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Book SynopsisShows just what global activists can learn from AppalachiaTrade Review"An important, user-oriented document for Appalachia and elsewhere. Highly recommended."--Choice "As coal dies a hard, fast death, justice work turns to economic transition and encompasses a wide range of other issues, as detailed in the book, Transforming Places: Lessons from Appalachia by Steven L. Fisher and Barbara Ellen Smith." --Justice "The seventeen original essays showcased in Transforming Places chronicle and analyze these diverse struggles in an attempt to answer one driving question: 'Who will control such places, and to what ends?'… The mill might turn drop by drop, as the old song says, but anyone who wants to understand the water of activism is flowing in Appalachia these days--and anyone who would like first person perspectives on how to and how not to build a better mill--could not find a better hand book than Transforming Places."--Now and Then "Transforming Places excels in its ability to hold in tension the heterogeneity of Appalachia and the commonalities between very different strands of resistance."--Cultural Geographies"Engaging and accessible. . . . will win a place on the shelves of scholars, practitioners and activists alike."--West Virginia History "Transforming Places: Lessons from Appalachia edited by Stephen L. Fisher and Barbara Ellen Smith, is an apotheosis of that Appalachian studies dream. . . . tightly and engagingly told."--Journal of Appalachian StudiesTable of ContentsContributors are Fran Ansley, Yaira Andrea Arias Soto, Dwight B. Billings, M. Kathryn Brown, Jeannette Butterworth, Paul Castelloe, Aviva Chomsky, Dave Cooper, Walter Davis, Meredith Dean, Elizabeth C. Fine, Jenrose Fitzgerald, Doug Gamble, Nina Gregg, Edna Gulley, Molly Hemstreet, Mary Hufford, Ralph Hutchison, Donna Jones, Ann Kingsolver, Sue Ella Kobak, Jill Kriesky, Michael E. Maloney, Lisa Markowitz, Linda McKinney, Ladelle McWhorter, Marta Maria Miranda, Chad Montrie, Maureen Mullinax, Phillip J. Obermiller, Rebecca O'Doherty, Cassie Robinson Pfleger, Randal Pfleger, Anita Puckett, Katie Richards-Schuster, June Rostan, Rees Shearer, Daniel Swan, Joe Szakos, Betsy Taylor, Thomas E. Wagner, Craig White, and Ryan Wishart

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Book SynopsisFusing general interest in mushrooming with serious scholarship, this title describes and illustrates over five hundred of the region's mushroom species. It discusses the DNA revolution in mycology and its consequences for classification and identification, as well as the need for well-documented contemporary collections of mushrooms.Trade Review"This book does what no prior book has done by describing many of the thousands of species of mushrooms found in the Midwest. Anyone studying fungi will appreciate this large collection of species documented in a single volume. Mushrooms of the Midwest is a significant contribution."--Joe McFarland, coauthor of Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States: A Field-to-Kitchen Guide"Especially well-written and packaged. . . . from the cold conifer bogs of northern Michigan to the steamy oak forests of southern Missouri, the book offers a broad cross section of the fungi, edible and not, that can be found growing in the Midwest's diverse ecosystems."--James A. Baggett, Better Homes and Gardens"An attractive, informative book for mycologists and mushroom enthusiasts. Though it focuses on the Midwest, it will be useful for all geographic areas. . . . A beautiful presentation of a fascinating group of organisms. Highly recommended.--Choice"A significant new field guide and study manual for the novice and expert mushroomer alike. Never before has a field guide devoted chapters to the potential role of enthusiasts to the field or detailed a training manual that will ensure their contributions are useful to the professional."--Prairie Naturalist

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBook of the Year, Global Communication and Social Change Division of the International Communication Association (ICA), 2018 "There is hardly a topic that is more important and yet underresearched than the ways in which media. . . have (mis)represented environmental issues in recent decades. Patrick Murphy has the right credentials, reputation, and ability for the challenge. Given the importance of the topic, this books merits inclusion on the adoption lists of a wide spread of media, environmental, and discourse studies courses (among others) at undergraduate and graduate levels."--Mass Communication and Society"How is it that in less than four years Discovery replaced Ten Ways to Save the Planet with programming encouraging meat consumption, while The Walking Dead now provides post-apocalyptic survival techniques to a global audience? Murphy provides essential scholarship of environmental discourses within the politics and economies of transnational media."--Libby Lester, author of Media and Environment: Conflict, Politics and the News"This book is addressing a universal crisis that right now, as we speak, is rapidly mainstreaming. It is a text that will be recognized as a critically important, highly innovative, and possibly paradigm-changing contribution to our understanding of how mediated discourses work to destroy our planet."--Oliver Boyd-Barrett, author of Communications Media, Globalization, and Empire "Murphy skillfully unpacks the links among the institutions, ideology, and messages of global media systems and our imaginaries of the environment. The result is a scathing critique of the absorptive capacity of a market-driven, 'Promethean' discourse that elides social agency in response to our global ecological tensions."--Robert Cox, coeditor of The Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication"The book's approach produces an interesting and unique contribution that should be required reading for scholars and students." --European Journal of Communication

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Book SynopsisIn Voices of Drought, Michael B. Silvers proposes a scholarship focused on environmental justice to understand key questions in the study of music and the environment. His ecomusicological perspective offers a fascinating approach to events in Ceara, a northeastern Brazilian state affected by devastating droughts. These crises have a profound impact on social difference and stratification, and thus on forro music in the sertao (backlands) of the region. At the same time, the complex interactions of popular music and social conditions also help create the environment. Silvers offers case studies focused on the sertao that range from the Brazilian wax harvested in Ceara for use in early wax cylinder sound recordings to the drought- and austerity-related cancellation of Carnival celebrations in 2014-16. Unearthing links between music and the environmental and social costs of drought, his daring synthesis explores ecological exile, poverty, and unequal access to water resources alongside iTrade Review"This unique and timely work offers an important contribution to our understanding of how music and ecology are linked."--Jennifer C. Post, editor of Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader, Volume II

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental sustainability and human cultural sustainability are inextricably linked. Reversing damaging human impact on the global environment is ultimately a cultural question, and as with politics, the answers are often profoundly local. Cultural Sustainabilities presents twenty-three essays by musicologists and ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, folklorists, ethnographers, documentary filmmakers, musicians, artists, and activists, each asking a particular question or presenting a specific local case study about cultural and environmental sustainability. Contributing to the environmental humanities, the authors embrace and even celebrate human engagement with ecosystems, though with a profound sense of collective responsibility created by the emergence of the Anthropocene. Contributors: Aaron S. Allen, Michael B. Bakan, Robert Baron, Daniel Cavicchi, Timothy J. Cooley, Mark F. DeWitt, Barry Dornfeld, Thomas Faux, Burt Feintuch, Nancy Guy, Mary Hufford, Susan Hurley-Glowa, PatricTrade Review"Cultural Sustainabilities serves as a welcome and industrious collection that highlights not only the importance of sound but also its place in situating our current environmental and ecological plights." --Green Letters"Well-conceived . . . This volume is inspiring in that it offers new ways of looking at cultural sustainability." --Western Folklore"Cultural Sustainabilities is a superb collection of essays that broadly address the intersections of human creative practices and the environments from which they are derived and cultivated." --The World of Music"Written to introduce the reader to the universal practice of 'musicking' and the influence of real-time environmental upheaval on its conception and performance, and the physical and technological systems that support and maintain its integrity, the scope and scale of the literature illuminates the immense challenges of survival in a time of climatic upheaval." --Environmental Values"A must read for those interested in ecomusicology and will serve as a valuable resource for scholars in the Environmental Humanities writ large. . . . Students encountering Cultural Sustainabilities will be inspired to explore, advocate, and create a more equitable and pleasurable 'sound commons.'"--Mark Pedelty, author of A Song to Save the Salish Sea: Musical Performance as Environmental Activism​"The topic of sustainability is of broad interest across many disciplines and activities in this era of rapid climate change, globalized communications, and musical transformations. Music and sustainability is a new area and there are very few publications on the subject, and none as large and as well conceived as this one. It promises to make a significant addition."--Anthony Seeger, author of Why Suyá Sing: A Musical Anthropology of an Amazonian People​"Cultural Sustainabilities is a must read for those interested in ecomusicology and will serve as a valuable resource for scholars in the environmental humanities writ large. . . . Students encountering Cultural Sustainabilities will be inspired to explore, advocate, and create a more equitable and pleasurable 'sound commons.'"--Mark Pedelty, author of A Song to Save the Salish Sea: Musical Performance as Environmental Activism

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An excellent biography. . . . This book is a great read." --The Daily Chronicle"A well-balanced and authentic view of David--where he came from, who he was, what the influences on his worldview were, and especially his sense of urgency about the unfolding situation at Mount St. Helens in spring 1980. Volcanoes are complex features; Melanie Holmes explains scientific ideas in a clear, straightforward manner that make them more accessible to a broad, non-specialist audience."--Tom Casadevall, former acting director for the U.S. Geological Survey "The intertwined personal life of David Johnston with Mount St. Helens geology and the challenges of dangerous research have, in this story, produced an incredibly engaging saga. A beautiful tribute to a scientist and to science."--Robbie Rice Gries, author of Anomalies: Pioneering Women in Petroleum Geology: 1917–2017 and president of the Geological Society of America"Read this book--you will receive an excellent and understandable description of a volcanic eruption and a moving chronicle of the making of a geologist from a boy to a man."--Vicki S. McConnell, former State Geologist of Oregon"Anyone who aspires to be a scientist or is curious about the wonder and fury of volcanoes will be inspired and mesmerized by Dave's story of courage and selflessness in the pursuit of knowledge to protect all of us from harm."--Christine McEntee, CEO/Executive Director of the American Geophysical Union"This wonderful book has several subjects; volcanology, natural disasters and human behavior, heroism, and the life of one particular man. This is an engrossing read that is absorbingly suspenseful, despite the fact that readers know the outcome. David Johnston, the hero of the story, is a multi-dimensional, complex character. Holmes shows an understanding of human psychology and has a gift for evoking personality with a few verbal gestures. We come to know David Johnston and the part he plays in the human drama surrounding Mount St. Helens. Unforgettable."--Mary V. Dearborn, author of Ernest Hemingway: A Biography"Highly recommended." --Choice"Filled with tender mercies that show the heart and humanism of those whose passion sends them into peril in the name of science." --Daily Southtown "Overall, A Hero on Mount St. Helens is an opportunity for the public to understand through David Johnston’s life what a geologist truly does and the passion they hold for not only the field itself, but the communities affected by such geological processes" --NAGT's In the Trenches "In this compelling book about volcanologist David Johnston, Melanie Holmes takes the reader from the cold war and Vietnam days of Midwest America to the short fuse lit in 1980 under Mount St. Helens. Dave’s story is well worth telling, and Holmes does so with skill, honesty, and concern for accuracy."--Barry Voight, Penn State University "David Johnston was a young man who explored; he wanted to know more. He died in the service of that knowledge--nothing less than a hero in this regard. There have been a number of memorials, all fine and well-deserved. None is better than this book. It finds a fascinating story. It tells the story well. And nothing more could a reader wish."--Zay N. Smith, former Chicago Sun-Times columnist, award-winning journalist, and coauthor of The Mirage

