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Book SynopsisThis book provides a compact analysis for students and early-career practitioners of the critical connections between place capitals and the broader practices of planning, seeded within rural communities. It introduces the breadth of the discipline, presenting examples of what planning means and what it can achieve in different rural places.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The built rural 3. The economic rural 4. The land-based rural 5. The social and cultural rural 6. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisOften portrayed as an apolitical space, this book demonstrates that home is in fact a highly political concept. This book explores the legislative changes dismantling vulnerable groups' rights to decent and affordable housing.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The politicisation of home 2. The bedroom tax and diminishing rights to home 3. Temporary is the new permanent: temporary accommodation policy and the rise of family homelessness 4. The criminalisation of home: section 144 and its impact on London’s squatters 5. Fighting for home: activism and resistance in precarious times Conclusion

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Book SynopsisHere is a comprehensive examination of the newly recognized callimico/marmoset clade, which includes the smallest anthropoid primates on earth. It features sections on phylogeny, taxonomy and functional anatomy, behavioral ecology, and reproductive physiology.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“Provides a timely review and summary of … anthropoid primates. … Primatologists in general who want to update their knowledge on callitrichids or specifically on marmosets will find this book very useful. Specialists involved in research on callitrichid biology … will find specific sections and chapters helpful and informative. Outside the primatological realm anthropologists mammalogists and zoologists will find this book a useful source … . I consider this book an important contribution to callitrichid biology and hope it will find a wide audience.” (Eckhard W. Heymann, Folia Primatologica, Vol. 81 (1), 2010)“This new, comprehensive volume, edited by primatologists Ford (Southern Illinois Univ.), Porter (Northern Illinois Univ.), and Davis (Northeastern Illinois Univ.), brings together 23 chapters by 59 contributors who focus specifically on marmosets and Callimico. … In addition to the subject index, the volume includes a taxonomic index, which allows the reader to easily find information on genera and species discussed in the book. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals in primatology, biological anthropology, and zoology.” (E. J. Sargis, Choice, June, 2010)Table of ContentsPhylogeny.- Molecular Phylogenetics of the Callitrichidae with an Emphasis on the Marmosets and Callimico.- The Systematics and Distributions of the Marmosets (Callithrix, Callibella, Cebuella, and Mico) and Callimico (Callimico) (Callitrichidae, Primates).- The Vocal Identity of the Callithrix Species (Primates, Callitrichidae).- Reproductive, Social, and Cognitive Behavior.- Social Behavior of Callimicos: Mating Strategies and Infant Care.- Genetic Structure Within and Among Populations of the Common Marmoset, Callithrix jacchus: Implications for Cooperative Breeding.- Mating Systems and Female–Female Competition in the Common Marmoset, Callithrix jacchus.- Balancing Cooperation and Competition in Callitrichid Primates: Examining the Relative Risk of Infanticide Across Species.- Social Hierarchy and Dispersal in Free-Ranging Buffy-Headed Marmosets (Callithrix flaviceps).- Emigration as a Reproductive Strategy of the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus).- Social and Physical Cognition in Marmosets and Tamarins.- Ranging Behavior and Locomotion.- Limited Dispersal and Genetic Structure of Silvery Marmosets (Mico argentatus) in the Fragmented Landscape of Central Amazonia.- Habitat Use and Ranging Behavior of the Silvery Marmoset (Mico argentatus) at Caxiuanã National Forest (Eastern Brazilian Amazonia).- Ranging Patterns of Callimico goeldii (callimico) in a Mixed Species Group.- A Comparative Study of the Kinematics of Trunk-to-Trunk Leaping in Callimico goeldii, Callithrix jacchus, and Cebuella pygmaea.- Locomotion, Postures, and Habitat Use by Pygmy Marmosets (Cebuella pygmaea).- Anatomy.- Mother’s Little Helper? The Placenta and Its Role in Intrauterine Maternal Investment in the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus).- Size and Shape in Callimico and Marmoset Skulls: Allometry and Heterochrony in the Morphological Evolution of Small Anthropoids.- Cranial Morphology of the Dwarf Marmoset Callibella in the Context of Callitrichid Variability.- The Functional Significance of Jaw-Muscle Fiber Architecture in Tree-Gouging Marmosets.- The Evolutionary Morphology of Tree Gouging in Marmosets.- Marmoset Postcrania and the Skeleton of the Dwarf Marmoset, Callibella Humilis.- Conservation.- Conservation Status of Pygmy Marmosets (Cebuella Pygmaea) in Ecuador.- Conservation of the Marmosets and Callimicos.

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Book SynopsisExamining the links between society, space, and place, this unique text introduces students to the ecological and cultural richness of Mexico and the diversity, tenacity, and resilience of its people. David M. Walker presents compelling ethnographic case studies of Mexico City's historic center and the adjacent Tepito neighborhood; life in the border city of Tijuana; and urban Mexican garbage networks. Cases also explore Afromexican identity in the Costa Chica of Guerrero and Oaxaca, as well as the Indigeneous Zoque people's stewardship of the remote Chimalapas region. Readers are immersed in the stories of real individuals and their livelihood strategies; natural and built environments; values and faith practices; leisure activities; foodways; involvements in local to global cultural, political, and economic processes; and more. Instructive features include topical vignettes, discussion questions, and suggested readings and online resources related to each case.

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Book SynopsisAs geography's 'big ideas'--such as space, place, boundaries, scale, process, and relationality--have evolved, what does this mean for their computational representation? This book considers how key concepts have developed in geography and are represented (or not) in GISc, with a view to bridging gaps between the two.

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Book SynopsisDesigned for a one or two semester laboratory course in physical geography or environmental science. The book will complement most introductory physical geography and environmental texts. The exercises are self-explanatory and include maps, aerial photographs, and worksheets.

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Book SynopsisFollowing two successful editions, the third edition of GIS: A Computing Perspective has been completely revised and updated, with extensive new content reflecting the significant progress that has been made in the realm of GIS within the last 20 years. Major new topics covered for the first time in this edition include: graph databases and graph query languages, ontology engineering and qualitative spatial reasoning, geosensor networks and GeoAI, decentralized computing and online algorithms, and critical GIS and data sovereignty.Features Includes an entirely new chapter on AI and GIS, including ontologies and the Semantic Web, knowledge representation (KR) and spatial reasoning, machine learning and spatial analysis, and neural networks and deep learning Presents new material reflecting the advances made in cloud computing, stream computing, and sensor networks, as well as extensively revised and updated content on cartogTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Fundamental Database Concepts 3. Fundamental Spatial Concepts 4. Models of Geospatial Information 5. Representation and Algorithms 6. Structures and Access Methods 7. Architectures 8. Cartography and Geo-visualization 9. Artificial Intelligence and GIS 10. Spatial Information in Context

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Book SynopsisReinforce students'' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions- Develops independent learning and research skills- Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes

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Book SynopsisExam Board: CCEALevel: A-levelSubject: GeographyFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018Reinforce students'' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions- Develops independent learning and research skills- Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes

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Book SynopsisExam Board: OCRLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: GeographyFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: Summer 2017Reinforce students'' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions- Develops independent learning and research skills- Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes

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Book SynopsisExam Board: CCEALevel: A-levelSubject: GeographyFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018Reinforce students'' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by a teacher with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions- Develops independent learning and research skills- Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes

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Book SynopsisThe Sustainable Diet is a timely and practical guide to a healthy planet and a healthy you, complete with 100 nutritious and delicious recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner.In Part One, Scott Gooding explains sustainability and looks at how farming practices have changed over the years. He answers the questions we all want to know about, such as ''Is eating animal products good for us, and the environment?'' and ''Is veganism the answer?'' Part Two contains 100 recipes that are good for you AND the planet. The Sustainable Diet is a step-by-step way to celebrate our planet and promote optimal health. It''s about taking the long view and realising that the choices we make now, in terms of what we eat and how we produce our food, will affect not only you and me but our children and future generations. Not to mention the health of the planet and the welfare of millions of animals...The latest research indicates that it is possiTrade ReviewFormer My Kitchen Rules contestant and author Scott Gooding loves inspiring... to cook ethical foods that are just as good for you as they are for the environment. * Sunrise Show, Australia *The Sustainable Diet...sheds light on why eating food that is ethically produced and locally sourced has immense benefits for the environment, economy and your health, and it's not necessarily about going vegan...For those who care about the environment but have no interest in switching to a plant-based diet, it's a great read to increase your understanding of how to make sustainable choices. * Good Health, Australia *

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Book SynopsisJeff Martin explores the Tawny Owl's natural history in the greatest detail. Where controversy has arisen in the literature, he has put forward all points of view so the reader can make his or her own judgements. There seems nothing concerning the biology of this owl that Jeff has not researched.' - Derek Bunn, author of The Barn Owl The haunting calls of the Tawny Owl can be heard from Scandinavia in the north of its range to North Africa in the south. Most people would consider it to be a common and widespread species throughout Europe, but populations in Britain at least are declining, and we need to understand more about the behaviour and ecology of this magnificent woodland bird if its future is to be secured.Jeff Martin has been studying owls for decades, and in this timely book he combines his personal observationstogether with those of other ornithologists and a comprehensive review of the literature, resulting in some surprising revelations. It was not long ago,

