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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies""Rediscovering the Islamic Classics . . . contains fascinating insights, which anyone with even a vague interest in Islam’s intellectual history will enjoy."---Usman Butt, Middle East Monitor"Rediscovering the Islamic Classics is one of the most important books that have been published in Islamic studies in recent years. It skillfully and convincingly tells the story of how the printing press transformed access to 'Islamic classics' in the nineteenth and first third of the twentieth centuries; and in doing so, it fundamentally reshapes our perspective on virtually any field of Islamic scholarship."---Johanna Pink, Die Welt des Islams"Not only a story of how Islamic classics were rediscovered, but also a story that invites us to rethink these Islamic classics and the canonizing forces (read: real people) that have shaped them and continue to do so. This story had to be told, and El Shamsy has done so in a most lucid yet entertaining way. . . . I can only recommend everyone to expose him- or herself to it."---Kristof D'hulster, Global Literary Theory"[An] engaging yet pleasantly thought-out book."---Mehraj Din, Religion & Theology

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Book SynopsisThe Blue-Eyed Enemy is a comprehensive account of the interwoven histories of the three major archipelago-nations of the West Pacific during the years of the Second World War. Theodore Friend examines Japanese colonialism in Indonesia and the Philippines as an example of recurring patterns of domination and repression in that region. He depicts JapTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. xi*List of Tables, pg. xiii*Preface, pg. xv*Abbreviations and Transliterations, pg. xix*Introduction. Liberators and Oppressors in Southeast Asia, pg. 1*1. Dependence and Development Under Dutch and American Rule, pg. 14*2. Expression and Repression Under Dutch and American Rule, pg. 33*3. Japan as Successor Empire, pg. 54*4. Expectation and Mobilization in Java and Luzon, pg. 75*5. Toward a Republic: Indonesia, pg. 105*6. Transition Republic: The Philippines, pg. 121*7. Encounters in the Asian Family, pg. 139*8. Assistance and Resistance, pg. 157*9. Japanese Repression in Victory and Defeat, pg. 185*10. Revolution in Java, pg. 211*11. Binational Restoration in Luzon, pg. 240*Conclusion: Dynamics of Empire and Liberation, pg. 258*The Sources: A Bibliographic Essay, pg. 289*Index, pg. 309

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1992 "Makes a substantial contribution to the fields of religious and Buddhist studies. The grace of Strong's prose and the detail with which he recounts stories, myths, and rituals related to the Upagupta, provide specialist and generalist with an important new resource."--Journal of ReligionTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesPrefaceNote and AbbreviationsIntroduction3Pt. 1Upagupta in IndiaCh. 1Provisions for the Buddha's Absence23Ch. 2Monk and Monkey: Upagupta's Karmic Past44Ch. 3Birth and Lineage, Patriarchs, and the Forest-Monk Tradition57Ch. 4Lay Life, Ordination, and Arhatship75Ch. 5Upagupta and Mara: Bhakti and the Buddha Body93Ch. 6Master-Disciple Relations118Ch. 7Upagupta and Asoka145Pt. 2Upagupta in Southeast AsiaCh. 8The Southeast Asian Context: Upagupta and Theravada Orthodoxy171Ch. 9The Lokapannatti Legend186Ch. 10Mythic Elaborations and Ritual Developments209Ch. 11Upagupta and the Arhat Cults236Ch. 12Communal Cults: Upagupta as Protector of Festivals253Ch. 13Personal Rewards and Domestic Rites273Conspectus and Conclusion291Notes297Glossary347Bibliography of Works Cited353Index377

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Book SynopsisIn attempting to define a "poetics of paradox" from a traditional Chinese standpoint, James Liu explores through a comparative approach linguistic, textual, and interpretive problems of relevance to Western literary criticism. Liu's study evolves from a paradoxical view--originating from early Confucian and Daoist philosophical texts--that the lessTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Editor's Foreword, pg. vii*Introduction, pg. xi*1. The Paradox Of Language, pg. 1*2. The Metaparadox of Poetics, pg. 38*3. The Poetics of Paradox, pg. 56*4. The Paradox of Interpretation, pg. 94*Afterword: Impersonal Personality, pg. 120*Chinese Words and Names, pg. 131*Abbreviations, pg. 139*Notes, pg. 141*Works Cited, pg. 157*Index, pg. 171