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Book SynopsisAutonomous vehicle (AV) technology represents a possible paradigm shift in our way of life. But complex challenges and obstacles impose a reality at odds with the utopian visions propounded by AV enthusiasts in the private and public sectors. The new volume in the Urban Agenda series examines the technological questions still surrounding autonomous vehicles and the uncertain societal and legislative impact of widespread AV adoption. Assessing both short- and long-term concerns, the authors probe how autonomous vehicles might change transportation but also land use, energy consumption, mass transit, commuter habits, traffic safety, job markets, the freight industry, and supply chains. At the same time, the essays discuss opportunities for industry, researchers, and policymakers to make the autonomous future safer, more efficient, and more mobile. Contributors: Austin Brown, Stan Caldwell, Chris Hendrickson, Kazuya Kawamura, Taylor Long, and P. S. Srira.Trade Review"Recommended. All readers." --Choice"It is great to see an Illinois institution of higher learning provide thought leadership on connected, automated, shared and electric mobility. This ever-evolving ecosystem is disrupting systems, policies and behaviors which have been engrained in our culture and are ripe for enhancement. Especially when that enhancement means increased safety and increased efficiency." --Jerry Quandt, Executive Director, Illinois Autonomous Vehicles Association

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Citizen environmentalists will be encouraged by the variety of approaches used to accomplish ecological and developmental goals far beyond this north-central Illinois watershed." --Library Journal"This finely crafted paperback edition is perfect for contemplative evenings and mornings on the porch. Perfect for those times when we need a little inspiration and feel connected and part of something bigger in our natural world. For those of us already involved with wetland conservation and restoration, it can be a much- needed pick- me- up when it seems like nothing is going right and the fight gets a little too burdensome. In this book, you will find the inspiration to keep going, fighting, and surviving." --Outdoor Illinois"Turning the tide against environmental catastrophe has to be a team effort, and not everyone has the time and resources to attempt projects of the scale described in the book. But we all can do something, and I hope this book will provide inspiration for all who follow." -- Community Word“The stories illustrated in this great work are inspiring profiles of pioneers who are taking up the cause of wetland restoration. These guardians are immersed in a cause that affects every living thing in one way or another and should compel all readers to action.”--Doug Schoenrock, President, Ducks Unlimited