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Book SynopsisAs towns and cities worldwide deal with fast-increasing land pressures, while also trying to promote more sustainable, connected communities, the creation of green spaces within urban areas is receiving greater attention than ever before. At the same time, the value of the green belt' as the most prominent model of green space planning is being widely questioned, and an array of alternative models are being proposed. This book explores one of those alternative models the green wedge', showing how this offers a successful model for integrating urban development and nature in existing and new towns and cities around the world. Green wedges, considered here as ducts of green space running from the countryside into the centre of a city or town, are not only making a comeback in urban planning, but they have a deeper history in the twentieth century than many expect a history that provides valuable insight and lessons in the employment of networked green spaces in city design and regionaTrade ReviewGreen Wedge Urbanism provides an original and potentially impactful contribution to urban theory, history and practice. The narrative of the book surfaces the concept of the Green Wedge historically and geographically, acting both as an archaeology of its meaning and a critical examination of its contemporary practice. * Simon Guy, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Lancaster University, UK *This fascinating and historically informed account sheds new light on the urban landscape, reminding us of the benefits of linear open space, whether as an alternative to encompassing green belts or (even better) in combination with them. * Michael Hebbert, Professor of Town Planning at University College London, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction Green wedge: definitions Interdisciplinarity, locality, temporality and scale The structure Methods and sources Part 1 – Green Wedges in History Chapter 1 – Urban planning with nature The Enlightenment and the pursuit of nature The industrial revolution and the disintegration of open spaces The rise of town planning Ring vs. radial growth Park systems Chapter 2 – The emergence and diffusion of the green wedge idea Radial planning, radial parks and green wedges Intrinsic opposition: belts vs. wedges Opposition resolved: belts and wedges as elements of the same park system The socialist city Chapter 3 – Towards a bright future: green-wedge visions for the post-war period London: the green-wedge metropolis Diagraming the future The County of London Plan 1943 The Greater London Plan 1944 Other British cities New towns and green spaces Planning new beginnings Chapter 4 – Polycentrism and regional planning Organising the territory: the Nordic experience The 1947 Finger Plan Other Scandinavian capitals The corridor-wedge model: the Nordic influence Planning the metropolis: the case of São Paulo Corridor-wedge in the United States Visions for South East England The case of Melbourne Other cases The Green Heart and wedges of Randstad in the Netherlands Part 2 – Green Wedges Today Chapter 5 – Green spaces, networks and contemporary challenges The benefits of green spaces The birth of Urban Design and the ‘Star City’ Green infrastructures Landscape Ecology Landscape Urbanism Sustainability and resilience in face of climate change Chapter 6 – Towards sustainable and resilient city-regions Stockholm: towards blue and green wedges The development of a model: the Copenhagen Finger Plan The green fingers of Helsinki Randstad: from Green Heart to Green-Blue Delta Melbourne towards 2030 Freiburg: the green wedge and the mountain-valley systems Chapter 7 – Green wedges: from the city-region to the neighbourhood Hamburg green network plan The Raggi Verdi of Milan Songzhuang Arts and Agriculture City: a new form of urban-rural relationship Green wedges at multiple scales: Viikki Rieselfeld Vauban The Neighbourhood scale: Dunsfold Park, UK The green wedge as a typology: La Sagrera Linear Park, Spain Green Wedge Urbanism: Past, Present and Future The green wedge idea: from the city scale to the polycentric region Towards a theory of green wedge urbanism Index Bibliography Notes

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Book SynopsisSecurity is a defining characteristic of our age and the driving force behind the management of collective political, economic, and social life. Directed at safeguarding society against future peril, security is often thought of as the hard infrastructures and invisible technologies assumed to deliver it: walls, turnstiles, CCTV cameras, digital encryption, and the like. The contributors to Futureproof redirect this focus, showing how security is a sensory domain shaped by affect and image as much as rules and rationalities. They examine security as it is lived and felt in domains as varied as real estate listings, active-shooter drills, border crossings, landslide maps, gang graffiti, and museum exhibits to theorize how security regimes are expressed through aesthetic forms. Taking a global perspective with studies ranging from Jamaica to Jakarta and Colombia to the U.S.-Mexico border, Futureproof expands our understanding of the security practices, infrastructures, and technologies that pervade everyday life. Contributors. Victoria Bernal, Jon Horne Carter, Alexandra Demshock, Zaire Z. Dinzey-Flores, Didier Fassin, D. Asher Ghertner, Daniel M. Goldstein, Rachel Hall, Rivke Jaffe, Ieva Jusionyte, Catherine Lutz, Alejandra Leal Martinez, Hudson McFann, Limor Samimian-Darash, AbdouMaliq Simone, Austin ZeidermanTrade Review“This provocative book reframes the issue of security, considering it at the intersection of aesthetics and politics. It opens new possibilities of critique and of understanding, using ethnographies to expose several dimensions of our everydayness that normalize fear, risk, violence, and the invisibilization of growing inequalities. It will become mandatory reading for all interested in criticizing contemporary formations of power and the ways in which violence and security are lived and felt in the everyday.” -- Teresa P. R. Caldeira, author of * City of Walls: Crime, Segregation, and Citizenship in São Paulo *“This volume offers a critical analysis of ‘security’ as a mode of power and form of governance by examining its aesthetic dimensions. The authors explore the institutions and discourses that sell protection from almost every aspect of everyday life. By focusing on the political and social aesthetics of how security claims and threats control human lives, they argue that it is these aesthetic manipulations that provide an affective infrastructure and set of practices that manage human life. An important addition to the anthropology of security, Futureproof provides a provocative glimpse into the future.” -- Setha Low, coeditor of * Spaces of Security: Ethnographies of Securityscapes, Surveillance, and Control *"The development of the concept of security as an aesthetic and sensory experience is an interesting line of research, and the broad sample of cases evaluated in Futureproof was well chosen. This is a reference text I would recommend for security practitioners as well as advanced students and scholars of security and strategic theories. Far from the typical security text, there are philosophical elements and advanced concepts that lend more to a scholar’s eye, but this text will prove educational for anyone with an interest in the staging and portrayal of security." -- Courteney J. O’Connor * LSE Review of Books *"This is a worthy and relevant contribution to security studies, a field which will likely become even more prominent in the post–COVID-19 world." -- R. P. Lorenzo * Choice *Table of ContentsForeword / Catherine Lutz vii Introduction. Security Aesthetics of and beyond the Biopolitical / D. Asher Ghertner, Hudson McFann, and Daniel M. Goldstein 1 1. The Aesthetics of Cyber Insecurity: Displaying the Digital in Three American Museum Exhibits / Victoria Bernal 33 2. Danger Signs: The Aesthetics of Insecurity in Bogotá / Austin Zeiderman 63 3. "We All Have the Same Red Blood": Security Aesthetics and Rescue Ethics on the Arizona-Sonora Border / Ieva Jusionyte 87 4. Fugitive Horizons and the Arts of Security in Honduras / Jon Horne Carter 114 5. Security Aesthetics and Political Community Formation in Kingston, Jamaica / Rivke Jaffe 134 6. Staging Safety in Brooklyn's Real Estate / Zaire Z. Dinzey-Flores and Alexandra Demshock 156 7. Expecting the Worst: Active-Shooter Scenario Play in American Schools / Rachel Hall 175 8. H5N1 and the Aesthetics of Biosecurity: From Danger to Risk / Limor Samimian-Darash 200 9. Securing "Standby" and Urban Space Making in Jakarta: Intensities in Search of Forms / AbdouMaliq Simone 225 10. Securing the Street: Urban Renewal and the Fight against "Informality" in Mexico City / Alejandra Leal Martínez 245 Afterword. The Age of Security / Didier Fassin 271 Acknowledgments 277 Contributors 279 Index 285

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Book SynopsisIn The Birth of Energy Cara New Daggett traces the genealogy of contemporary notions of energy back to the nineteenth-century science of thermodynamics to challenge the underlying logic that informs today''s uses of energy. These early resource-based concepts of power first emerged during the Industrial Revolution and were tightly bound to Western capitalist domination and the politics of industrialized work. As Daggett shows, thermodynamics was deployed as an imperial science to govern fossil fuel use, labor, and colonial expansion, in part through a hierarchical ordering of humans and nonhumans. By systematically excavating the historical connection between energy and work, Daggett argues that only by transforming the politics of work—most notably, the veneration of waged work—will we be able to confront the Anthropocene''s energy problem. Substituting one source of energy for another will not ensure a habitable planet; rather, the concepts of energy and work themsTrade Review“Cara New Daggett's The Birth of Energy is a landmark work in the emergent field of energy humanities. In it, Daggett offers a brilliant genealogy of our modern conception of energy, explaining how Victorian empire, evolutionary theory, Presbyterianism, and thermodynamics helped to refashion the Aristotelian idea of energy as ‘dynamic virtue’ into a phenomenon having to do with the movement of matter and, above all, labor. Now facing a world warmed by burning fossil fuels, Daggett gives us a roadmap to thinking energy beyond the Protestant ethic of perpetual work.” -- Dominic Boyer, author of * Energopolitics: Wind and Power in the Anthropocene *“This complex, ambitious book represents a significant contribution to energy studies, offering an innovative history that situates the scientific discovery of energy within nineteenth-century cultures of imperialism, industrialization, and the governance of work. Cara New Daggett helps reframe the Anthropocene as the most recent realization of our profoundly misguided understanding of energy.” -- Stephanie LeMenager, author of * Living Oil: Petroleum Culture in the American Century *"The Birth of Energy is without doubt a landmark contribution to energy humanities and political theory, and one that greatly enriches and advances conceptual debates about energy and work in the Anthropocene." -- James Palmer * Antipode *“The Birth of Energy is a major contribution to the environmental humanities that speaks to the notion of ‘political ecology’ in the most literal sense.” -- Gustav Cederlöf * Journal of Political Ecology *“The book is at its strongest when diagnosing the reverberations of the past in the current moment…. The Birth of Energy has much to offer to scholars engaged in questions of fossil fuels, imperialism, labor, and environmental politics.” -- Jennifer Thomson * Environmental History *“Daggett’s The Birth of Energy is an impressive book, timely in our political and ecological climate and thorough in its systematic narration of energy in the Victorian period.... The book will appeal to a range of scholars, including those interested in the history of science, the energy humanities, global nineteenth-century studies, and post-colonial studies.” -- Kameron Sanzo * Victorian Review *“The Birth of Energy is packed with fascinating details, and Daggett provides an impressive synthesis of a wide range of scholarship on energy.... Daggett argues for interrogating our received concepts and ways of knowing.” -- Alyssa Battistoni * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Putting the World to Work 1 Part I. The Birth of Energy 1. The Novelty of Energy 15 2. A Steampunk Production 33 3. A Geo-Theology of Energy 51 4. Work Becomes Energetic 83 Part II. Energy, Race, and Empire 5. Energopolitics 107 6. The Imperial Organism at Work 132 7. Education for Empire 162 Conclusion. A Post-Work Energy Politics 187 Notes 207 Bibliography 239 Index 255