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Thornhill has ... chosen for his subject a collection of texts by dramatists, poets, religious leaders, and thinkers. Based on this complex textual source, Thornhill draws conclusions with important implications for reconsidering the disciplinary categories that currently form both academic study and popular conceptions of Muromachi history and culture."--Journal of Asian StudiesTable of ContentsList of FiguresPrefaceAbbreviationsCh. 1Introduction3Michi: The Way of the Medieval Arts5The Formation of the Rokurin Ichiro Texts10Zenchiku and the Sarugaku Tradition12The Manuscripts20Ch. 2Translations24A Record of Six Circles and One Dewdrop24Commentary to "A Record of Six Circles and One Dewdrop"44Ch. 3Six Circles of Performance53The Circle of Longevity (Jurin)54The Circle of Height (Shurin)55The Circle of Abiding (Jurin)57The Circle of Forms (Zorin)58The Circle of Breaking (Harin)59The Circle of Emptiness (Kurin)61One Dewdrop (Ichiro)63The Centrifugal and the Centripetal64The Centrifugal: The Process of Generation65Busho Ikon: Song Becomes Dance65The Goddess Emerges: The Mythology of Audience Response67The Rhythm of Consciousness: Jo-Ha-Kyu72Josanrin: Three Circles of Yugen74The Centripetal77Shudo: Learning the Way78Essential Flower and Functional Flower83Ch. 4Shigyoku's Commentary - The Buddhist Commentary88Shigyoku and the Kegon Tradition89Shigyoku's Commentary90Ruten Genmetsu: Samsara and Its Extinction91Shinnyo Zuien and the Perfuming of Suchness92Shiso: The Four Characteristic States of Existence98The Circle of Longevity: One Source of Motion and Stillness100The Circle of Height: The Locus of Nature Origination104The Circle of Abiding: At Ease in the Dharma Position107The Circle of Forms: The Realm of Consciousness-Only109The Circle of Breaking: Human Desire as the Buddha Realm113The Circle of Emptiness: Free at Last117One Dewdrop: Glint of Sword117Concluding Thoughts119Ch. 5Kaneyoshi's Commentary - The Confucian Response122Ichijo Kaneyoshi and Medieval Scholarship122Kaneyoshi's Commentary125The Four Qualities of the Creative126The Circle of Longevity: The Circulation of the Creative131Circle of Height: The Primacy of Initiative134The Circle of Abiding: The Flourish of Summer Grasses136The Circle of Forms: Fruits of the Harvest137The Circle of Breaking: Inner Stature138Wisdom as Hidden and Stored140The Circle of Emptiness: The Great Ultimate141One Dewdrop: Neither Sound nor Smell145Concluding Thoughts147Ch. 6Zenchiku and Medieval Shinto150The Emergence of Ise Shinto150The Division of Heaven and Earth152Primal Water156Jihen and Yoshida Shinto164The Purity of the Three Circles166Ch. 7Conclusion170The Soteriology of the Arts174Medieval Syncretic Paradigms178Zenchiku and "Higashiyama Culture"186Appendix: A Catalog of Zenchiku's Treatises191Glossary201Bibliography209Index219

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Book SynopsisThe I Ching, or Book of Changes, has been one of the two or three most influential books in the Chinese canon. It has been used by people on all levels of society, both as a method of divination and as a source of essential ideas about the nature of heaven, earth, and humankind. During the eleventh and twelfth centuries, Sung dynasty literati turneTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. The I Ching Prior to Sung, pg. 7*CHAPTER TWO. The Sung Context: From Ou-yang Hsiu to Chu Hsi, pg. 26*CHAPTER THREE. Su Shih and Culture, pg. 56*CHAPTER FOUR. Shao Yung and Number, pg. 100*CHAPTER FIVE. Ch'eng I and the Pattern of Heaven-and-Earth, pg. 136*CHAPTER 6. Chu Hsi and Divination, pg. 169*CHAPTER SEVEN. Sung Literati Thought and the I Ching, pg. 206*APPENDIX: The Fu Hexagram, pg. 237*Glossary, pg. 255*Bibliography, pg. 259*About the Authors, pg. 267*Index, pg. 269

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Book SynopsisThis study of Peru's transformation from a tottering colonial economy based on extraction of precious bullion to a massive exporter of bulk goods like guano shows how a struggle between protectionists and free traders shaped the state. This is an elegant and sophisticated book that can be read on many levels, written by an author who never takes tTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*PREFACE, pg. vii*CHAPTER 1. Introduction: From Nationalist Elites to a Liberal, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2. Beleaguered Liberals, pg. 18*CHAPTER 3. The Protection of Elites, pg. 34*CHAPTER 4. Nationalist Caudillo Politics and Liberal State-Building, pg. 68*CHAPTER 5. Fiscal Politics: From National to Liberal Finance, pg. 100*CHAPTER 6. Conclusions: Nationalism, Dependency, and the Peruvian Nation-State, pg. 138*STATISTICAL APPENDIXES, pg. 159*NOTES, pg. 175*SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 211*INDEX, pg. 227