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Book Synopsis Winner of the 2022 Philip Taft Labor History Book Prize Often cast as villains in the Northwest''s environmental battles, timber workers in fact have a connection to the forest that goes far beyond jobs and economic issues. Steven C. Beda explores the complex true story of how and why timber-working communities have concerned themselves with the health and future of the woods surrounding them. Life experiences like hunting, fishing, foraging, and hiking imbued timber country with meanings and values that nurtured a deep sense of place in workers, their families, and their communities. This sense of place in turn shaped ideas about protection that sometimes clashed with the views of environmentalists--or the desires of employers. Beda''s sympathetic, in-depth look at the human beings whose lives are embedded in the woods helps us understand that timber communities fought not just to protect their livelihood, but because they saw the forest as a vital part of themTrade Review"An illuminating trek into the forests alongside highclimbers and other logging specialists. More importantly, it’s an examination of how politics, corporate boardrooms, and changing social attitudes and technology left many timber workers on the short end of the stick — and where things stand now. For all we who haven’t worked in the woods — and perhaps even for some who have — 'Strong Wind' is a fact-filled guidebook, with something interesting on every page." --Chinook Observer"Steven Beda's Strong Winds and Widow Makers is a wide-ranging and well-researched history of labor and the environment in Northwest timber country. . . . Beda presents a more nuanced account of the relationship timber workers have forged with the Northwest forests through several generations of living among them." --H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction: A Place in the Forest Part I: Place Chapter 1. “The New Empire” Chapter 2. “The Prodigal Yield of the Surrounding Hills” Chapter 3. “A Goodly Degree of Risk” Part II: Power Chapter 4. “Conservation . . . from the Guys Down Below” Chapter 5. “The Many Uses and Values of Forests” Part III: Problems Chapter 6. “Strong Winds and Widow Makers” Chapter 7. “Tie a Yellow Ribbon for the Working Man” Chapter 8. “We Keep Carbon-Eating Machines Healthy” Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisDiscusses changes and continuities produced by globalizationTrade ReviewThe problems of overseas Filipino workers with loneliness; long absences from spouses, children, and other relatives; abuse by employers and governments; and efforts to use their time and talent to further individual opportunities are understood easily in McKay's monograph. The photos of her Filipino informants . . . add a human touch to the topic of overseas workers. . . . Recommended. * Choice *McKay's study makes for fascinating and recommendable reading, well beyond the realm of Filipino specialists or of migration scholars more broadly. Development, mobility, emotion, home, and home-making are all research areas to which Global Filipinos has much to contribute and inspire. * International Journal of Comparative Sociology *Global Filipinos is more than an ethnography of migration. Covering large theoretical and disciplinary ground, McKay presents an engaging and important study on wider questions of what it means to live and cope at the margins of development economies, national identities and transnational citizenship. * Social Anthropology *This in-depth and well-written narrative provides a rare glimpse into the lives of individuals shaped by globalization and migration. It also raises critical questions about the concept of a virtual village in which migrants' lives are enmeshed. It is especially recommended for readers interested in anthropology and cultural studies. * Sojourn *This book is a refreshing departure from more conventional tales of Filipino migration . . . [T]aking an avowedly anthropological approach . . . McKay's book builds from a village study; . . . The book is an important contribution nor only to debates on migration and development, but also as an exemplar of multi-sited ethnography and the study of emotion and affect. . . [T]his text should be required reading for scholars of migration and development, and indeed for anyone wishing to learn more about the implications of global mobilities in a globalizing Southeast Asia. * Aseasuk News *Global Filipinos is a significant contribution to the literature on global migration and diaspora. It likewise provides a crucial and timely corrective to Eurocentric studies of affect, subjectivity and cosmopolitanism. . . . By chronicling how a village 'extends into the world' . . . , Global Filipinos succeeds in reminding us anew that the world makes itself known and felt through the dynamics of the village. * Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography *What is happening to Haliap is certainly not unique to its residents. . . Change Haliap for Southern Philippine's Baroy in the southern Philippine province of Lanao del Sur and you will find similar conflicts with OFW [overseas Filipino workers] family members – as well as ongoing optimism over the promise of overseas work and life. It is this recognition of a malady that affects the entire nation that makes Global Filipinos a captivating . . . read.March 2014 * Jrnl Royal Anthropological Inst JRAI *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsOn TransliterationIntroduction: The Parade1. Finding the Village2. Becoming a Global Kind of Woman3. Failing to Progress4. New Territories5. Haunted by Images6. Moving On7. Come What MayConclusion: The Virtual VillageOn Affect: A Methodological NoteNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisDiscusses developing markets for African entrepreneursTrade ReviewSpanning many disciplines and referenced with endnotes and bibliography, this volume should be in any library with collections on African studies. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Taylor's key arguments can briefly be expressed as follows: there is more than one kind of African business culture, and African businesses are both more various and healthier than we may have imagined. He provides a clear-eyed review of the current state of business on the course, steering a careful course between a hopeless and over-determined Afropessimism, and a giddy, reckless boisterism about its prospects. Nonetheless, his tone remains refreshingly upbeat and pragmatic. * Journal of Modern African Studies *Table of ContentsPrefacePart I. Introduction and BackgroundIntroduction1. African Business and Capitalism in Historical PerspectivePart II. Globalization and Political and Economic Transformation2. Institutional Change in the 1990s: Economic and Political Reform3. Business, the African State and Globalization in the New Millennium: Transnational Influences and Domestic Responses Part III. The Diversity of African Business: Problems and Prospects4. Foreign Investment Beyond Compradorism & Primary Commodities: The Role of the Global South5. From Patrimonialism to Profit? The Transformation of Crony Capitalists and Bureaucratic Bourgeoisies6. Going Continental, Going Global: Africa's Corporate GiantsConclusion: The Prospects for African BusinessAppendixBibliographySuggestions for Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisDiscusses developing markets for African entrepreneursTrade ReviewSpanning many disciplines and referenced with endnotes and bibliography, this volume should be in any library with collections on African studies. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Taylor's key arguments can briefly be expressed as follows: there is more than one kind of African business culture, and African businesses are both more various and healthier than we may have imagined. He provides a clear-eyed review of the current state of business on the course, steering a careful course between a hopeless and over-determined Afropessimism, and a giddy, reckless boisterism about its prospects. Nonetheless, his tone remains refreshingly upbeat and pragmatic. * Journal of Modern African Studies *Table of ContentsPrefacePart I. Introduction and BackgroundIntroduction1. African Business and Capitalism in Historical PerspectivePart II. Globalization and Political and Economic Transformation2. Institutional Change in the 1990s: Economic and Political Reform3. Business, the African State and Globalization in the New Millennium: Transnational Influences and Domestic Responses Part III. The Diversity of African Business: Problems and Prospects4. Foreign Investment Beyond Compradorism & Primary Commodities: The Role of the Global South5. From Patrimonialism to Profit? The Transformation of Crony Capitalists and Bureaucratic Bourgeoisies6. Going Continental, Going Global: Africa's Corporate GiantsConclusion: The Prospects for African BusinessAppendixBibliographySuggestions for Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisShows how ancient trace fossils directly relate to modern traces and tracemakers, among them, insects, grasses, crabs, shorebirds, alligators, and sea turtlesTrade ReviewThis book provides a hefty summary of [Martin's] research; it is scientifically rigorous but still tells a good story, and is often quite humorous. Detailed descriptions of plant, invertebrate, and vertebrate traces are accompanied by many photos and diagrams. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Anthony Martin has done an excellent job in presenting the field of ichnology in an engaging and entertaining way that will hopefully inspire a new generation of ichnologists. * Priscum *For a teacher who takes students to beaches or barrier islands, this is an excellent comprehensive guide that reveals the surface and depths of traces found in maritime forests, dunes, beaches and tidal flats. Martin's book is not just a low country boil, it is a feast salted with humor and insights. * This View of Life *This tour de force is of far greater general interest than the title might suggest...[It] provides a hefty summary of [Martin's] research; it is scientifically rigorous but still tells a good story, and is often quite humorous. Detailed descriptions of plant, invertebrate, and vertebrate traces are accompanied by many photos and diagrams....Highly recommended.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments1. Introduction to Ichnology of the Georgia Coast2. History of the Georgia Coast and Its Ichnology3. Tracemaker Habitats and Substrates4. Marginal-Marine and Terrestrial Plants5. Terrestrial Invertebrates6. Marginal-Marine Invertebrates7. Terrestrial Vertebrates, Part I: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles8. Terrestrial Vertebrates, Part II: Birds and Mammals9. Marginal-Marine and Marine Vertebrates10. Trace Fossils and the Georgia Coast11. Future Studies, Future TracesAppendixBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTakes the reader on a journey through 150 years of scientific thinking, imagining, and arguingTrade ReviewFor those with an interest in conodont paleontology. * The Guardian *If you want a[n]...entertaining and interesting account of the discovery of knowledge through the analytical, political, and idiosyncratic activities of researchers, The Great Fossil Enigma will serve you well. * Science Magazine *...[A] valuable contribution to the history of science. * thisviewoflife.com *Simon Knell has written, and written particularly well, the history of our conception and misunderstanding of the conodonts. It is the best semi-popular account of the history of paleontology that I have read since Gould's Wonderful Life. The Great Fossil Engima deserves to be widely read and enjoyed, not just by those who work on conodonts, but by a broad cross-section of paleontologists, geologists and anyone with an interest in our understanding of the natural world. * Priscum *Knell focuses on discussions, antagonisms, diverse conclusions, and a slowly emerging consensus about where these tooth-like structures were located in the animal and to what group of known animals these fossils pertained. Readers will learn how scientists develop ideas and interact with colleagues, and how animosities and cooperative relationships develop and change. . . . Recommended. * Choice *Simon Knell's contribution is a coherent and fascinating account of the history of an extinct fossil group. It has good reference notes and a valuable index. It will stand the test of time, but it deserves to be read now. * Earth Science History *Simon Knell tells the fascinating story from the early days of discovery up to the present, when conodont affinities continue to stimulate debate amongst the scientific community. . . [he] has . . . beautifully painted [the picture] of the enigma that is the conodont animal. * Geological Magazine *This is one of the best books, which the reviewer has had a chance to read in the past years. It is strongly recommended to a broad circle of geologists and palaeontologists, as well as to those interested in the history/philosophy/sociology of the modern science. * Zentralblatt Geologie und Palaontologie *Table of ContentsPrefaceList of IllustrationsPrelude: The Impossible Animal1. The Road to El Dorado2. A Beacon in the Blackness3. The Animal with Three Heads4. Another Fine Mess5. Outlaws6. Spring7. Diary of a Fossil Fruit-Fly8. Fears of Civil War9. The Promised Land10. The Witness11. The Beast of Bear Gulch12. The Invention of Life13. El Dorado14. Over the Mountains of the MoonNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisA book for everyone fascinated by the huge beasts that once roamed the earthTrade ReviewIn a look at the biggest of these wonders . . . Prothero delves into these overlooked big guys, the most massive mammals to ever walk the Earth . . . [and] cuts across every aspect of paleontology to tell the story of these vanished giants. Chapters range from entertaining recounting of discoverers . . . to scholarly descriptions of the rules that biologists must follow to name a new species or estimate a vanished rhino's weight. * USA Today *Through copious background details, Prothero celebrates great and lesser-known names in the history of paleontology, as well as geological and taxonomic nitty gritty. * National Geographic Laelaps *Within this slim tome . . . Prothero packs in an encyclopedic summary of indrithocere anatomy and biology . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Clearly, this book is a milestone on the subject, one of those books that are a classic already at their first appearance. * Priscum *Table of ContentsPreface1. Quicksand!2. 30 Million Years Ago in Asia3. "New Conquest of Central Asia"4. Rhinoceroses without Horns5. Building a Giant6. What's in a Name?7. Life among GiantsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisExplores the response of society in general and religion in particular to major cultural shocks such as the Famine and to long term processes such as urbanization.Trade ReviewVisit the companion website for the bookBy tapping the power of new geospatial technologies, the authors explored the intersection of geography, religion, politics, and identity in Irish history. Troubled Geographies. . . is a well-researched and written scholarly book that would interest students of European/Irish history and socio-cultural change. * International Social Science Review *The book makes a strong case for a greater consideration of spatial information in historical analysis—a message that is obviously appealing for geographers. But only when HGIS becomes more fully integrated into history and the humanities will the potential suggested by Troubled Geographies be fully realized. * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *A book like this is useful as a reminder of the struggles and the sacrifices of generations of unrest and conflict, albeit that, on a global scale, the Irish troubles are just one of a myriad of disputes, each with their own history and localized geography. The book is excellent as an introduction; it is written in a fluent, engaging and factually-correct prose. The first eight chapters on Ireland's history are essential reading before any sense can be made of the contemporary religious conflicts. . . * Journal of Historical Geography *Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgments1. Geography, Religion, and Society in Ireland: A Spatial History2. The Plantations: Sowing the Seeds of Ireland's Religious Geographies3. Religion and Society in Pre-Famine Ireland4. The Famine and its Impacts, 1840s to 1860s5. Towards Partition, 1860s to 1910s6. Partition and Civil War, 1911 to 19267. Division and Continuity, 1920s to 1960s8. Towards the Celtic Tiger: The Republic, 1961 to 20029. Stagnation and Segregation: Northern Ireland, 1971 to 200110. Communal Conflict and Death in Northern Ireland, 1969 to 200111. Belfast through the Troubles: Socio-economic Change, Segregation, and Violence12. Conclusions: Ireland's Religious Geographies—Stability or Change?Notes on Methods and Literature: From Historical GIS Databases to Narrative HistoriesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to issues in history is among the most exciting developments in both digital and spatial humanities. Describing a variety of applications, this book includes essays that highlight the methodological and substantive implications of a spatial approach to history.Trade ReviewToward Spatial Humanities is a good gateway into the evolving sub-discipline of historical GIS. Gregory and Geddes's introduction, conclusion, and endnotes give excellent summaries and references for further exploration. The case study chapters provide good examples of applying GIS to particular historical periods, places, and questions. We can never have too many cases for inspiration and guidance, for so much history remains unexamined from a geographical point of view. * Southern Spaces *The six essays in this volume all make use of geographic information system (GIS) technology and all are concerned with tracing change over time. The articles' reliance on this technology supports the claim that the spatial humanities as a field are defined by the use of geographical technologies. . . Most importantly, GIS is an invaluable tool for discovering the relationships between different kinds of locatable data.Autumn 2015 * JRNL INTERDISCIPLINARY HISTORY *This book is of great use to any researcher familiar with HGIS, but this volume also has use for any humanities scholar concerned with issues of place and time. The original research contained in the six case studies, as well as the strongly argued theoretical sections in the editors' introduction and conclusion are clearly presented, accessible by student and professional academic alike. * Social & Cultural Geography *The editors have assembled a splendid book, which will be read with profit by anyone who wishes to learn more about the application of the techniques, especially geographic information systems (GIS), used by the authors of the six chapters. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: From Historical GIS to Spatial Humanities: Deepening Scholarship and Broadening Technology / Ian N. Gregory and Alistair Y. GeddesPart One: Deeping Scholarship: Developing the Historiography through Spatial History 1. Railways and Agriculture in France and Great Britain, 1850 to 1914 / Robert M. Schwartz and Thomas Thevenin2. The Development, Persistence and Change of Racial Segregation in United States Urban Areas: 1880 to 2010 / Andrew A. Beveridge3. Troubled Geographies: An Historical GIS of Religion, Society and Conflict in Ireland since the Great Famine / Niall CunninghamPart 2: Broadening Scholarship: Applying HGIS in New Ways4. Applying Historical GIS beyond the Academy: Four Use Cases for the Great Britain HGIS / Humphrey R. Southall5. The Politics of Territory in Song Dynasty China (960-1276 CE) / Elijah Meeks and Ruth Mostern6. Mapping the City in Film / Julia Hallam and Les Roberts7. Conclusions: From Historical GIS to Spatial Humanities: Challenges and Opportunities / Ian N. Gregory and Alistair Y. Geddes8. Further Reading: From Historical GIS to Spatial Humanities: An Evolving Literature / Ian N. GregoryContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisPresents an overview of dinosaur discoveries in Mexico that synthesizes information about the geography and environment of the region during the Mesozoic when it was the western margin of the ancient continent of Pangea. This book summarizes research on various groups, including turtles, lepidosauromorphs, pleisosaurs, crocodyliforms, pterosaurs.Trade ReviewDinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico is an up-to-date, informative volume on an area that has not been comprehensively described until now. * Birdbooker Report *I would suggest Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico to those who are interested in Mesozoic paleontology. The layout, content, and chapter lengths flow well making this book easy to read and the material easy to absorb. * Priscum *[This book] is richly illustrated with photographs and diagrams, and includes a color signature that attempts to re-create some of the animals discussed. . . . Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsContributorsAcknowledgmentsPreface1. History of the Discoveries of Dinosaurs and Mesozoic Reptiles in Mexico Jose Ruben Guzman-Gutierrez and Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva2. Paleogeography and Paleoenvironment of Mexico during the Mesozoic Wolfgang Stinnesbeck and Eberhard Frey 3. Turtles of the Mesozoic of México Donald Brinkman4. Mesozoic Lepidosauromorphs of Mexico: A Review and Discussion of Taxonomic Assignments Víctor Hugo Reynoso and J. Alberto Cruz5. Plesiosaurs, Reptiles between Grace and Awe Eberhard Frey and Wolfgang Stinnesbeck6. Mexican Ichthyosaurs Eberhard Frey and Wolfgang Stinnesbeck7. Overview of Mesozoic Crocodyliforms from Mexico Gerardo Carbot-Chanona8. Mexican Pterosaurs—Rare Jewels in the Fossil Record Eberhard Frey and Wolfgang Stinnesbeck 9. Mexican Saurischian Dinosaurs Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva and Kenneth Carpenter10. The Ornithischian Dinosaurs of Mexico Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva and Kenneth Carpenter11. A Summary of the Mesozoic Vertebrate Tracks of Mexico Victor Manuel Bravo Cuevas and Rubén Rodríguez de la Rosa 12. The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) Boundary in Mexico Wolfgang Stinnesbeck and Eberhard FreyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to issues in history is among the most exciting developments in both digital and spatial humanities. Describing a variety of applications, this book includes essays that highlight the methodological and substantive implications of a spatial approach to history.Trade ReviewToward Spatial Humanities is a good gateway into the evolving sub-discipline of historical GIS. Gregory and Geddes's introduction, conclusion, and endnotes give excellent summaries and references for further exploration. The case study chapters provide good examples of applying GIS to particular historical periods, places, and questions. We can never have too many cases for inspiration and guidance, for so much history remains unexamined from a geographical point of view. * Southern Spaces *The six essays in this volume all make use of geographic information system (GIS) technology and all are concerned with tracing change over time. The articles' reliance on this technology supports the claim that the spatial humanities as a field are defined by the use of geographical technologies. . . Most importantly, GIS is an invaluable tool for discovering the relationships between different kinds of locatable data.Autumn 2015 * JRNL INTERDISCIPLINARY HISTORY *This book is of great use to any researcher familiar with HGIS, but this volume also has use for any humanities scholar concerned with issues of place and time. The original research contained in the six case studies, as well as the strongly argued theoretical sections in the editors' introduction and conclusion are clearly presented, accessible by student and professional academic alike. * Social & Cultural Geography *The editors have assembled a splendid book, which will be read with profit by anyone who wishes to learn more about the application of the techniques, especially geographic information systems (GIS), used by the authors of the six chapters. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: From Historical GIS to Spatial Humanities: Deepening Scholarship and Broadening Technology / Ian N. Gregory and Alistair Y. GeddesPart One: Deeping Scholarship: Developing the Historiography through Spatial History 1. Railways and Agriculture in France and Great Britain, 1850 to 1914 / Robert M. Schwartz and Thomas Thevenin2. The Development, Persistence and Change of Racial Segregation in United States Urban Areas: 1880 to 2010 / Andrew A. Beveridge3. Troubled Geographies: An Historical GIS of Religion, Society and Conflict in Ireland since the Great Famine / Niall CunninghamPart 2: Broadening Scholarship: Applying HGIS in New Ways4. Applying Historical GIS beyond the Academy: Four Use Cases for the Great Britain HGIS / Humphrey R. Southall5. The Politics of Territory in Song Dynasty China (960-1276 CE) / Elijah Meeks and Ruth Mostern6. Mapping the City in Film / Julia Hallam and Les Roberts7. Conclusions: From Historical GIS to Spatial Humanities: Challenges and Opportunities / Ian N. Gregory and Alistair Y. Geddes8. Further Reading: From Historical GIS to Spatial Humanities: An Evolving Literature / Ian N. GregoryContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisOffers new ways to analyze language and reality, human and nonhuman life, mind and matter, without falling into well-worn paths of thinking. Bringing ecocriticism closer to the material turn, this volume focuses on material forces and substances, the agency of things, processes, narratives and stories, and making meaning out of the world.Trade ReviewWith its wide array of topics and theoretical influences, Material Ecocriticism is a helpful starting point for those wondering how new materialist thinking can inform ecocriticism; it would also serve as a pertinent addition to graduate seminars. * Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment *Table of ContentsForeword: Storied MatterJeffrey Jerome CohenIntroduction: Stories Come to MatterSerenella Iovino and Serpil OppermannPart I. Material Ecocriticism: Theories and Relations1. From Ecological Postmodernism to Material Ecocriticism: Creative Materiality and Narrative Agency Serpil Oppermann 2. On the Limits of Agency: Notes on the Material Turn from a Systems-Theoretical Perspective Hannes Bergthaller3. Creative Matter and Creative Mind: Cultural Ecology and Literary Creativity Hubert Zapf4. Natural Play, Natural Metaphor and Natural Stories: Biosemiotic RealismWendy Wheeler5. The Ecology of Color: Goethe's Materialist Optics and Ecological Posthumanism Heather Sullivan Part II. Narratives of Matter6. Bodies of Naples: Stories, Matter, and the Landscapes of Porosity Serenella Iovino7. When It Rains Lowell Duckert 8. Painful Material Realities, Avoidance, EcophobiaSimon C. Estok9. Semiotization of Matter: A Hybrid Zone between Biosemiotics and Material Ecocriticism Timo Maran Part III. Politics of Matter10. Pro/Polis: Three Forays into the Political Lives of BeesCatriona Sandilands11. Excremental Ecocriticism and the Global Sanitation Crisis Dana Phillips12. Oceanic Origins, Plastic Activism, and New Materialism at SeaStacy Alaimo13. Meditations on Natural Worlds, Disabled Bodies, and a Politics of Cure Eli ClarePart IV. Poetics of Matter14. Corporeal Fieldwork and Risky Art: Peter Goin and the Making of Nuclear Landscapes Cheryll Glotfelty15. Of Material Sympathies, Paracelsus, and WhitmanJane Bennett16. Source of Life: Avatar, Amazonia, and an Ecology of Selves Joni Adamson 17. The Liminal Space between Things: Epiphany and the Physical Timothy Morton Coda: Open ClosureA Diptych on Material Spirituality18. Spirits that Matter: Pathways towards a Rematerialization of Religion and Spirituality Kate Rigby 19. Mindful New Materialisms: Buddhist Roots for Material Ecocriticism's FlourishingGreta Gaard Afterword: The Commonwealth of BreathDavid AbramWorks CitedList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisDuring the Early Cretaceous, lakes, meandering streams, and flood plains covered the region where the current foothills of Rioja now exist. This book provides a synthesis of that research in English. It offers descriptions of sites, footprints, and trackways, and explains what these prints and tracks can tell us about the animals who made them.Trade ReviewFelix Perez-Lorente has to be congratulated for sharing his career-long experience in a book that will be the reference for La Rioja and that will undoubtedly serve for the study of tracksites around the world. It is a worthy read for anyone interested in - or fascinated by - these exceptional inchological wonders and the animals that made them. * Geobios *Table of Contents1. La Rioja Footprints2. Ichnology3. The Tracksites 4. Conservation of the Tracksites5. SummaryReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewKadman provides a description of the systematic process of obfuscation, concealment, and erasure of the ruined villages, and the creation of a new map—the Israeli national map, the map of the Jewish country standing upon the ruins of ancient Judea. . . . The publication of Kadman's book is a cultural event of the first rank. (Reviewing the Hebrew edition) -- Ariel Hirschfeld * Haaretz *Crucial reading for understanding the Arab-Israeli conflict. * Publishers Weekly *Erased from Space and Consciousness is a case study in how geography and demography interact, and how politics and ideology shape material reality, which in turn shapes public consciousness. * The Jordan Times *...An intelligent, well-researched and fluently translated book that casts new light on the ways in which the State of Israel and its institutions have tried to eradicate the memory of Palestinian habitation of Palestine and the social discourses and narratives which underpin this project. * Electronic Intifada *In an age when each side to this conflict staunchly holds to its narrative of the past, many Israelis are likely to regard Kadman's book as an unwelcome reminder of a part of that past they would like to disregard. For students of that history, however, this study adds an important layer to the story. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Until now, the evidence for the ethnic cleansing of Palestine has been available only through websites that record what happened . . . or general historical surveys. Now Kadman has provided an exhaustive treatment. And for historians, this will be the go-to-volume for years to come. * Christian Research Journal *[Kadman] has certainly established that any serious discussion of the future must acknowledge the depopulation of 1948 and counter the ongoing policies and practices of erasure and forgetting. If we don't know what happened, we can't understand what is happenning now or figure out what to do next. * Huffington Post *Kadman's meticulous account of the physical destruction and subsequent socio-cultural marginalization of the Palestinian villages that were depopulated by the militias that eventually merged into the Israeli Defense Forces makes significant scientific and political contributions. It also raises broader philosophical and epistemological questions with regard to the production, maintenance, and consequences of collective, politically institutionalized amnesia. * Antipode *This is an excellent book and an important contribution to the field of Israel-Palestine studies. * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsForeword by Oren YiftachelAcknowledgmentsNote on TransliterationList of AbbreviationsList of Foreign TermsIntroduction1. Depopulation, Demolition, and Repopulation of the Village Sites2. National Identity, National Conflict, Space, and Memory3. The Depopulated Villages as Viewed by Jewish Residents4. Naming and Mapping the Depopulated Village Sites5. Depopulated Villages in Tourist and Recreational SitesConclusion: The Remains of the Past, A Look Toward the Future Appendix A: Maps and Lists of the Depopulated Palestinian VillagesAppendix B: Official Names Given to Depopulated Palestinian Villages by the Government Names CommitteeAppendix C: Mapping the Depopulated Palestinian Villages over the DecadesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA rare natural, political, and human history . . . Remarkable and timely. * Booklist *A rare, full-bodied study . . . [that] combines fresh, imaginative writing and serious research. I cannot imagine another trip to this, the lowest point on earth, without the Kreiger book in hand. * Baltimore Jewish Times *Combines fresh, imaginative writing and serious research. * Baltimore Sun *Kreiger's remarkable literary gifts enable the book to be ranked with the best of travelogues as she makes it possible for the reader to participate in all facets of the region, natural, human, and political, as they have unfolded from the earliest to the present times. * Catholic Biblical Quarterly *Kreiger's remarkable literary gifts enable the book to be ranked with the best of travelogues as she makes it possible for the reader to participate in all facets of the region, natural, human, and political, as they have unfolded from the earliest to the present times. * Catholic Biblical Quarterly *The Jordan River and its terminal lake the Dead Sea have been on center stage of Middle East mythology, history, and politics for millennia. Barbara Kreiger's story of the modern day demise of these waters and the urgent need for their rehabilitation is a must-read for anyone that wants to understand the relevance of water issues to the continuing turmoil in the region. -- Gidon Bromberg * EcoPeace Middle East *A rare, full-bodied study . . . [that] combines fresh, imaginative writing and serious research. I cannot imagine another trip to this, the lowest point on earth, without the Kreiger book in hand. * Baltimore Jewish Times *The Dead Sea and the Jordan River may not be standard reading material for those interested in books about Israel but its format as part travelogue, part history, and part review of the challenges facing this unique natural phenomenon makes it hard to put down. * The Times of Israel *In its sweep of history, Kreiger's book conveys a powerful sense of how the world was once viewed, as a source of never-ending wonder tinged with divinity, how that view shifted to accommodate the curiosity we call science and above all how, throughout several inventive millennia, the practice of subjugation has scarcely changed. * Times Literary Supplement *A rare natural, political, and human history . . . Remarkable and timely. * Booklist *Combines fresh, imaginative writing and serious research. * Baltimore Sun *Students of the Middle East will doubtless find this exhaustive report on the history and geopolitical details of the Dead Sea and the Jordan River indispensable. * Foreword Reviews *Table of ContentsPart I. This Strange Water1. Some Early History, Travellers, MythsPart II. Nineteenth-Century Exploration2. Three Sailors, and a River3. Along the Briny StrandPart III. Origins and Evolution4. The Life of a LakePart IV. Further Exploration5. Gentleman from Siberia6. A Lake DividedPart V. The Twenty-First Century7. The River and Lake in Distress8. Reclamation, and a Vision of the FutureAfterword