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Book SynopsisIn Histories of Dirt Stephanie Newell traces the ways in which urban spaces and urban dwellers come to be regarded as dirty, as exemplified in colonial and postcolonial Lagos. Newell conceives dirt as an interpretive category that facilitates moral, sanitary, economic, and aesthetic evaluations of other cultures under the rubric of uncleanliness. She examines a number of texts ranging from newspaper articles by elite Lagosians to colonial travel writing, public health films, and urban planning to show how understandings of dirt came to structure colonial governance. Seeing Lagosians as sources of contagion and dirt, British colonizers used racist ideologies and discourses of dirt to justify racial segregation and public health policies. Newell also explores possibilities for non-Eurocentric methods for identifying African urbanites' own values and opinions by foregrounding the voices of contemporary Lagosians through interviews and focus groups in which their responses to public health issues reflect local aesthetic tastes and values. In excavating the shifting role of dirt in structuring social and political life in Lagos, Newell provides new understandings of colonial and postcolonial urban history in West Africa.Trade Review"Stephanie Newell's Histories of Dirt does for this generation what Mary Douglas did with Purity and Danger several decades ago. Focusing on what seems ubiquitous and thus utterly banal—dirt—Newell shows how the phenomenon of dirt is interpretable from a variety of sometimes contradictory perspectives both by local Africans and by the team of researchers that set about investigating the phenomenon. This is a high-order interdisciplinary work, full of fresh insights and with a turn toward what Africans think about themselves that will provide salutary methodological and conceptual lessons for scholars in African Studies and well beyond." -- Ato Quayson, Stanford University“Brilliantly reading imperial discourse against the grain, Stephanie Newell offers compelling dissections of the perspectives, assumptions, privileged subject positions, and framings that characterize imperial thought. At the same time, she gives close attention and consideration to the range of voices of the people of Lagos, producing powerful arguments about the popular, cultural, and social structures that express urban values. With great ingenuity, Newell has constituted an archive of the present that provides local voices and views on subjects initially warped by colonial discourse. Histories of Dirt is an important and major contribution.” -- Kenneth W. Harrow, author of * Trash: African Cinema from Below *"Histories of Dirt is a work of great creativity and nuance, and its message is especially urgent today. 'Èkó ò ní bàjé,' goes a political slogan turned popular now—Lagos will not spoil." -- Samuel Fury Childs Daly * International Journal of African Historical Studies *"The book is noteworthy for its contribution to our knowledge of how modernity has evolved in African cities, in a period over a century, a process illustrated through the histories of dirt in the city of Lagos. It is certainly useful to all those interested in the political and social history of cities and urban planning in Africa." -- Carlos Nunes Silva * Planning Perspectives *"Newell's prose is lucid and not belabored with theoretical jargons.… The book is also a huge contribution to postcolonial studies and public health. The most recent example through which we can come to terms with Newell on this cutting-edge scholarship is in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, in which different world leaders and citizens invoke dirt rhetoric against Asian bodies." -- Olájídé Salawu * Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry *“Histories of Dirt is a helpful manual for how dirt, as a word, an object, and a discourse, can be used to constitute archives, influence public opinion, and spark imagination.” -- Ainehi Edoro-Glines * Journal of African History *"Histories of Dirt is a formidable accomplishment of interdisciplinary scholarship and storytelling. . . . The book is exemplary for the fluidity of its narrative arc, for its methodological reflexivity, for its detailed attention to vernacular language, and for its richly textured, polyphonic portrait of Lago as a (post)colonial metropolis." -- Fabien Cante * Africa *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations vii Author's Note ix Preface. The Cultural Politics of Dirt in Africa (Dirtpol) Project xi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 1. European Insanitary Nuisances 16 2. Malaria: Lines in the Dirt 32 3. African Newspapers, the "Great Unofficial Public," and Plague in Colonial Lagos 43 4. Screening Dirt: Public Health Movies in Colonial Nigeria and Rural Spectatorship in the 1930s and 1940s 58 5. Methods, Unsound Methods, No Methods at All? 79 6. Popular Perceptions of "Dirty" in Multicultural Lagos 90 7. Remembering Waste 115 8. City Sexualities: Negotiating Homophobia 142 Conclusion. Mediated Publics, Uncontrollable Audiences 158 Appendix. Words, Phrases, and Sayings Related to Dirt in Lagos 169 Notes 175 References 215 Index 241

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Book SynopsisConceiving of sovereign space as volume rather than area, the contributors to Voluminous States explore how such a conception reveals and underscores the three-dimensional nature of modern territorial governance.Trade Review“Responding to the changing ways in which states are colonizing previously inconceivable dimensions of life and livelihood in the ever-reinvented interests of territorial sovereignty, Voluminous States tackles real-life issues of state control. With its specific focus on three-dimensional space as itself a materiality as well as a force in political conceptions and social analysis, it will be welcomed by scholars interested in climate change, sustainability, sovereignty, territoriality, and beyond. This volume sparks the imagination.” -- Marilyn Strathern, author of * Relations: An Anthropological Account *“Taking materiality and dimensionality seriously in thinking about geopolitics, Voluminous States is likely to become a standard reference in developing debates in human geography, political theory, international relations, and anthropology. Global in reach, this is a great project that is executed extremely well.” -- Stuart Elden, author of * Shakespearean Territories *“[Voluminous States] provides a highly nuanced and textured examination of the tensions between the state’s intrusive attempts to flatten, homogenize, and control space.... Wide ranging studies lend this volume conceptual richness, social and cultural texture, and geographical diversity.... The book never fails to sustain the readers’ interest.” -- Martin T. Fromm * Environment, Space, Place *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Voluminous: An Introduction / Franck Billé 1 Sovereignty 1. Warren: Subterranean Structures at a Sea Border of Ukraine / Caroline Humphrey 39 2. Tunnel: Striating and Militarizing Subterranean Space in the Republic of Georgia / Elizabeth Cullen Dunn 52 3. Spoofing: The Geophysics of Not Being Governed / Wayne Chambliss 64 4. Lag: Four-Dimensional Bordering in the Himalayas / Tina Harris 78 5. Traffic: Authorizing Airspace, Applying Governance / Marcel LaFlamme 91 Materiality 6. Fissure: Cracking, Forcing, and Covering Up / Klaus Dodds 105 7. Downwind: Three Phases of a Aerosol Form / Jerry Zee 119 8. Necrotone: Death-Dealing Volumetrics at the US-Mexico Border / Hilary Cunningham 131 9. Surface: Seeing, Solidifying, and Scaling Urban Space in Hong Kong / Clancy Wilmott 146 10. Gravity: On the Primacy of Terrain / Gastón Gordillo Territorial Imagination 11. Geometries: From Analogy to Performativity / Sarah Green 175 12. Buoyancy: Blue Territorialization of Asian Power / Aihwa Ong 191 13. Seepage: That which Oozes / Jason Cons 204 14. Jigsaw: Micropartitioning in the Enclaves of Baarle-Hertog/Baarle-Nassu / Franck Billé 217 15. Echolocation: Within the Sonic Fold of the Korean Demilitarized Zone / Lisa Sang-Mi Min 230 Beyond: An Afterword / Debbora Battaglia 243 Bibliography 253 Index 279

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Book SynopsisThe contributors to The Black Geographic explore the theoretical innovations of Black Geographies scholarship and how it approaches Blackness as historically and spatially situated. In studies that span from Oakland to the Alabama Black Belt to Senegal to Brazil, the contributors draw on ethnography, archival records, digital humanities, literary criticism, and art to show how understanding the spatial dimensions of Black life contributes to a broader understanding of race and space. They examine key sites of inquiry: Black spatial imaginaries, resistance to racial violence, the geographies of racial capitalism, and struggles over urban space. Throughout, the contributors demonstrate that Blackness is itself a situating and place-making force, even as it is shaped by spatial processes and diasporic routes. Whether discussing eighteenth- and nineteenth-century abolitionist print records or migration and surveillance in Niger, this volume demonstrates that Black Geographies is a mTrade Review“This volume takes on the monumental task of pulling together scholarship from different geographic areas, time periods, and disciplines to put forth a view on the current state of Black Geographies while gesturing toward new futures. Pushing the field, The Black Geographic is a defining text.” -- Ashanté M. Reese, author of * Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C. *“The Black Geographic will continue to extend and push the tradition of Black Geographies in fresh, insightful, and important new ways through the insights of the newest generation of scholars who are defining and redefining the terrain of these discussions and debates. A superb collection.” -- Nik Heynen, Distinguished Research Professor of Geography, University of GeorgiaTable of ContentsIntroduction. Black Geographies: Material Praxis of Black Life and Study / Camilla Hawthorne and Jovan Scott Lewis 1 Part I. Praxis 1. Call Us Alive Someplace: Du Boisian Methods and Living Black Geographies / Danielle Purifoy 27 2. Shaking the Basemap / Judith Madera 50 3. “My Bad Attitude toward the Pastoral”: Race, Place, and Allusion in the Poetry of C. S. Giscombe / Chiyuma Elliott 72 Part II. Resistances 4. Blackness Out of Place and In Between in the Sahara / Ampson Hagan 97 5. Words Re(en)visioned: Black and Indigenous Languages for Autonomy / Diana Negrin 124 6. Blackness in the (Post)Colonial African City / Jordanna Matlon 145 7. Mariella Franco and Black Spatial Imaginaries / Solange Munoz 167 Part III. Futurity 8. Rendering Gentrification and Erasing Race: Sustainable Development and the (Re)visioning of Oakland, California, as a Green City / C. N. E. Corbin 189 9. “Need Black Joy?”: Mapping an Afrotechtonics of Gathering in Los Angeles / Matthew Jordan-Miller Kenyatta 213 10. The San Francisco Blues / Lindsey Dillon 246 11. Today Like Yesterday, Tomorrow Like Today: Black Geographies in the Breaks of the Fourth Dimension / Anna Livia Brand 264 12. A Black Geographic Reverie & Reckoning in Ink and Form / Sharita Towne 287 Contributors 323 Index 327

