G. Brent Dalrymple, a geologist and widely recognized expert on the age of Earth, reviews the evidence that has led scientists to these conclusions and describes the methods by which this evidence has been gathered.

Our Surroundings

Author : Arthur G. Clement
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Our Surroundings written by Arthur G. Clement and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Remaking Boston

Author : Anthony N. Penna
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822943816
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Remaking Boston written by Anthony N. Penna and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2009 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remaking Boston chronicles many of the events that altered the physical landscape of Boston, while also offering multidisciplinary perspectives on the environmental history of one of America's oldest and largest metropolitan areas.