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA rare natural, political, and human history . . . Remarkable and timely. * Booklist *A rare, full-bodied study . . . [that] combines fresh, imaginative writing and serious research. I cannot imagine another trip to this, the lowest point on earth, without the Kreiger book in hand. * Baltimore Jewish Times *Combines fresh, imaginative writing and serious research. * Baltimore Sun *Kreiger's remarkable literary gifts enable the book to be ranked with the best of travelogues as she makes it possible for the reader to participate in all facets of the region, natural, human, and political, as they have unfolded from the earliest to the present times. * Catholic Biblical Quarterly *Kreiger's remarkable literary gifts enable the book to be ranked with the best of travelogues as she makes it possible for the reader to participate in all facets of the region, natural, human, and political, as they have unfolded from the earliest to the present times. * Catholic Biblical Quarterly *The Jordan River and its terminal lake the Dead Sea have been on center stage of Middle East mythology, history, and politics for millennia. Barbara Kreiger's story of the modern day demise of these waters and the urgent need for their rehabilitation is a must-read for anyone that wants to understand the relevance of water issues to the continuing turmoil in the region. -- Gidon Bromberg * EcoPeace Middle East *A rare, full-bodied study . . . [that] combines fresh, imaginative writing and serious research. I cannot imagine another trip to this, the lowest point on earth, without the Kreiger book in hand. * Baltimore Jewish Times *The Dead Sea and the Jordan River may not be standard reading material for those interested in books about Israel but its format as part travelogue, part history, and part review of the challenges facing this unique natural phenomenon makes it hard to put down. * The Times of Israel *In its sweep of history, Kreiger's book conveys a powerful sense of how the world was once viewed, as a source of never-ending wonder tinged with divinity, how that view shifted to accommodate the curiosity we call science and above all how, throughout several inventive millennia, the practice of subjugation has scarcely changed. * Times Literary Supplement *A rare natural, political, and human history . . . Remarkable and timely. * Booklist *Combines fresh, imaginative writing and serious research. * Baltimore Sun *Students of the Middle East will doubtless find this exhaustive report on the history and geopolitical details of the Dead Sea and the Jordan River indispensable. * Foreword Reviews *Table of ContentsPart I. This Strange Water1. Some Early History, Travellers, MythsPart II. Nineteenth-Century Exploration2. Three Sailors, and a River3. Along the Briny StrandPart III. Origins and Evolution4. The Life of a LakePart IV. Further Exploration5. Gentleman from Siberia6. A Lake DividedPart V. The Twenty-First Century7. The River and Lake in Distress8. Reclamation, and a Vision of the FutureAfterword