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Book SynopsisExamines the efforts to bring political order to the English empire through projects of environmental improvementWhen Charles II ascended the English throne in 1660 after two decades of civil war, he was confronted with domestic disarray and a sprawling empire in chaos. His government sought to assert control and affirm the King's sovereignty by touting his stewardship of both England's land and the improvement of his subjects' health. By initiating ambitious projects of environmental engineering, including fen and marshland drainage, forest rehabilitation, urban reconstruction, and garden transplantation schemes, agents of the English Restoration government aimed to transform both places and people in service of establishing order. Merchants, colonial officials, and members of the Royal Society encouraged royal intervention in places deemed unhealthy, unproductive, or poorly managed. Their multiple schemes reflected an enduring belief in the complex relationships betweTrade ReviewBrilliantly weaves together environmental history, sensory history, and the histories of science and political culture to offer a bold new perspective on the Restoration court’s embrace of Atlantic imperialism. Its richly detailed depiction of schemes for environmental transformation and political restoration on both sides of the Atlantic proves once and for all that Charles II and his courtiers had a coherent vision for empire—a profoundly ambitious one that sought to ‘improve’ both the places and the people of the King’s restored domain. Mulry’s work will redefine the way we understand this pivotal moment in the development of the English Atlantic. -- Paul P. Musselwhite, author of Urban Dreams, Rural Commonwealth: The Rise of Plantation Society in the ChesapeakeA superb study of the ways Stuart officials, in the wake of the Restoration, consolidated Crown authority by embracing a culture of ‘improvement.’ In efforts to cultivate England’s growing empire, they modernized cities, drained fenlands, and supported both philosophical investigation and agricultural innovation. Deeply researched and filled with insight, Mulry’s book encourages us to rethink this period of political and social upheaval on nature’s terms. -- Christopher L. Pastore, author of Between Land and Sea: The Atlantic Coast and the Transformation of New EnglandA fascinating account of how King Charles II initiated a remarkable array of reforms and improvement projects during the Restoration era, dramatically extending the reach of government into people’s daily lives and strengthening the sinews of English imperial control. While some met with resistance or failure, the resulting transformations—ranging from the modification of London’s urban landscape to the draining of swamps in colonial America—all shared the goal, quite literally, of remaking places and their inhabitants for the greater benefit, glory, and security of the Crown. -- Jennifer L. Anderson, Stony Brook UniversityTo reunite his fractious nation and reestablish English rule in its various overseas colonies, Charles and his advisors promoted a number of projects intended to improve the physical environment, both in England and across the empire. Kate Luce Mulry’s book makes an important contribution to the understanding of those projects—and the many intertwined purposes they were intended to serve. Mulry succeeds in weaving together threads of political history, the history of medicine and public health, and environmental history to tell a compelling story: the Restoration drive to restore the English monarchical state and empire by improving the health, character, and productivity of its restive and far-flung subjects through enhancements to their environment. * Technology and Culture *An Empire Transformed is a welcome addition to the scholarship on the place of the environment in early modern thought, medicine, politics, and empire. Mulry reveals not only that landscapes and the natural world deeply influenced the way people of the period conceptualized and acted within their world, but also that theorists and governments saw landscapes and bodies as tools of power. * Journal of British Studies *Situated at the intersection of environmental, imperial, and political history, An Empire Transformed enriches our understanding of the English Atlantic by tracing improvement projects throughout England and its colonies. But one wonders how much of this story is unique to the Restoration. * Agricultural History *An Empire Transformed is a compelling book that demonstrates the value of work that integrates histories of medicine, science, and the environment and that analyzes domestic and colonial reforms side-by-side... She captures the blend of uncertainty, ambiguity, and ambition that animated schemes for domestic 'improvement' and colonial expansion. * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *A compelling mix of environmental, medical, scientific, and cultural history... the monograph effectively argues for a cultural imaginary in which people and place were in deeply symbiotic relations to one another—an imaginary that shifts between a wide variety of primary sources, from personal letters to epic poetry, and from royalist proposals to legal rulings. As a bonus, it is hard not to read An Empire Transformed as an especially timely commentary on contemporary culture. * The Journal of American History *Ambitious and expansive... readers will find a wealth of engaging analysis and rich detail on a range of topics showing the importance of notions of improvement to the development of England’s Atlantic empire. * The William & Mary Quarterly *

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Book SynopsisWith this practical guide, your web design team will learn how to apply sustainability principles for creating speedy, user-friendly, and energy-efficient digital products and services. You'll focus on four key areas: content strategy, performance optimization, design and user experience, and green hosting.

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Book Synopsis Return of the Condor is far and away the best book on the subject. John Moir covered the condor recovery effort for magazines and newspapers for years and his extensive and award-winning journalism, including an investigative piece for Birding magazine, became this fine book. Moir presents a unique insider''s view of the remarkable tale of saving a species from the brink of extinction. Down to a population of only twenty-two in the 1980s, the condor owes its survival and recovery to a team of scientists who flouted conventional wisdom and pursued the most controversial means to save it. John Moir''s account shows the depth of their passion and courage and details the bitter controversy that led to a national debate over how to save America''s largest bird. Trade Review"Audubon himself would be delighted to read John Moir's exciting and authoritative account of the difficult, politically fraught but ultimately rewarding effort to save the largest of all the living birds, a great shadow in the sky above the Western range. I certainly was."--Richard Rhodes, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of John James Audubon: The Making of an American "By the 1980s, the California condor was well on its way to extinction. The saga of this magnificent bird, which had soared above the North American continent at a time when mastodons and saber-toothed cats still roamed the Earth, seemed to be nearing the end. The only thing standing in the way of this grim fate was the dedication of a small group of researchers and naturalists, committed to saving the condor. With eloquence and insight, John Moir chronicles the effort to save this spectacular bird. His book is a remarkable testament to what a few dedicated individuals can accomplish."--Tim Gallagher, Director of Publications, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology"Return of the Condor is an account of cutting-edge conservation biology, but it is also an eminently human story. John Moir's focus is on the problematic intersection between science and scientists, between bird lovers and the great bird itself. The subject matter—complex and controversial, ultimately heartwarming—demands a skilled and sympathetic writer, and Moir's chronicle is thoroughly successful in this regard."--Ted Floyd, editor of Birding Magazine, American Birding Association"John Moir's dramatic account of bringing the condor back from the brink of extinction is a reminder of the fragility of life on our planet and of the capacity of one species, humans, to protect or extinguish all others. Return of the Condor is a powerful tribute to the scientists, politicians, hunters, environmentalists, and concerned citizens who ultimately found a way to work together to ensure the survival of one of the most remarkable species on Earth."--Mark Schaefer, CEO, Global Environment and Technology Foundation, Former president of NatureServe"A heart-stopping saga of the rescue from the very brink of extinction of one of the grandest of all birds. Starting with page one, I was captured by Return of the Condor. America is the richer for the success of those who fought against all odds . . . and this tale is one all should read."--Thomas Lovejoy, President, The Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, Founder of the PBS series Nature"Pulling the California condor back from the brink of extinction has been difficult, and expensive. But this fine book by John Moir makes abundantly clear why preserving magnificent beings like our once-more wild condors is one of 21st century society's more important obligations."--Alan Tennant, author of On The Wing: To The Edge Of The Earth With The Peregrine Falcon"John Moir has written an uplifting and well-researched tale that takes us on the condor's roller-coaster ride to recovery. Equally exhilarating and heart-breaking, this important story brings complex issues into clear focus and lets us understand—with both heart and mind—why we need to save this intelligent and majestic bird."--Maria Mudd Ruth, author of Rare Bird: Pursuing the Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet“Moir deftly chronicles the efforts of the dedicated biologists…who work to save the California condor from extinction.”-- Publishers WeeklyTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1 The Last Condor Chapter 2 Giant Avian PrimatesChapter 3 Dancing Molokbes and Sinister BuzzardsChapter 4 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeChapter 5 Death of a ChickChapter 6 Doin' the Double-Clutch Two-StepChapter 7 Point of No ReturnChapter 8 Kids on the Loose Chapter 9 A Senseless ShootingChapter 10 AC8's Day in CourtChapter 11 Shadows in the SkyChapter 12 Homeward BoundAppendix 1 Where to See Condors Appendix 2 How to Learn More About Condors

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Book SynopsisA collection of studies on the ecologies of European cities, including Paris, Zurich, and Amsterdam among others. Discussion includes the natural and historical development of each city, local flora, the environmental impact of city growth, and environmental planning, design, and management.Table of ContentsForeword.- Preface.- Introduction.- City Accounts.- Epilogue.

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Book SynopsisIndustrial agriculture is generally characterized as either the salvation of a growing, hungry, global population or as socially and environmentally irresponsible. Despite elements of truth in this polarization, it fails to focus on the particular vulnerabilities and potentials of industrial agriculture. Both representations obscure individual farmers, their families, their communities, and the risks they face from unpredictable local, national, and global conditions: fluctuating and often volatile production costs and crop prices; extreme weather exacerbated by climate change; complicated and changing farm policies; new production technologies and practices; water availability; inflation and debt; and rural community decline. Yet the future of industrial agriculture depends fundamentally on farmers’ decisions.In Defense of Farmers illuminates anew the critical role that farmers play in the future of agriculture and examines the social, economic, and envirTrade Review“Valuable for food system leaders and policy-makers and in graduate seminars. . . . [Analyses] highlight unsustainable methods and suggest improvements that could serve as a starting point for dialogues and decisions on changing the food system framework.”—Stacey F. Stearns, Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development "In Defense of Farmers delivers a timely contribution to helping us better understand how we got to the corporate-hijacked food system we have today and how farm managers navigate this framework as they simultaneously promote and resist it. This edited volume is sharp in its critique while careful in its delivery, making it an important book for both scholars in the humanities and practitioners in the agricultural sciences. Through its successful disciplinary bridging, certainly contributing to its considerate tone, In Defense of Farmers will prove a useful foundation for practical conversations about the future of food production."—Nicole Welk-Joerger, H-Environment"In Defense of Farmers provides a solid overview of the current moment in industrialized agriculture and its human costs."—Megan Birk, New Mexico Historical Review“Feeding the world’s population in a sustainable manner is a topic of critical importance for all humankind. Those of us living in the developed world need to be cognizant of the perils of the industrialized model of agricultural production and the consequences of its adoption around the world. . . . Farmers’ voices are rarely heard, but this book now allows them to be heard with respect to the challenges of groundwater depletion, ‘big chicken,’ climate change, or the consequences of adopting new precision farming technologies.”—Michael J. Broadway, professor of geography at Northern Michigan University and coauthor of Slaughterhouse Blues: The Meat and Poultry Industry in North America“In Defense of Farmers is critical from the empirical standpoint of those disturbing processes that have taken us to a standardized place where too few corporate actors make too many decisions about what we eat, where we eat it, and who reaps food production’s benefits while others bear the costs of compromising animal welfare, the environment, and the quality of food. Gibson and Alexander have assembled an impressive, interdisciplinary volume of authors who know their subjects so well that their disgust at capital concentration, environmental destruction, and routine violations of human and animal rights is palpable.”—David Griffith, professor of anthropology at East Carolina University and author of American Guestworkers: Jamaicans and Mexicans in the U.S. Labor MarketTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by John K. Hansen Acknowledgments Introduction: A Food System Imperiled Jane W. Gibson 1. Power, Food, and Agriculture: Implications for Farmers, Consumers, and Communities Mary K. Hendrickson, Philip H. Howard, and Douglas H. Constance 2. Chickenizing American Farmers Donald D. Stull 3. Industrial Chicken Meat and the Good Life in Bolivia Sarah Kollnig 4. Automating Agriculture: Precision Technologies, Agbots, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution Jane W. Gibson 5. Water to Wine: Industrial Agriculture and Groundwater Regulation in California Casey Walsh 6. Forecasting the Challenges of Climate Change for West Texas Wheat Farmers Sara E. Alexander 7. From Partner to Consumer: The Changing Role of Farmers in the Public Agricultural Research Process on the Canadian Prairies Katherine Strand 8. Transmission of the Brazil Model of Industrial Soybean Production: A Comparative Study of Two Migrant Farming Communities in the Brazilian Cerrado Andrew Ofstehage 9. The Price of Success: Population Decline and Community Transformation in Western Kansas Jane W. Gibson and Benjamin J. Gray 10. An Alternative Future for Food and Farming John Ikerd List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe reimagining of Aquaman in The New 52 transformed the character from a joke to an important figure of ecological justice. In Aquaman and the War against Oceans, Ryan Poll argues that in this twenty-first-century iteration, Aquaman becomes an accessible figure for charting environmental violences endemic to global capitalism and for developing a progressive and popular ecological imagination. Poll contends that The New 52 Aquaman should be read as an allegory that responds to the crises of the Anthropocene, in which the oceans have become sites of warfare and mass death. The Aquaman series, which works to bridge the terrestrial and watery worlds, can be understood as a form of comics activism by its visualizing and verbalizing how the oceans are beyond the projects of the “human” and “humanism” and, simultaneously, are all-too-human geographies that are inextricable from the violent structures of capitalism, white supremacy, aTrade Review"While at times a mocked superhero, DC's Aquaman has much to teach its readers about environmental justice, the Ocean, and fighting oppression during the Anthropocene."—Nicole Rehnberg, Journal of Popular Culture“Aquaman and the War against Oceans couldn’t be more important to read. It is the book for our times. Ryan Poll has written a page-turner, and not many academic texts can be called that. It is probably the smoothest integration of scholarly and journalistic sources I have yet encountered, written in a style that could be enjoyed by superhero fandom, undergraduates in an environmental humanities course, and scholars doing research on ecocriticism and superhero politics.”—Marc DiPaolo, author of Fire and Snow: Climate Fiction from the Inklings to “Game of Thrones”“In this scholarly tour de force, Poll sonar-maps new scholarly biomes. He radically reorientates research frames and opens scholarly slipstreams to vital new ways of engaging with and adding to blue humanities, Black Atlantic, ecofeminist, and critical race studies. This is superhero comics scholarship at its best!”—Frederick Luis Aldama, author of the Eisner Award–winning Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream ComicsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Series Editors’ Introduction Acknowledgments Introduction: The New 52 Aquaman’s Allegorical Project to See beyond the Anthropocene 1. Deep in the Trenches: Monsters, Humanism, and Ecological Allegories 2. Waves of Feminism: Mera, Paradigm Shifts, and Allegories of Reading 3. The Apocalyptic Ocean: Orm, Frames of Justice, and Allegories of Radical Politics 4. Allegories of White Supremacy: Black Manta and the Black Atlantic Afterword: The Ocean’s Black, Queer, Brown, and Indigenous Futures Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOff the coast of California, running from Santa Barbara to La Jolla, lies an archipelago of eight islands known as the California Channel Islands. The northern five were designated as Channel Islands National Park in 1980 to protect and restore the rich habitat of the islands and surrounding waters. In the years since, that mission intensified as scientists discovered the extent of damage to the delicate habitats of these small fragments of land and to the surprisingly threatened sea around them. In Restoring Nature Lary M. Dilsaver and Timothy J. Babalis examine how the National Park Service has attempted to reestablish native wildlife and vegetation to the five islands through restorative ecology and public land management. The Channel Islands staff were innovators of the inventory and monitoring program whereby the resource problems were exposed. This program became a blueprint for management throughout the U.S. park system. Dilsaver and Babalis presenTrade Review“An outstanding environmental history of a little-studied area of enormous complexity on the doorstep of one of the most densely populated parts of North America. It will become the standard reference for the region and the National Park Service policies that shaped it for the next generation.”—William Wyckoff, author of How to Read the American West: A Field Guide“I know of no other book that examines rigorously the effects of National Park Service policies in the Channel Islands. All of the material in Restoring Nature is handled in a balanced, fair-minded manner. . . . Critically important, where possible the authors have woven fact-laden, scientific material into an engaging narrative.”—Thomas J. Osborne, author of Coastal Sage: Peter Douglas and the Fight to Save California’s ShoreTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Maps Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Channel Islands of California 2. A Monumental Task 3. Legislative Protection for the Islands and the Sea 4. Resource Management in the Early Years 5. Building the New Park 6. Growth of the Natural Resource Management 7. Managing the Resources on Santa Rosa Island 8. New Owners on Santa Cruz Island 9. Restoring Nature 10. Channel Islands National Park in the New Century Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOff the coast of California, running from Santa Barbara to La Jolla, lies an archipelago of eight islands known as the California Channel Islands. The northern five were designated as Channel Islands National Park in 1980 to protect and restore the rich habitat of the islands and surrounding waters. In the years since, that mission intensified as scientists discovered the extent of damage to the delicate habitats of these small fragments of land and to the surprisingly threatened sea around them. In Restoring Nature Lary M. Dilsaver and Timothy J. Babalis examine how the National Park Service has attempted to reestablish native wildlife and vegetation to the five islands through restorative ecology and public land management. The Channel Islands staff were innovators of the inventory and monitoring program whereby the resource problems were exposed. This program became a blueprint for management throughout the U.S. park system. Dilsaver and Babalis presenTrade Review“An outstanding environmental history of a little-studied area of enormous complexity on the doorstep of one of the most densely populated parts of North America. It will become the standard reference for the region and the National Park Service policies that shaped it for the next generation.”—William Wyckoff, author of How to Read the American West: A Field Guide“I know of no other book that examines rigorously the effects of National Park Service policies in the Channel Islands. All of the material in Restoring Nature is handled in a balanced, fair-minded manner. . . . Critically important, where possible the authors have woven fact-laden, scientific material into an engaging narrative.”—Thomas J. Osborne, author of Coastal Sage: Peter Douglas and the Fight to Save California’s ShoreTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Maps Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Channel Islands of California 2. A Monumental Task 3. Legislative Protection for the Islands and the Sea 4. Resource Management in the Early Years 5. Building the New Park 6. Growth of the Natural Resource Management 7. Managing the Resources on Santa Rosa Island 8. New Owners on Santa Cruz Island 9. Restoring Nature 10. Channel Islands National Park in the New Century Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisGeothermal energy stands out because it can be used as a baseload resource. This book, unlike others, examines the geology related to geothermal applications. Geology dictates (a) how geothermal resources can be found, (b) the nature of the geothermal resource (such as liquid- or vapor-dominated) and (c) how the resource might be developed ultimately (such as flash or binary geothermal plants). The compilation and distillation of geological elements of geothermal systems into a single reference fills a notable gap.Trade Review"Anyone in the business of geothermal energy would find this book to be a valuable reference and an excellent treatise on why understanding the geological setting of geothermal systems is essential for a profitable enterprise. The book will also be of interest to geoscientists and engineers involved in the discovery and mining of metallic ore deposits."— Jonathan G. Price, Nevada State Geologist Emeritus; Reno University of Nevada, Reno, USA "I really like the focus on the geologic aspects of geothermal energy, and the description of the physical and chemical properties of water and its importance in extracting heat from the earth and altering the host rock is excellent. I’m excited to bring this book into my classroom. The end-of-chapter questions are thought provoking and could be easily incorporated into an exam, in-class discussion or role-playing activity. I think this text will be an excellent contribution to geothermal energy classrooms and as a reference for geothermal geologists." — Pete Stelling, Western Washington University, USA"The topics are well thought out and organized. Dr. Boden has a rarely matched diversity of experience in metals exploration, geothermal exploration, and teaching in both subjects, which gives him a unique perspective and makes him eminently qualified to write this book."—Mark Coolbaugh, Nevada Bureau of Mines and University of Nevada, Reno, USATable of ContentsIntroduction. Classification and uses of geothermal systems. Geology and heat architecture of earth's interior. Fundamental geologic elements of geothermal systems. Subsurface flow of geothermal fluids. Physical and chemical characteristics of geothermal systems. Geologic settings and case studies of geothermal systems. Exploration and discovery of geothermal systems. Environmental considerations of geothermal operations. Geothermal systems and mineral deposits. New generation geothermal systems. The future of geothermal energy.