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana fills a void in available guidebooks geared to nature-based tourism. You would need to do hours and hours of internet research to compile just a small portion of what this one book provides. This is an excellent guidebook and offers a big-picture view of southern Indiana's diverse environments. There is something for everyone-from botany and geology to history-which makes the book extremely useful for both families and ecotour groups as well as the lone explorer seeking out a new experience." -Cheryl Ann Munson, Indiana University "Steven Higgs has done an excellent job of not only compiling the places, but also detailing the important flora and fauna located therein, along with recreational opportunities for visitors to these preserves. I cannot imagine the amount of time that went into exploring all these places! Anyone with a general interest in the outdoors, including hikers, birders, campers and fishermen, will find this book useful." -Johnny Molloy, author of Top Trails Great Smoky Mountains National ParkTable of ContentsForeword by James Alexander ThomPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionNatural Area EtiquettePart 1. The Land StewardsPart 2. The Southern Indiana landscapePart 3. DestinationsSection 1Section 2Section 3Section 4Part 4. Supplementary MaterialsSpecies listGlossaryResourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book is an essential addition to an academic library and ideal for researchers dealing with related Middle East subjects. * Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Normalizing the Occupation: the Making of the Jewish West Bank Settlements / Marco Allegra, Ariel Handel and Erez Maggor Part I - Across the Green Line: Suburbanization, Privatization and the Settlements1. The Settlements and the Relationship between Privatization and the Occupation / Daniel Gutwein 2. Settlement as Suburbanization: The Banality of Colonization / David Newman 3. "Outside Jerusalem—yet so Near": Ma'ale Adumim, Jerusalem, and the suburbanization of Israel's settlement policy / Marco Allegra4. Educating Architecture (photo essay) / Miki Kratsman and Ruthie Ginsburg Part II – Between Cities and Outposts: the Heterogeneity of the Settlements and the Settlers5. Embedded Politics in a West Bank Settlement / Hadas Weiss 6. Informal Outposts in the West Bank: Normality in Gray Space / Erez Tzfadia 7. From Ghetto-politics to Geo-politics: Ultra-Orthodox Settlements in the West Bank / Lee Cahaner8. "A Blessed Deviation in Jewish History": On Contemporary forms of Messianism among Religiously Motivated Settlers in the West Bank / Assaf Harel Part III - Forced Co-existence: Palestinians and Jewish Settlers9. From Kubniya to Outpost: A Genealogy of the Palestinian Conceptualization of Jewish Settlement in a Shifting National Context / Honaida Ghanem 10. Integrated or Segregated? Employment Relations in the Settlements / Amir Paz-Fuchs and Yael Ronen11. Jerusalem's Colonial Space as Paradox: Palestinians Living in the Settlements / Wendy Pullan and Haim Yacobi

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book is an essential addition to an academic library and ideal for researchers dealing with related Middle East subjects. * Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Normalizing the Occupation: the Making of the Jewish West Bank Settlements / Marco Allegra, Ariel Handel and Erez Maggor Part I - Across the Green Line: Suburbanization, Privatization and the Settlements1. The Settlements and the Relationship between Privatization and the Occupation / Daniel Gutwein 2. Settlement as Suburbanization: The Banality of Colonization / David Newman 3. "Outside Jerusalem—yet so Near": Ma'ale Adumim, Jerusalem, and the suburbanization of Israel's settlement policy / Marco Allegra4. Educating Architecture (photo essay) / Miki Kratsman and Ruthie Ginsburg Part II – Between Cities and Outposts: the Heterogeneity of the Settlements and the Settlers5. Embedded Politics in a West Bank Settlement / Hadas Weiss 6. Informal Outposts in the West Bank: Normality in Gray Space / Erez Tzfadia 7. From Ghetto-politics to Geo-politics: Ultra-Orthodox Settlements in the West Bank / Lee Cahaner8. "A Blessed Deviation in Jewish History": On Contemporary forms of Messianism among Religiously Motivated Settlers in the West Bank / Assaf Harel Part III - Forced Co-existence: Palestinians and Jewish Settlers9. From Kubniya to Outpost: A Genealogy of the Palestinian Conceptualization of Jewish Settlement in a Shifting National Context / Honaida Ghanem 10. Integrated or Segregated? Employment Relations in the Settlements / Amir Paz-Fuchs and Yael Ronen11. Jerusalem's Colonial Space as Paradox: Palestinians Living in the Settlements / Wendy Pullan and Haim Yacobi

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This slim book, graced with beautiful facsimile reproductions of gorgeous paleontological folio art, is a treasure trove of vertebrate paleontological history, sacred and arcane." * The Quarterly Review of Biology * Patrons of Paleontology is a good introduction to the ambitious individuals and institutions that pursued their own, national, and institutional interests over centuries in a variety of contexts. * Journal of American History *Who pays for palaeontological research and why? Patrons of Paleontology will be a useful reference guide for anyone interested in the early history of the subject and some of the social and historical context in which it occurred. -- Paul Barrett * Priscum, The Newsletter of the Palentological Society *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Cost of Doing Business1. The Beginnings of Government Support for Paleontology2. Eighteenth-century and Early Nineteenth-century Paleontologists and Patrons3. Developments in Government Support for Paleontology in the United States Between 1830 to About 18804. Paleontology in Mid Nineteenth-Century Surveys Outside the United States5. Government Support for Paleontology in the Late Nineteenth Century and the Turn of the Twentieth Century: 1880 to about 1940Conclusion: The Chain of PaleontologyAppendix: Glossary of Prominent Patrons and PaleontologistsAnnotated Bibliography of Primary SourcesBibliography of Secondary SourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisGlobal climate change is undeniable. Over the next few decades, as sea levels rise, storms intensify, and drought and desertification run rampant, hundreds of millions of civilians will abandon their homes, cities, and even entire countries. What will happen to these massive numbers of environmental refugees? Where will they go, what rights will they have, and who will take care of them?Over 200 million people in Asian countries live on land that will be affected by rising seas. Picture Pakistan, India, and Chinaall nuclear powersskirmishing at their borders over access to shared rivers and farmable land with former coastal areas now submerged. Imagine tens of thousands of Pacific and Indian Ocean islanders cast adrift by waves that have drowned their nations, and more than 100,000 Caribbean islanders forced to leave submerged towns. Consider the complete abandonment of Miami Beach and other coastal communities up and down the Americas. At the same time, hundreds of millions will be deTrade ReviewA must read for policymakers and those in positions of power, especially the ones who remain in a state of denial about climate change and refuse to do enough to address the crisis. * The Hindu *"In Rising Tides, the authors sound the alarm, not only on behalf of millions of displaced souls, but also because, as they note, 'Every one of us is or could be a migrant.'" - * Hill Rag Magazine *This chilling and urgent call to action spares no detail in its mission to present the facts on a looming humanitarian disaster. Climate-change warning messages too often focus on the environment without going into specifics of how humans will be hurt by global warming. Rising Tides singlehandedly rectifies this issue. . . . Thanks to an equal reliance on current events and models, as well as the authors' thorough understanding of geopolitics, the case is beyond convincing. * Foreword Reviews *Table of ContentsPrefacePart 1Climate Refugees in the 21st CenturyIntroduction – Rising Tide: Climate Refugees in the 21st CenturyChapter 1: Seeking Shelter From the StormChapter 2: RefugeedomPart 2Pressure Points and Regional AnalysisChapter 3: What Happens When Your Country Drowns?Chapter 4: The Crisis Hits Home: Climate Refugees In The United StatesChapter 5: Latin America: Land Of Rain, Land Of ThirstChapter 6: Africa: Environmental Conflicts In A War-Torn LandChapter 7: Middle East: The Boiling Point Of Climate Change And National SecurityChapter 8: Asia: The Looming CrisisPart 3 Policy Implications and ConclusionsChapter 9: Current Affairs and Climate RefugeesChapter 10: The Shape Of Things To Come