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Book SynopsisPopular music scholars have long been interested in the connection between place and music. This collection brings together a number of key scholars in order to introduce readers to concepts and theories used to explore the relationships between place and music. An interdisciplinary volume, drawing from sociology, geography, ethnomusicology, media, cultural, and communication studies, this book covers a wide-range of topics germane to the production and consumption of place in popular music. Through considerations of changes in technology and the mediascape that have shaped the experience of popular music (vinyl, iPods, social media), the role of social difference and how it shapes sociomusical encounters (queer spaces, gendered and racialised spaces), as well as the construction and representations of place (musical tourism, city branding, urban mythologies), this is an up-to-the-moment overview of central discussions about place and music. The contributors explore a range of contextsTrade ReviewThe latest addition to Bloomsbury’s Popular Music Handbook series is a well-conceived and intelligently organized introduction to one of the most interesting areas of contemporary popular music scholarship: the study of musical spaces and places. The editors do an excellent job of arranging a variety of voices and bring together contrasting approaches in a way that makes coherent a topic that is, it seems, limitless! There are essays here on the bedroom, the studio and the record shop; on the toilet circuit of small gigs and the portaloo logistics of large festivals; on French banlieus, South African townships, Brazilian favelas and English suburbia; on musical cities as conceived by policy makers, tourists and musicians; on travelling at home with a Frank Sinatra album and feeling at home in the circuits of the digital universe; on the historical space of heritage and musical nationalism; on experiencing the noise of cities and the sounds of the countryside. This is a rich field of scholarship indeed! -- Simon Frith, Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, author of Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music (1998)The experience and the forms of music might seem to become ever less tethered to locality, but this collection of essays from many disciplines and countries shows how space cannot but structure sound, from global commodity flows to the banlieu and the bedroom. With succinct chapters providing evocative case studies and quick access to the relevant theoretical literatures, the Handbook will be much appreciated as the primary gateway into researching the variegated geographies of today’s popular music. -- Arun Saldanha, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Society at the University of Minnesota, USA, author of Space After Deleuze (Bloomsbury, 2017)This is not another book about the relationship between music and the city. It is not another book about musical cities. Nor is it a book about musical scenes. Following the primordial path of Simmel or Lefebvre, this edited book expands, systematizes and updates the fruitful (and foundational) relations between music, space and place from a theoretical and empirical point of view. It is a crucial work of transdisciplinary profile that equates space, place (and even the non-place) in a dialogical relationship through the presentation of the different dynamics and means of appropriation and consumption of music spaces and places - home, radio, record store, nightclub, live concert, mobile devices. It unveils the relationships between space, place, music production and performance in the city, in the bedroom, in the (virtual-) studio, in the record or in the live gig. Music does not exist without space and the place. Considering the contemporary metamorphosis of this equation, this edited book shows us the impressive number of 29 chapters dedicated to the different issues, disciplines, theories, methods and geographical latitudes that are at stake. It ranges from suburban breakout, to South African township life, Rio de Janeiro's Favelas funk, postcolonial noise and even trans-national music. The plethora of meanings of the relationship between music, space and place is further explored in terms of its historicity, heritage, memory, tourism, events/festivals or cinema. In short, this edited book has come to occupy a place - which was empty because fragmentary - for all the academics, researchers, students, music lovers, managers and politicians who have music and its 'territories' as their field of action. Moreover, I can tell you how much I missed it. -- Paula Guerra, Professor of Sociology, University of Porto, Portugal, co-editor of Punk, Fanzines and DIY Cultures in a Global World: Fast, Furious and Xerox (2020) and Underground Music Scenes and DIY Cultures (2019)Table of ContentsList of contributors Introduction (Geoff Stahl, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and J. Mark Percival, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh) Section I: Theory & method 1. Music, space, place and non-place (Geoff Stahl, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) 2. Rhythmanalysis and circulation (Will Straw, McGill University, Canada) 3. Global, local, regional and translocal: Towards a relational approach to scale in popular music (Hyunjoon Shin, Sungkonghoe University, South Korea and Keewong Lee, Sungkonghoe University, South Korea) 4. Sociological perspectives on music and place (Andy Bennett, Griffith University, Australia) 5. Ethnomusicology and place (Kimberly Cannady, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) 6. Political economies of urban music (Shane Homan, Monash University, Australia) 7. Sensobiographic walking and ethnographic approach of the Finnish school of soundscape studies (Helmi Järviluoama, University of Eastern Finland, Finland) Section II: Space, place and consumption 8. At Home with Sinatra (Keir Keightley, University of Western Ontario, Canada) 9. Music radio (J. Mark Percival, Queen Margaret University, UK) 10. The record shop (Nabeel Zuberi, University of Auckland, New Zealand) 11. The nightclub (Hillegonda C Rietveld, London South Bank University, UK) 12. The live venue (Robert Kronenburg, University of Liverpool, UK) 13. Mobile listening cultures (Raphaël Nowak, Griffith University, Australia) Section III: Space, place, production and performance 14. In the City - Glasgow (Martin Cloonan, University of Turku, Finland) 15. Bedroom production (Emília Barna, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary) 16. The Studio (Ruth Dockwray, University of Chester, UK) 17. The virtual studio (Martin K. Koszolko, RMIT, Australia) 18. The space of the record: Something happening somewhere (Simon Zagorski-Thomas, University of West London, UK) 19. The live gig (Sam Whiting, RMIT, Australia) Section IV: Cities, suburbs, nations and beyond 20. Suburban breakout: Nomadic reverie in British pop (Andrew Branch, University of East London, UK) 21. Sounding South African township life (Kathryn Olsen, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) 22. Funk - A musical symbol of Rio de Janeiro's favelas (Vincenzo Cambria, UNIRIO/Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 23. Banlieue: Postcolonial noise: How did French rap (re)invent 'the banlieue'? (Christina Horvath, University of Bath, UK) 24. Music and the nation (Melanie Schiller, University of Groningen, The Netherlands) 25. Transnational music (Simone Krüger Bridge, Liverpool John Moores University, UK) Section V: Selling, celebrating, representing space and place 26. Music and Heritage (Catherine Strong, RMIT, Australia) 27. Music and Tourism (Leonieke Bolderman, Erasmus University, The Netherlands) 28. Festivals (Chris Anderton, Solent University, UK) 29. Cinematic places: Popular music soundtracks and the charge of the real (Kate Bolgar Smith, SOAS University of London, UK) Index

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Book SynopsisObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.What is the environment, this elusive object that impacts us so profoundly--our odds to be born; the way we look, feel, and function; and how long and comfortable we may live? The environment is not only everything we see around us but also, at a lesser scale, a hailstorm of molecules large and small that constantly penetrates our bodies, simultaneously nourishing and threatening our health. The concept of oneness with our surroundings urges a reckoning of what we are doing to the environment,' and consequently, what we are doing to ourselves. By taking us through this journey of questioning, Rolf Halden's Environment empowers readers with new knowledge and a heightened appreciation of how our daily lifestyle decisions are impacting the places we occupy, our health, and humanity's prospect of survival.With illustrations by Griffin Finke.Object Lessons is published in partnerTrade ReviewA passionate and encompassing personal assessment of our origins and dependency on the natural world. Rolf Halden offers a dire warning grounded in his career in environmental pollution control: The world’s most advanced economies can and should enact more effective policies to protect human health from the hazards of industrial chemistry. * Leland H. Hartwell, Nobel Laureate, Director of the Biodesign Pathfinder Center, Arizona State University, USA *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Environmental Beginnings 2. The Stuff We Are Made Of 3. Life in a Bubble 4. Turning Petroleum into People 5. Running Out of Ink for Human Blueprints 6. Tracing Rachel Carson’s Path 7. Regrettable Substitutions 8. From Tobacco to Teflon Babies 9. Yesterday’s Fuel Becomes Today’s Forgetfulness 10. The High Price of Meat 11. Plastic Hangover 12. Shrapnel in Human Eyes and Bodies 13. Diagnosing Humanity 14. One with the Environment Epilogue Acknowledgements Notes Index