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA must read for policymakers and those in positions of power, especially the ones who remain in a state of denial about climate change and refuse to do enough to address the crisis. * The Hindu *"In Rising Tides, the authors sound the alarm, not only on behalf of millions of displaced souls, but also because, as they note, 'Every one of us is or could be a migrant.'" - * Hill Rag Magazine *This chilling and urgent call to action spares no detail in its mission to present the facts on a looming humanitarian disaster. Climate-change warning messages too often focus on the environment without going into specifics of how humans will be hurt by global warming. Rising Tides singlehandedly rectifies this issue. . . . Thanks to an equal reliance on current events and models, as well as the authors' thorough understanding of geopolitics, the case is beyond convincing. * Foreword Reviews *Table of ContentsPrefacePart 1Climate Refugees in the 21st CenturyIntroduction – Rising Tide: Climate Refugees in the 21st CenturyChapter 1: Seeking Shelter From the StormChapter 2: RefugeedomPart 2Pressure Points and Regional AnalysisChapter 3: What Happens When Your Country Drowns?Chapter 4: The Crisis Hits Home: Climate Refugees In The United StatesChapter 5: Latin America: Land Of Rain, Land Of ThirstChapter 6: Africa: Environmental Conflicts In A War-Torn LandChapter 7: Middle East: The Boiling Point Of Climate Change And National SecurityChapter 8: Asia: The Looming CrisisPart 3 Policy Implications and ConclusionsChapter 9: Current Affairs and Climate RefugeesChapter 10: The Shape Of Things To Come

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn addressing both the theoretical and the practical, Selling Local achieves a vision for the future of local food, while managing to simultaneously provide guidance for actors within the food system interested in amplifying the success of this movement. The book is a refreshing reminder of both the rapid success of the local food movement and the challenges it faces in today's sociopolitical and environmental context. * Agriculture and Human Values *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Why Local and Why Now?2. Understanding Farmers' Markets3. Understanding Community Supported Agriculture4. What's Next in Local Food?5. Growing Capacity 6. A Systems Approach to Local FoodConclusionBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPower Struggles is a thoughtful and exciting book. * American Ethnologist *Power Struggles, Jaume Franquesa's detailed historiography of energy generation in southern Catalonia, offers valuable insight into why people might protest against wind turbines. * American Anthropologits *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsWhere the World Ends1. Dependence and Autonomy2. Nuclear Transaction3. Nuclear Peasants4. Southern Revolt5. Wind Bubble6. Accessing Wind7. Waste and DignityBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPower Struggles is a thoughtful and exciting book. * American Ethnologist *Power Struggles, Jaume Franquesa's detailed historiography of energy generation in southern Catalonia, offers valuable insight into why people might protest against wind turbines. * American Anthropologits *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsWhere the World Ends1. Dependence and Autonomy2. Nuclear Transaction3. Nuclear Peasants4. Southern Revolt5. Wind Bubble6. Accessing Wind7. Waste and DignityBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisNo matter where they are located in the world, communities living in mountain regions have shared experiences defined in large part by contradictions. Trade ReviewGlobal Mountain Regions is an outstanding addition to the inventory of the interdisciplinary field of montology, the study of mountains. For any scholar or student interested in the human dimensions of mountain regions, many if not all of the essays will be valuable references. * American Ethnologist *Table of ContentsContentsSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Hard Times" 1: Introduction: Listening to Voices across Global Mountain Regions Ann Kingsolver and Sasikumar BalasundaramSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Mother Jones' Farewell (I Was There)" 2: After Coal, through FilmTom Hansell and Patricia Beaver Song Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Wigan Pier" 3: Mountains, Coal, and Life in British Columbia and West Virginia Paul S. Ciccantell4: Black Diamonds Crystal Good5: Historicizing Poverty and Marginalization in the Southern Mountain Regions of Malawi Tony MilanziSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Momma Was a Union Woman" 6: Voices for Community Rights in Amazonia Monica ChujíSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Blue Ridge Mountain Refugee"7: Indigenous Social Movements in Mountain RegCarmen Martinez Novo, Shannon Elizabeth Bell, Subhadra Mitra Channa, Annapurna Devi Pandey, and Luis Alberto Tuaza CastroSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "People Like You"8: Rebuilding Mountain Communities after Natural and Human-Made DisastersJude L. Fernando, Lina Maria Calandra, Stephanie McSpirit, Pam Oldfield Meade, Jeremy Paden and Shaunna L. ScottSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "The Border Line"9: Moving Heaven and Earth behind MountainsDaniel JosephSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Black Gold"10: Environment, Health, and JusticeMary K. Anglin, Gregory V. Button, and Dolores Molina-RosalesSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "When the Morning Breaks"11: Circulating News in Rural China and AppalachiaAl Cross and You You12: Thinking About the FutureJane Jensen, Marco Pitzalis, Mir Afzal Tajik, and Alan J. DeYoung13: Jirga: Everyday Peace-Building in Rural Mountain Communities of PakistanSajjad Ahmad Jan14: Mapping and Measuring Digital Divides in Mountain RegionsStanley D. Brunn and Maria ParadisoSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "My Old Times"15: Artifacts of HomeSaakshi Joshi16: Resonating with the TreesJasper Waugh-QuasebarthSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Traveler"17: Appalachian and Carpathian ExchangesJessica Murray and Iryna Galuschchak18: Appalachian and Columbian Connections through Cerulean Warbler MigrationRegina Donour19: Experience and ExpertiseLisa B. Markowitz20: Sustainable Livelihoods in Extreme LandsDipak R. PantSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Aragon Mill"21: Comparing Rural Livelihood Transitions in the Catalan and Sardinian Regions of Europe and the Appalachian Region of the United StatesDomenica Farinella, Ann Kingsolver, Ismael Vaccaro, and Oriol BeltranSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Wild Rose of the Mountain"22: Honey Corridors in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and Appalachian Coal Production Areas Tammy Horn Potter and Kunal SharmaSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "The Gap ($8,825) an Hour"23: Agricultural Sovereignty and Arabica Coffee Production in EthiopiaAklilu RedaSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "The Flume"24: Creating Sustainable Post-extraction Livelihoods in the Central Appalachian CoalfieldsNathan HallSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Gone, Gonna Rise Again"25: Reforestation Can Contribute to a Regenerative Economy in Global Mining RegionsChristopher D. Barton, Kenton Sena, and Patrick N. AngelSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "We're Still Here"26: Palestinian Responsible Tourism for Cross-Cultural UnderstandingAsma Jaber and Michel AwadSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "A Time for Us All"27: Conclusion: Looking Toward the Future in Global Mountain RegionsFelix Bivens, Sasikumar Balasundaram, and Ann KingsolverIndex

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Book SynopsisNo matter where they are located in the world, communities living in mountain regions have shared experiences defined in large part by contradictions. Trade ReviewGlobal Mountain Regions is an outstanding addition to the inventory of the interdisciplinary field of montology, the study of mountains. For any scholar or student interested in the human dimensions of mountain regions, many if not all of the essays will be valuable references. * American Ethnologist *Table of ContentsContentsSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Hard Times" 1: Introduction: Listening to Voices across Global Mountain Regions Ann Kingsolver and Sasikumar BalasundaramSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Mother Jones' Farewell (I Was There)" 2: After Coal, through FilmTom Hansell and Patricia Beaver Song Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Wigan Pier" 3: Mountains, Coal, and Life in British Columbia and West Virginia Paul S. Ciccantell4: Black Diamonds Crystal Good5: Historicizing Poverty and Marginalization in the Southern Mountain Regions of Malawi Tony MilanziSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Momma Was a Union Woman" 6: Voices for Community Rights in Amazonia Monica ChujíSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Blue Ridge Mountain Refugee"7: Indigenous Social Movements in Mountain RegCarmen Martinez Novo, Shannon Elizabeth Bell, Subhadra Mitra Channa, Annapurna Devi Pandey, and Luis Alberto Tuaza CastroSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "People Like You"8: Rebuilding Mountain Communities after Natural and Human-Made DisastersJude L. Fernando, Lina Maria Calandra, Stephanie McSpirit, Pam Oldfield Meade, Jeremy Paden and Shaunna L. ScottSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "The Border Line"9: Moving Heaven and Earth behind MountainsDaniel JosephSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Black Gold"10: Environment, Health, and JusticeMary K. Anglin, Gregory V. Button, and Dolores Molina-RosalesSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "When the Morning Breaks"11: Circulating News in Rural China and AppalachiaAl Cross and You You12: Thinking About the FutureJane Jensen, Marco Pitzalis, Mir Afzal Tajik, and Alan J. DeYoung13: Jirga: Everyday Peace-Building in Rural Mountain Communities of PakistanSajjad Ahmad Jan14: Mapping and Measuring Digital Divides in Mountain RegionsStanley D. Brunn and Maria ParadisoSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "My Old Times"15: Artifacts of HomeSaakshi Joshi16: Resonating with the TreesJasper Waugh-QuasebarthSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Traveler"17: Appalachian and Carpathian ExchangesJessica Murray and Iryna Galuschchak18: Appalachian and Columbian Connections through Cerulean Warbler MigrationRegina Donour19: Experience and ExpertiseLisa B. Markowitz20: Sustainable Livelihoods in Extreme LandsDipak R. PantSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Aragon Mill"21: Comparing Rural Livelihood Transitions in the Catalan and Sardinian Regions of Europe and the Appalachian Region of the United StatesDomenica Farinella, Ann Kingsolver, Ismael Vaccaro, and Oriol BeltranSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Wild Rose of the Mountain"22: Honey Corridors in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and Appalachian Coal Production Areas Tammy Horn Potter and Kunal SharmaSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "The Gap ($8,825) an Hour"23: Agricultural Sovereignty and Arabica Coffee Production in EthiopiaAklilu RedaSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "The Flume"24: Creating Sustainable Post-extraction Livelihoods in the Central Appalachian CoalfieldsNathan HallSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Gone, Gonna Rise Again"25: Reforestation Can Contribute to a Regenerative Economy in Global Mining RegionsChristopher D. Barton, Kenton Sena, and Patrick N. AngelSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "We're Still Here"26: Palestinian Responsible Tourism for Cross-Cultural UnderstandingAsma Jaber and Michel AwadSong Lyrics by Si Kahn: "A Time for Us All"27: Conclusion: Looking Toward the Future in Global Mountain RegionsFelix Bivens, Sasikumar Balasundaram, and Ann KingsolverIndex