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Book SynopsisPsychological Roots of the Climate Crisis tells the story of a fundamental fight between a caring and an uncaring imagination. It helps us to recognise the uncaring imagination in politics, in culture - for example in the writings of Ayn Rand - and also in ourselves.Sally Weintrobe argues that achieving the shift to greater care requires us to stop colluding with Exceptionalism, the rigid psychological mindset largely responsible for the climate crisis. People in this mindset believe that they are entitled to have the lion's share and that they can rearrange' reality with magical omnipotent thinking whenever reality limits these felt entitlements.While this book''s subject is grim, its tone is reflective, ironic, light and at times humorous. It is free of jargon, and full of examples from history, culture, literature, poetry, everyday life and the author's experience as a psychoanalyst, and a professional life that has been dedicated to helping people to face difficult truths.Trade ReviewAmong the lessons Weintrobe’s book holds for climate scientists is that human vulnerability to climate change cannot be measured on a simple quantitative scale running from the most vulnerable populations to the most resilient. To be sure, the risks of climate change are distributed highly unevenly, with poor, marginalized communities likely to suffer the worst effects. Yet, for the privileged readers to whom Weintrobe addresses this book, vulnerability is not the opposite of resilience. Rather, feeling vulnerable is the first step toward building sustainable relationships. * Science *Weintrobe brilliantly weaves together insights from psychology, economics and environmental science. Her book offers a vital critique of neoliberal orthodoxies and the social, psychological and ecological toll that they have exacted. But she also charts a way forward, one that begins by regenerating our embattled cultures of care. This book is a tour de force. * Rob Nixon, Barron Family Professor of Environment and Humanities, Princeton University, USA *The distinction between the caring and uncaring parts of the human psyche was, for me, a new and powerful formulation – one that sheds much light on the mess we find ourselves in and perhaps offers some routes out! * Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? *In his first speech as U.S. President-Elect, Joe Biden said: “Our nation is shaped by the constant battle between our better angels and our darkest impulses. It is time for our better angels to prevail.” His words are a fitting endorsement of Sally Weintrobe’s new book Psychological Roots of the Climate Crisis: Neoliberal Exceptionalism and the Culture of Uncare. In it she peels back the lid on human exceptionalism and our ability to "uncare." She argues convincingly that these elemental features of the dominant neoliberal economic and political creed lie at the heart of the climate crisis. Unless and until we reassert our fundamentally caring nature, our ability to recognise planetary limits and retain control of our climatic destiny will continue to slip away. The book provides a powerful case that although technological solutions driven from within free markets will help to lessen the climate crisis, they will not be enough. Human behaviour will need to change also. * Chris Rapley, CBE, Professor of Climate Science, University College London, UK *Sally Weintrobe uses her psychoanalytic mind and her sociocultural experience to create a brilliant presentation of intersecting historical, political, economic and psychological determinants of the climate crisis. She uses personal, clinical, literary, biblical, sociological, economic, and scientific information and metaphors to bring alive the overwhelming realities of ecocide and denialism. Her detailed elaboration of neoliberal exceptionalism and the current Western culture of uncare sets what she terms ‘the bubble of disavowal’ in bold context. Her own care for the safety of the planet – and its human and animal inhabitants – permeates the aspect of this book that inspires the reader to face the crisis and become an agent of change. * Harriet L. Wolfe, M.D., President-elect, International Psychoanalytical Association, and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco, USA *The problem of climate change has, for a generation, produced nothing approaching an adequate response – particularly among those in the wealthy west, many of whom see themselves as triumphalist technocrats capable of fixing anything at all. In her brilliant, dizzyingly insightful book, Sally Weintrobe explains why: a political culture that teaches those in the global north that they are not just entitled to a stable and prosperous world but entitled, as well, to live as though they had no responsibility for preserving it, indeed entitled to guiltlessness and ignorance at once. As she writes, neoliberalism is an ideology of power, but it is built through psychological appeals we have tragically come to accept as "reality." We are, she writes, living in Wonderland – though not for long. * David Wallace-Wells, editor-at-large of New York Magazine and author of The Uninhabitable Earth *Weintrobe’s book holds invaluable insights for people of all ages and masterfully breaks down academic jargon for a popular audience. * Harvard Political Review *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction EXCEPTIONALISM: THE PSYCHOLOGY EXPLAINED 1. The conflicted self 2. The ordinary exception (contained by care) 3. The Exception (in charge and unbound) EXCEPTIONALISM’S RISE TO POWER IN THE NEOLIBERAL AGE 4. Neoliberal Exceptionalism 5. Friedrich Hayek and James Buchanan 6. Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged 7. Globalizing the neoliberal way 8. Neoliberals’ rise to power 9. The earth seen as a globe 10. Implementing neoliberal economic policy WHAT CONTAINS EXCEPTIONALISM 11. Frameworks of care 12. The power of love THE CULTURE OF UNCARE 13. Culture and the birth of consumerism 14. Neoliberalism’s culture of uncare HOW THIS CULTURE OPERATES 15. New Speak 16. The World Bank using New Speak 17. Mass media 18. Promoting denial 19. Advertising 20. Political framing 21. Blocking tears 22. Infantilizing people WE COLLUDE 23. On collusion EXCEPTIONALISM GROWS FRAUD BUBBLES 24. Case studies: Enron and fund managers 25. The corporation 26. Social groups 27. Trickledown THE NEW CARING IMAGINATION TODAY 28. Paradigm shift 29. Frameworks of care for a sustainable world 30. Living on Planet Earth not Planet La La THE CLIMATE BUBBLE IS BURSTING 31. The damage 32. Living with our feelings about the climate crisis ‘THE CRAZY’: EXCEPTIONALISM RUNS AMOK 33. ‘The crazy’ in politics 34. Noah’s Arkism 21st-century style 35. We are gods 36. The ‘all or nothing-ness’ of having to be ideal 37. Bad leaders drive ‘the crazy’ 38. The problem of guilt 39. Good leaders Conclusion Acknowledgements References Index

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Book SynopsisThe East Country is a work of creative nonfiction in which the acclaimed nature writer Jules Pretty integrates memoir, natural history, cultural critique, and spiritual reflection into a single compelling narrative. Pretty frames his book around Aldo Leopold and his classic A Sand County Almanac, bringing Leopold's ethicthat some could live without nature but most should notinto the twenty-first century. In The East Country, Pretty follows the seasons through seventy-four tales set in a variety of landscapes from valley to salty shore. Pretty convinces us that we should all develop long attachments to the local, observing that the land can change us for the better.Trade ReviewI'm in step with Prof Jules Pretty. Who wouldn't be, when he rightly recognises the link between a healthy natural world and good mental health in humans – and trumpets the message? Like him, I love getting outdoors to feel the sun (and rain) on my skin and notice the different rhythm. You could say I've bought the T-shirt along with the waterproof walking boots and warm coat. * The East Anglian Daily Times *His celebration of the landscape incorporates memoir and poetry, natural history and spiritual reflection, but also a critique of where current policies are leading us. ‘Nature will carry on regardless,’ he suggest. ‘It is just that we might not.’ -- Matthew Reisz * Times Higher Education *Table of ContentsPreface A Geographic Locator January 1. The Winter Hesitation 2. One Glossy Ibis and Many Ticks 3. Winter Gales and Beliefs 4. Walk the Line 5. The Weight of a Snipe 6. The Old Battlefield February 7. Paths and Prints in Snow 8. Closing Time 9. To Iken 10. Saturation 11. The Box Valley March 12. Disturbing Hints of Spring 13. The Beach Crows 14. Some Spring for Celandine 15. Blackthorn Days 16. The Blue Light of Spring April 17. Two Buzzards 18. The Long Night of Hope 19. Mystery Solved 20. Nightingales and Green Men 21. Sailors' Reading Room 22. The Assington Elms May 23. The Owl and the Sun 24. The Bat and the Wild 25. Time Travel 26. Since Records Began 27. Bells in the Cow Parsley Section 28. Encounters 29. The Northern Sky 30. All Four Margins June 31. Magic in the Thicks 32. The Lost Shore 33. Hollyhock Summer 34. A Submission 35. Lay-Bys of the A12 36. The Cottage Hospital 37. Come Back the Wild 38. Anniversary July 39. Village Edgelands 40. Nature at a Nuclear Power Station 41. Digging for Victory 42. Under Another Atomic Sky 43. Heat Wave August 44. Pause for Ragwort 45. The End of the Road 46. Nightwalk 47. Soon, the Departure 48. The Tinker's Cottage 49. The Turn September 50. The Path 51. Mud Birds 52. Angels in the Back Lanes 53. Season of Mist and Fire 54. In Memoriam 55. The Rhythym of Farm Names October 56. Insect Life 57. A New Anniversary 58. Things and Doubt 59. Alarm Call 60. The Sands of Another Summer 61. Wait for the End November 62. Bonfire Night 63. At First, Silence 64. The Night Hours 65. Leaf Fall and Mists 66. Beach Fishermen and Water Sprites 67. Much Can Change in a Short Time 68. Passing Years December 69. A Marsh Murmuration 70. Poor Man's Heaven 71. Dark and Wet at Solstice 72. Pruning and Planning 73. Dark and Wet, Again 74. An East Wind Crossing the New Year Acknowledgments Notes by Tale Bibliography List of Photographs

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Book SynopsisIf there were ever a time for environmental sociology, it is now. As COVID-19 is spreading across our communities, our countries, our world, we have all become too familiar with maintaining that awful term of "social distance." Yet there can be no true distance from that which is always with us and within us: our social ecology An Invitation to Environmental Sociology invites students to delve into this rapidly changing field. Written in a lively, engaging style, the authors cover a broad range of topics in environmental sociology with a personal passion rarely seen in sociology texts. The book′s unique organization explores three different kinds of questions about interactions between humans and the natural world: the material, the ideal, and the practical. The Sixth Edition of this bestseller comprises 12 chapters instead of 13, making it easier to fit into the normal rhythm of a course. But the result is also an edition that is up-to-date and enriched with much newer material, while continuing to use an inviting tone that the title promises. Included with this title: The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.Table of ContentsPreface About the Authors Chapter 1: Environmental Problems and Society Joining the Dialogue Environmental Justice Across Time Environmental Justice Across Social Space Environmental Justice Across Species The Social Constitution of Environmental Problems and Solutions Part I: The Material Chapter 2: Health and Justice The Material Basis of the Human Condition One Health One Justice Living Downstream: The Precautionary Principle Making Ties Chapter 3: Consumption and Materialism The Hierarchy of Needs Consumption, Modern Style Goods and Sentiments Goods and Community The Treadmill of Consumption Chapter 4: Money and Markets The Growth Compulsion The “Invisible Elbow” Overproduction and Underproduction The Constructed Market Rock Steady Farm and the Economics of Optimism Chapter 5: Technology and Science The Monologues of Technology and Science Technology as a Dialogue Technological Somnambulism Science as Dialogue Disasters, Fast and Slow Science and Technology as Political Chapter 6: Population and Development The Malthusian Argument Population as Culture The Inequality Critique of Malthusianism The Technologic Critique of Malthusianism The Demographic Critique of Malthusianism The Environment as a Social Actor Part II: The Ideal Chapter 7: The Ideology of Environmental Domination Christianity and Environmental Domination Individualism and Environmental Domination Heteropatriarchy and Environmental Domination The Difference That Ideology Makes Chapter 8: The Ideology of Environmental Concern Ancient Beginnings The Moral Basis of Contemporary Environmental Concern The Extent of Contemporary Environmental Concern Two Theories of Contemporary Environmental Concern The Dialogue of Environmental Concern Postscript Chapter 9: The Human Nature of Nature The Contradictions of Nature Nature as a Social Construction Environment as a Social Construction The Dialogue of Nature and Ideology Part III. The Practical Chapter 10: Mobilizing the Just Ecological Society Mobilizing Ecological Conceptions Mobilizing Ecological Connections Mobilizing Ecological Contestations The Pros of the Three Cons Chapter 11: Transitioning to the Just Ecological Society Democracy and Bureaucracy Legal Structure The Bottom and the Top Participatory Governance Local Knowledge Governing Participation Grounding Our Knowledge Soul Fire Farm and Just Ecological Transition Finding Our Balance Chapter 12: Living in the Just Ecological Society The A-B Split The Reconstitution of Daily Life Reconstituting Ourselves References Notes Index

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Book SynopsisGo on an outdoor treasure hunt and enjoy all nature has to offer with this field guide to rockhounding, perfect for armchair geologists or anyone headed out on an adventure!Geology meets treasure hunting with this field guide to rockhounding! If you’ve ever kept an interesting rock or shell, bought a polished stone from a gift shop, or even just enjoyed a ’gram of a really cool crystal, congratulations! You’ve already experienced a rockhounding adventure! Rockhouding for Beginners shows you how to take your rockhounding to the next level, providing everything you need to know from tips for finding local sources for really cool finds to techniques for safely cleaning, cutting, polishing, and caring for the best samples. Complete with full-color photos to help you identify each rock and mineral wherever you find them, this guide has all the rockhounding information you need whether you’re ready to get down and dirty or simply want to learn more from the comfort of your couch.

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Book SynopsisClimate change is an ethical failure. Floods, fires, droughts, and extreme weather caused by climate change are already killing people and ruining lives on a massive scale. These avoidable impacts hurt the most vulnerable among us first, and worst. Why have we failed to prevent climate change? How can we mobilise to do better politically, socially, and economically? Where does the greatest responsibility for action lie? In this book, Catriona McKinnon unravels the vital contributions made by engaged political theory to urgent climate challenges left unmet by a lack of political will. These challenges, and our political inertia, cannot be tackled without addressing questions of responsibility, collective duty, fairness, harm, techno-optimism, the value of nature, and the future of humanity. McKinnon’s philosophical analysis is interwoven with discussion of the latest climate science, current politics and policies, and emerging technologies, in order to show that we will not find acceptable routes out of the climate crisis without the compass of political theory. Climate Change and Political Theory provides readers of all backgrounds and levels with a lucid distillation of, and curated guide to, the political theory and ethics of climate change.Trade Review''Lucid, lively, and comprehensive analyses apply the smartest political theory to the toughest climate challenges, with an especially penetrating critique of negative emissions technologies. McKinnon brings reasoned grounds for hope to the stark reality of current failure on climate change.''Henry Shue, Merton College, Oxford, author of The Pivotal Generation ''A rich and compelling introduction to this vital topic from a leader in the field. McKinnon’s insight, expertise, and humanity shine through. For students, teachers, and all those interested in our future on this planet.''Stephen Gardiner, University of Washington Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction: An Unprecedented Challenge Chapter 2: Why haven’t we achieved climate justice? Chapter 3: Who are the victims of climate injustice? Chapter 4: Risk, uncertainty, and ignorance: challenges for climate policymaking? Chapter 5: Who is responsible for climate injustice? Chapter 6: What are our options in the face of climate failure? Chapter 7: Geoengineering: Saviour technologies or fantasies of control? Chapter 8: Conclusion Notes

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Book SynopsisIn 1816, the climate went berserk. The winter brought extreme cold, and torrential rains unleashed massive flooding in Asia. Western Europe and North America experienced a ‘year without a summer’, while failed harvests in 1817 led to the ‘year of famine’. At the time, nobody knew that all these disturbances were the result of a single event: the eruption of Mount Tambora in what is now Indonesia – the greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history. In this book, leading climate historian Wolfgang Behringer provides the first globally comprehensive account of a climate catastrophe that would cast the world into political and social crises for years to come. Concentrating on the period between 1815 and 1820, Behringer shows how this natural occurrence led to worldwide unrest. Analysing events as diverse as the persecution of Jews in Germany, the Peterloo Massacre in the United Kingdom, witch hunts in South Africa and anti-colonial uprisings in Asia, Behringer demonstrates that no region on earth was untouched by the effects of the eruption. Drawing parallels with our world today, Tambora and its aftermath become a case study for how societies and individuals respond to climate change, what risks emerge and how they might be overcome. This comprehensive account of the impact of one of the greatest environmental disasters in human history will be of interest to a wide readership and to anyone seeking to understand better how we might mitigate the effects of climate change.Trade Review‘In this masterly work, Behringer draws on a wealth of detail to demonstrate the profound effects of the Tambora eruption on human society globally. Engagingly written, it will appeal to students and scholars of history as well as a wide general readership.’J. Donald Hughes, University of Denver ‘Charting Tambora’s effects on climate, global politics, the history of science, the world economy and individual lives, this outstanding book makes the history of most places in the world between the years 1815 and 1820 unthinkable without the story of the largest volcanic eruption ever recorded. Fast-paced and intricately constructed, this is climate crisis as page-turner.’Alan Mikhail, Yale University ‘This is a truly remarkable book, a global history ranging from Indonesia to Munich to Tasmania. Behringer shows how a volcano in Tambora touched off a weather crisis that brought famine and political instability in Europe, witch hunting in Africa and even genocide in Australia. He brings the story to life through the voices of contemporaries: Mary Wollstonecraft, Goethe, Constable ... unforgettable.’Lyndal Roper, University of Oxford “Behringer provides a brilliant illustration of the truly global character of this natural catastrophe and all its ramifications.”Deutsche Presse-Agentur “By showing how the planet was completely transformed by extreme weather events some 200 years ago, Behringer offers a highly original contribution to current climate debates.” Deutschlandradio Kultur "The largest volcanic eruption ever recorded took place in Indonesia in April 1815 — and no region on earth was untouched by its effects. This comprehensive account of the impact of one of the greatest environmental disasters in human history offers a case study for how societies and individuals respond to climate change, what risks emerge and how they might be overcome."Climate & CapitalismTable of Contents 1. Introduction: The Tambora Crisis 2. The year of the explosion: 1815 3. The year without a summer: 1816 4. The year of famine: 1817 5. The turbulent years that followed: 1818Ð1820 6. The long-range effects of the Tambora Crisis 7. Epilogue: From meaningless to meaningful crisis Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Picture credits Index

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Book SynopsisStretching 1,200 kilometres across six countries, the colossal mountains of the Alps dominate Europe, geographically and historically. Enlightenment thinkers felt the sublime and magisterial peaks were the very embodiment of nature, Romantic poets looked to them for divine inspiration, and Victorian explorers tested their ingenuity and courage against them. Located at the crossroads between powerful states, the Alps have played a crucial role in the formation of European history, a place of intense cultural fusion as well as fierce conflict between warring nations. A diverse range of flora and fauna have made themselves at home in this harsh environment, which today welcomes over 100 million tourists a year. Leading Alpine scholar Jon Mathieu tells the story of the people who have lived in and been inspired by these mountains and valleys, from the ancient peasants of the Neolithic to the cyclists of the Tour de France. Far from being a remote and backward corner of Europe, the Alps are shown by Mathieu to have been a crucible of new ideas and technologies at the heart of the European story.Trade Review‘In the realm of Alpine history, Jon Mathieu is the leading voice – he knows the mountains as Braudel knew the sea. This compact but comprehensive overview of one of the world’s most famous mountain regions stands out for its sophistication, clarity and wry humour.’Donald Worster, author of A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir​ ‘If I could recommend only one book about the Alps, it would be this one! Jon Mathieu’s book crosses national borders and historic periods with the greatest of ease. It introduces us to cultural and ecological challenges. And – most importantly – it is a great and enjoyable read. A book full of surprises and insights and wonderful illustrations.’Christof Mauch, Director, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, LMU Munich ‘An engaging, rigorous overview of Alpine history from earliest times to the present. This book represents in some ways the culmination of a life’s work by Mathieu, and offers the most up-to-date account of Alpine history possible, while being at the same time accessible and enjoyable to read.’Tait Keller, Rhodes College ‘Mathieu is a leading authority on the history and culture of the Alps, and it shows.’Stewart A. Weaver, University of Rochester “Mathieu addresses the deep connection between humans and nature in the cultural landscape of the European Alps, ranging from the Mediterranean coast to Slovenia… The Alps is an indispensable book in any Alpine connoisseur’s collection.” Prof. Jörg Balsiger, University of Geneva “Mathieu’s episodic but informative narrative tacks back and forth, from the arrival of hunter-gatherers millennia ago through milestones such as the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc, in 1786, and wolves’ resurgence in the twentieth century.”NatureTable of Contents Preface Writing a History of the Alps Personal Note and Acknowledgements List of Maps and Figures Timeline 1. The Alps in European History 2. Modern Scholars on the Alps 3. In the Beginning was Hannibal 4. Coping with Life – High and Low 5. Paths to the Nation State 6. Religious Culture, Early Science 7. The Perception of the Alps 8. Which Modernity? 9. Europeanisation and Environmentalism 10. Conclusion Notes References Index

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