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Book SynopsisItalian Ecocinema Beyond the Human is an ecocritical study of five Italian films. It explores the ways in which on-location filming impacts the relationships between the production crew and the environment, and ultimately the story told in the resulting cinematic narrative.Trade ReviewPart memoir, part close analysis of the films themselves, and illustrated with numerous excellent frame grabs, Past's book casts a dreamlike spell as it contemplates the past, present, and future of the cinema and moves smoothly between environmental issues and aesthetic and practical concerns. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on TranslationOn Location: Italian Ecocinema1. Hydrocarbons, Moving Pictures, Time: Red Desert2. Location, Dirty Cinema, Toxic Waste, Storytelling: Gomorrah3. Posthuman Collaboration, Cohabitation, Sacrifice: The Wind Blows Round4. Silence, Cinema, More-than-Human Sound: Le quattro volte5. Volcanoes, Transgenerational Memory, Cinema: Return to the Aeolian IslandsEpilogueBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisItalian Ecocinema Beyond the Human is an ecocritical study of five Italian films. It explores the ways in which on-location filming impacts the relationships between the production crew and the environment, and ultimately the story told in the resulting cinematic narrative.Trade ReviewPart memoir, part close analysis of the films themselves, and illustrated with numerous excellent frame grabs, Past's book casts a dreamlike spell as it contemplates the past, present, and future of the cinema and moves smoothly between environmental issues and aesthetic and practical concerns. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on TranslationOn Location: Italian Ecocinema1. Hydrocarbons, Moving Pictures, Time: Red Desert2. Location, Dirty Cinema, Toxic Waste, Storytelling: Gomorrah3. Posthuman Collaboration, Cohabitation, Sacrifice: The Wind Blows Round4. Silence, Cinema, More-than-Human Sound: Le quattro volte5. Volcanoes, Transgenerational Memory, Cinema: Return to the Aeolian IslandsEpilogueBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisHow can religion help to understand and contend with the challenges of climate change? Understanding Climate Change through Religious Lifeworld, edited by David Haberman, presents a unique collection of essays that detail how the effects of human-related climate change are actively reshaping religious ideas and practices, even as religious groups and communities endeavor to bring their traditions to bear on mounting climate challenges. People of faith from the low-lying islands of the South Pacific to the glacial regions of the Himalayas are influencing how their communities understand earthly problems and develop meaningful responses to them. This collection focuses on a variety of different aspects of this critical interaction, including the role of religion in ongoing debates about climate change, religious sources of environmental knowledge and how this knowledge informs community responses to climate change, and the ways that climate change is in turn driving religious change. Trade ReviewThis anthology will be valuable for scholars interested in religion, climate communication, and Indigenous cultures. The book, or selected chapters from it, would be appropriate for upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses in anthropology, area studies, environmental studies, and religion. -- Cybelle Shattuck - Western Michigan University * H-Environment *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Multiple Perspectives on an Increasingly Uncertain WorldRecombinant Responses1. Climate Change Never Travels Alone2. Climate Change, Moral Meteorology and Local Measures at Quyllurit'i, a High Andean Shrine3. Religious Explanations for Coastal Erosion in Narikoso, FijiLocal Knowledge4. "Nature Can Heal Itself"5. Maya Cosmology and Contesting Climate Change in Mesoamerica6. Anthropogenic Climate Change, Anxiety, and the SacredLoss, Anxiety, and Doubt7. The Vanishing of Father White Glacier8. Loss and Recovery in the HimalayasReligious Transformations9. Angry Gods and Raging Rivers10. Recasting the SacredConclusion: Religion and Climate ChangeList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"There is a South American lost world waiting to be explored, one which allows at least indirect glimpses of living dinosaurs. It comprises the Rio do Peixe Basins of northeastern Brazil, which preserve one of the world's great assemblages of fossil footprints and trackways of dinosaurs and other Mesozoic land animals. Such trace fossils hold a special fascination for paleontologists like myself who so desperately want to know what living dinosaurs were like, because they record moments in the lives of the long-dead animals, revealing how they moved and interacted with each other. Leonardi and Carvalho will be our guides, leading us through the lost world of the Rio do Peixe Basins. We will see many wonders: the traces made by dinosaurs and other long-dead animals with our physical eye, and in our mind's eye the fearfully great reptiles themselves. Prepare yourself for a scientific adventure!"—James O. Farlow, author of Noah's Ravens: Interpreting the Makers of Tridactyl Dinosaur Footprints"This is an incredibly comprehensive, detailed, look at the dinosaur tracks discovered from Brazil. Leonardi and Carvalho draw on their decades of experience to methodically describe the tracks and tracksites from the country. Tracksites and specimens are systematically detailed with numerous photos, drawings, and reconstructions, and are placed in their wider geological and palaeobiological context. The authors are able to discuss dinosaur footprints that might have been first documented decades ago, while remaining cognizant of the most recent advances in dinosaur ichnology. The result is a volume that will form the basis of much future research, providing data and prompting new hypotheses."—Peter L. Falkingham, Liverpool John Moores University"When it comes to paleobiology, no fossil brings you closer to the organism than its tracks—those muddy marks of Cretaceous dinosaurs standing, striding, plodding, and even running amount to a rich record of ecosystems brought lovingly detailed by Leonardi and Carvalho. Dinosaur Tracks from Brazil lovingly combines all the detailed context that a specialist craves with beautiful artwork that brings the Brazilian dinosaurs to life."—Andrew B. Heckert, Appalachian State UniversityTable of ContentsForeword, by James O. FarlowAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Methods3. Geological Context of the Footprints4. The Ichnofaunas of the Rio do Peixe Basins and Their Trackmakers5. Data Tables and Statistics6. The Trackmakers of the Ichnofaunas of the Rio do Peixe Basins7. Behavior of the Rio do Peixe Basins Dinosaurs8. The Dinosaur Community9. Invertebrate Trails and Traces10. Localities Visited Without Vertebrate Ichnological Results11. Protections ActsFarewellReferencesAppendix A: Glossary of Brazilian Geographical Names and TermsAppendix B: Dates of the Discovery of the Tracksites and Their DiscoverersAppendix C: Codes and LocalitiesIndex

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Book SynopsisA fascinating read for anyone interested in the politics of disaster relief, Citizens without a City illustrates how survivors tried to remake effective political agency—and their lives—in a ruined town.Trade Review"Riveting and nuanced."—Christian Sorace, author of Shaken Authority: China's Communist Party and the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake"Set in the aftermath of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake in central Italy, Citizens without a City tells of how civic life is negotiated in the post-disaster context. Through intricate court cases, civic activities, artistic performances, and invented traditions, Aquilani strive to regain their city and their citizenship. Through eloquent ethnography and innovative conceptual insights, Bock portrays life rising from rubble where versions of collective pasts and futures are intensely disputed. Providing the definitive line on everyday orientations after catastrophe, Citizens without a City is a fascinating study of life in post-disaster contexts which has repercussions for the anthropology of crisis, temporality, and urban politics."—Daniel M. Knight, University of St Andrews, author of Vertiginous Life: An Anthropology of Time and the Unforeseen"This is an extraordinary book. Jan Bock in Citizens Without a City provides us with an unflinching and fascinating account of the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in L'Aquila. Pathbreaking in its approach, which moves across disciplines, this account provides us with a deep analysis of the way that citizens reacted to the earthquake, and the protests, divisions, spatial changes and political controversies that followed. Bock draws out the contradictory outcomes to this traumatic event at a local and micro level. The overall story, perhaps surprisingly, is one of division as opposed to reconciliation and solidarity. An urgent and troubling book, which is beautifully written, organised and illustrated which will be of interest to historians, anthropologists, sociologists and the general reader."—John Foot, author of The Archipelago: Italy since 1945, University of Bristol"Citizens Without a City is a masterpiece of scholarly empathy. In ethnographically probing the deep factionalism that official autocracy, condescension, and mismanagement inflamed among the long-suffering survivors of a catastrophic earthquake, Bock deftly steers analysis away from both politically sterile recrimination and equally unproductive utopianism. In its place, he suggests an inclusive partiality – hard, realistic choices leavened by the social recognition and cultural representation of the losers' durable distress – as the precondition for the very possibility of genuine participation."—Michael Herzfeld, author of Evicted from Eternity: The Restructuring of Modern Rome, Harvard University"Richly detailed, thoughtful, and full of evocative accounts, Citizens without a City offers a razor-sharp analysis of a pivotal period in Italy's recent history, showing how well-intentioned attempts at disaster relief can leave recipients feeling divided and disenfranchised. Importantly, the book shows that while citizens may turn to grassroots politics or legal redress in an attempt to get their voices heard, these arenas often prove unsatisfying or counterproductive. By contrast, the cultural realms of cinema, theatre and autobiographical writing offer more hopeful prospects for social recovery. Bock's analysis makes for urgent, timely and stimulating reading as we collectively reckon with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the states of emergency implemented to mitigate it. It is also a fine testament to the way that anthropological research can itself provide a platform for hitherto silenced voices."—Nicholas J. Long, London School of Economics and Political Science"The picture of Italy that emerges from the pages of this book is in some ways a familiar one, with its ability to recover in the face of tragedy, shaped by spontaneous expressions of solidarity among citizens afflicted by catastrophe. And yet there is more. In this sensitive account of the L'Aquila earthquake and its aftermath, constructed out of careful observation and participation, there is a desire to understand and to overcome the veil of 'tragedy' in order to grasp, collectively, a sense of 'responsibility' and the depth of the idea of society."—Piero Vereni, University of Rome Tor Vergata"This book is not just about the city of L'Aquila. Although Jan-Jonathan Bock reconstructs, grounded in in-depth fieldwork, the unique experiences that followed the horrific earthquake of 2009, many readers will detect further issues that are common in other democratic societies. This account addresses a conundrum across the West, especially in the face of the pandemic: the crisis of dialogue between citizens and institutions. Emergencies always reveal the relationship between citizens and power. Citizens Without a City stimulates further reflection on this subject through its richly detailed analysis of grassroots actions and political context. This book is of significant value for scholars and a general readership in many countries, and also for the Italian public, since 'states of emergency' too often become the norm in disaster management in Italy."—Mattia Diletti, University of Rome La Sapienza"In Citizens Without a City (2022), Jan-Jonathan Bock follows various modalities of protest and legal challenges by local residents to the postdisaster measures implemented by the Italian government to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake in L' Aquila, Italy. Through a detailed ethnography, the book shows how such post-disaster programs can divide survivors and how forms of protest and resistance by those affected by the disaster do not always succeed."—Smoki Musaraj and Matt Canfield, PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction: The L'Aquila Earthquake2. The State of Emergency3. Disaster Politics and the War Among the Poor4. Contesting Urban Recovery5. Activism and Grassroots Politics6. Culture and Social Recovery7. Mourning in Court8. Conclusion: A Future for L'AquilaBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA fascinating read for anyone interested in the politics of disaster relief, Citizens without a City illustrates how survivors tried to remake effective political agencyand their livesin a ruined town.Trade Review"Riveting and nuanced."—Christian Sorace, author of Shaken Authority: China's Communist Party and the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake"Set in the aftermath of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake in central Italy, Citizens without a City tells of how civic life is negotiated in the post-disaster context. Through intricate court cases, civic activities, artistic performances, and invented traditions, Aquilani strive to regain their city and their citizenship. Through eloquent ethnography and innovative conceptual insights, Bock portrays life rising from rubble where versions of collective pasts and futures are intensely disputed. Providing the definitive line on everyday orientations after catastrophe, Citizens without a City is a fascinating study of life in post-disaster contexts which has repercussions for the anthropology of crisis, temporality, and urban politics."—Daniel M. Knight, University of St Andrews, author of Vertiginous Life: An Anthropology of Time and the Unforeseen"This is an extraordinary book. Jan Bock in Citizens Without a City provides us with an unflinching and fascinating account of the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in L'Aquila. Pathbreaking in its approach, which moves across disciplines, this account provides us with a deep analysis of the way that citizens reacted to the earthquake, and the protests, divisions, spatial changes and political controversies that followed. Bock draws out the contradictory outcomes to this traumatic event at a local and micro level. The overall story, perhaps surprisingly, is one of division as opposed to reconciliation and solidarity. An urgent and troubling book, which is beautifully written, organised and illustrated which will be of interest to historians, anthropologists, sociologists and the general reader."—John Foot, author of The Archipelago: Italy since 1945, University of Bristol"Citizens Without a City is a masterpiece of scholarly empathy. In ethnographically probing the deep factionalism that official autocracy, condescension, and mismanagement inflamed among the long-suffering survivors of a catastrophic earthquake, Bock deftly steers analysis away from both politically sterile recrimination and equally unproductive utopianism. In its place, he suggests an inclusive partiality – hard, realistic choices leavened by the social recognition and cultural representation of the losers' durable distress – as the precondition for the very possibility of genuine participation."—Michael Herzfeld, author of Evicted from Eternity: The Restructuring of Modern Rome, Harvard University"Richly detailed, thoughtful, and full of evocative accounts, Citizens without a City offers a razor-sharp analysis of a pivotal period in Italy's recent history, showing how well-intentioned attempts at disaster relief can leave recipients feeling divided and disenfranchised. Importantly, the book shows that while citizens may turn to grassroots politics or legal redress in an attempt to get their voices heard, these arenas often prove unsatisfying or counterproductive. By contrast, the cultural realms of cinema, theatre and autobiographical writing offer more hopeful prospects for social recovery. Bock's analysis makes for urgent, timely and stimulating reading as we collectively reckon with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the states of emergency implemented to mitigate it. It is also a fine testament to the way that anthropological research can itself provide a platform for hitherto silenced voices."—Nicholas J. Long, London School of Economics and Political Science"The picture of Italy that emerges from the pages of this book is in some ways a familiar one, with its ability to recover in the face of tragedy, shaped by spontaneous expressions of solidarity among citizens afflicted by catastrophe. And yet there is more. In this sensitive account of the L'Aquila earthquake and its aftermath, constructed out of careful observation and participation, there is a desire to understand and to overcome the veil of 'tragedy' in order to grasp, collectively, a sense of 'responsibility' and the depth of the idea of society."—Piero Vereni, University of Rome Tor Vergata"This book is not just about the city of L'Aquila. Although Jan-Jonathan Bock reconstructs, grounded in in-depth fieldwork, the unique experiences that followed the horrific earthquake of 2009, many readers will detect further issues that are common in other democratic societies. This account addresses a conundrum across the West, especially in the face of the pandemic: the crisis of dialogue between citizens and institutions. Emergencies always reveal the relationship between citizens and power. Citizens Without a City stimulates further reflection on this subject through its richly detailed analysis of grassroots actions and political context. This book is of significant value for scholars and a general readership in many countries, and also for the Italian public, since 'states of emergency' too often become the norm in disaster management in Italy."—Mattia Diletti, University of Rome La Sapienza"In Citizens Without a City (2022), Jan-Jonathan Bock follows various modalities of protest and legal challenges by local residents to the postdisaster measures implemented by the Italian government to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake in L' Aquila, Italy. Through a detailed ethnography, the book shows how such post-disaster programs can divide survivors and how forms of protest and resistance by those affected by the disaster do not always succeed."—Smoki Musaraj and Matt Canfield, PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction: The L'Aquila Earthquake2. The State of Emergency3. Disaster Politics and the War Among the Poor4. Contesting Urban Recovery5. Activism and Grassroots Politics6. Culture and Social Recovery7. Mourning in Court8. Conclusion: A Future for L'AquilaBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAs catastrophes proliferate around us, We Are All Survivors provides a timely, intimate, and empathetic look at disasters and recovery. Written by a group of outstanding folklorists, most of whom have themselves faced the devastation of traumatic events, this volume explores the role folkloristics has played and can play in disaster stricken communities. We Are All Survivors is a book of thought, methodological skill, and heart. -- Diane Goldstein, Professor Emeritus, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana UniversityTable of ContentsPreface1. Introduction: We Are All Survivors, by Carl Lindahl2. Into the Bullring: The Significance of "Empathy" after the Earthquake, by Yutaka Suga3. Rebuilding and Reconnecting After Disaster: Listening to Older Adults, by Yoko Taniguchi4. The Story of Cultural Assets and their Rescue: A First-Hand Report from Tohoku, by Kōji Katō5. Critical Empathy: A Survivor's Study of Disaster, by Kate Parker Horigan6. Empathy and Speaking Out, by Amy Shuman7. The Intangible Lightness of Heritage, by Michael Dylan Foster8. Documenting Disaster Folklore in the Eye of the Storm: Six Months After María, by Gloria M. Colom BrañaConclusion: The COVID-19 Pandemic and "Folklife's First Responders," by Georgia Ellie Dassler and Kate Parker Horigan

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAs catastrophes proliferate around us, We Are All Survivors provides a timely, intimate, and empathetic look at disasters and recovery. Written by a group of outstanding folklorists, most of whom have themselves faced the devastation of traumatic events, this volume explores the role folkloristics has played and can play in disaster stricken communities. We Are All Survivors is a book of thought, methodological skill, and heart. -- Diane Goldstein, Professor Emeritus, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana UniversityTable of ContentsPreface1. Introduction: We Are All Survivors, by Carl Lindahl2. Into the Bullring: The Significance of "Empathy" after the Earthquake, by Yutaka Suga3. Rebuilding and Reconnecting After Disaster: Listening to Older Adults, by Yoko Taniguchi4. The Story of Cultural Assets and their Rescue: A First-Hand Report from Tohoku, by Kōji Katō5. Critical Empathy: A Survivor's Study of Disaster, by Kate Parker Horigan6. Empathy and Speaking Out, by Amy Shuman7. The Intangible Lightness of Heritage, by Michael Dylan Foster8. Documenting Disaster Folklore in the Eye of the Storm: Six Months After María, by Gloria M. Colom BrañaConclusion: The COVID-19 Pandemic and "Folklife's First Responders," by Georgia Ellie Dassler and Kate Parker Horigan

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Book SynopsisClimate change is affecting Indiana's environment, threatening the way Hoosiers live and do business, and introducing new stresses to the state's economy, health, and infrastructure. And while scientists predict more days of extreme weather, increased public health risks, and reduced agricultural production in the coming years, Hoosiers still have a substantial say in determining their future environment. Climate Change and Resilience in Indiana and Beyond confirms that Indiana can rise to meet this threat. The culmination of Indiana University's Prepared for Environmental Change Grand Challenge, this collection showcases how scientists, policymakers, communicators, and others are working hard to protect Indiana's economy and way of life by becoming more resilient. Researchers are creating new environmental resilience frameworks, building on years of existing research on how ecosystems can adapt, how social systems process threats in order to change, and how individuals themselves fit

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Book SynopsisPursues the connections between feminism and environmentalism. This title includes topics: the ecofeminist ethic; the role of patriarchal concepts in perpetuating the domination of women and nature; the grassroots origins and character of a thoughtful ecofeminism; and the Oecofeminism-deep ecology debate in environmental philosophy.Trade Review"... an important collection of essays for scholars interested in feminism, environmentalism, or both... This is a good resource for anyone who teaches ethics, feminism, or environmental issues." Teaching in PhilosophyTable of Contents1. Acknowledgments2. Karen J. Warren—Ecological Feminist Philosophies: An Overview of the Issues3. Stephanie Lahar—Ecofeminist Theory and Grassroots Politics4. Karen J. Warren—The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism5. Christine Cuomo—Toward Thoughtful Ecofeminist Activism6. Catherine Roach—Loving Your Mother: On The Woman-Nature Relationship7. Deane Curtin—Toward An Ecological Ethic of Care8. Roger J. H. King—Caring About Nature: Feminist Ethics and the Environment9. Deborah Slicer—Your Daughter or Your Dog?10. Carol J. Adams—Ecofeminism and the Eating of Animals11. Robert Sessions—Deep Ecology versus Ecofeminism: Healthy Differences or Incompatible Philosophies?12. Val Plumwood—Nature, Self, and Gender: Feminism, Environmental Philosophy, and the critique of Rationalism13. Victoria Davion—When Lives Become Logic Problems: Nuclear Deterrence, an Ecological Feminist Critique14. Carol Cantrell—Women and Language in Susan Griffin's Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her15. Patricia Jagentowicz Mills—Feminism and Ecology: On the Domination of Nature16. Patrick Murphy—Ground, Pivot, Motion: Ecofeminist Theory, Dialogics, and Literary Practice17. Karen J. Warren and Jim Cheney—Ecological Feminism and Ecosystem EcologyContributorsIndex

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