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Book SynopsisHere twenty-one leading paleontologists use important refinements in fossil diversity data to provide critical evaluations of older hypotheses of diversification and extinction processes and to propose fresh interpretations. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make availabTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. ix*Introduction. Diversity As Data, pg. 1*Chapter 1. An Atlas of Phanerozoic Clade Diversity Diagrams, pg. 11*Chapter 2. Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity: Episodes and Insights, pg. 41*Chapter 3. Patterns in Vascular Land Plant Diversification: An Analysis at the Species Level, pg. 97*Chapter 4. Real and Apparent Trends in Species Richness Through Time, pg. 129*Chapter 5. Evolutionary Faunas and the Distribution of Paleozoic Marine Communities in Space and Time, pg. 153*Chapter 6. Classes and Adaptive Variety: The Ecology of Diversification in Marine Faunas Through the Phanerozoic, pg. 191*Chapter 7. Phanerozoic Tiering in Suspension-Feeding Communities on Soft Substrata: Implications for Diversity, pg. 255*Chapter 8. Nonequilibrium Model of Diversification: Faunal Turnover Dynamics, pg. 277*Chapter 9. Diversification Functions and the Rate of Taxonomic Evolution, pg. 311*Chapter 10. Marine Regressions and Mass Extinctions: A Test Using the Modern Biota, pg. 335*Chapter 11. Modeling the Biogeographic Regulation of Evolutionary Rates, pg. 355*Chapter 12. Testing for Adaptive Radiation: The Ptychaspid (Trilobita) Biomere of the Late Cambrian, pg. 379*Chapter 13. Evolutionary Patterns Of Jurassic And Cretaceous Ammonites: An Analysis Of Clade Shape, pg. 399*Chapter 14. Biotic Diversity and Clade Diversity, pg. 419*Concluding Remark, pg. 425*Author Index, pg. 427*Subject Index, pg. 437

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first detailed study of administration and politics in premodern Burma and one of the few works of its kind for mainland Southeast Asia. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of PriTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xi*TRANSCRIPTIONS, DATES, TERMS, AND NOTES, pg. xiii*Maps, pg. xiv*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. DECLINE AND RESTORATION OF THE TOUNGOO EMPIRE, C. 1580-1635, pg. 15*CHAPTER TWO. THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT IN THE RESTORED EMPIRE, pg. 63*CHAPTER THREE. THE DECLINE OF ROYAL AUTHORITY IN THE NUCLEAR ZONE, 1648-1752, pg. 139*CHAPTER FOUR. AVA'S LOSS OF CONTROL OVER THE OUTER ZONES, 1660-1752, pg. 199*CHAPTER FIVE. ALAUNG-HPAYA'S REINTEGRATION, 1752-1760, pg. 229*CONCLUSIONS AND ANALOGIES, pg. 271*Appendix I. List of Toungoo and Early KAPPAon-baung Kings, pg. 293*Appendix II. A Note on Major Sources, pg. 294*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 301*INDEX, pg. 323

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Book SynopsisWidening the focus of previous studies of Japanese education during the Tokugawa period, Richard Rubinger emphasizes the role of the shijuku, or private academies of advanced studies, in preparing Japan for its modern transformation. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again makTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Figures, pg. x*List of Illustrations, pg. xi*List of Tables, pg. xiv*Acknowledgments, pg. xv*Prefatory Note, pg. xvii*Introduction, pg. 1*I. Cultural Integration and Education: The rugaku System, pg. 15*II. Chinese Studies Shijuku of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, pg. 41*III. Nineteenth-Century Chinese Studies ShiJuku: Hirose Tanso's Kangien, pg. 60*Introduction: Overview of Dutch Studies in Tokugawa Japan, pg. 101*IV. Dutch Studies Shijuku in Edo and Nagasaki, pg. 106*V. Dutch Studies Shijuku in Osaka: Ogata Koan's Teki Juku, pg. 126*Introduction, pg. 155*VI. Kokugaku Juku: Motoori Norinaga's Suzu no Ya, pg. 158*VII. Schools of the "Practical" Arts: Military Juku, Schools of Calligraphy and Calculation, pg. 174*VIII. Direct Action Juku, pg. 187*IX. Conclusion: Shijuku and Patterns of Tugaku in the Creation of a Modernizing Elite, pg. 208*A. A Historiographical Note on Schools in the Tokugawa Period, pg. 227*B. A Note on the "Shijuku-Terakoya Chart" in Nihon Kydiku-shi Shiryo (JMKSS), pg. 229*C. Development of the Kangien Compound, pg. 231*D. A Note on Currency and Shijuku Fees, pg. 232*E. BriefBiographies of Selected Kangien Students by Career, pg. 233*F. Entrance Fees at Dutch Schools in Edo, pg. 239*G. Biographies of Selected Students from Ogata Koan's TekiJukuMentionedintheText, pg. 240*H. Biographies of Selected Students at Shoka Sonjuku, pg. 242*I. Outlines of Educational Backgrounds and Careers of Selected Early Meiji Leaders Mentioned in the Text, pg. 245*Glossary, pg. 255*Bibliography, pg. 266*Index, pg. 275

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Book SynopsisIn a study of the vitality of Islam in late-nineteenth-century north India, Barbara Metcalf explains the response of Islamic religious scholars ('ulama) to the colonial dominance of the British and the collapse of Muslim political power. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to againTrade Review"Outstanding studies . . . . Metcalf looks into the emergence, proliferation, and responses of the Deobandi Ulama to "modernity" when Muslim power in India was declining."---Md Anisur Rahman, Daily StarTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Maps, pg. ix*List of Illustrations, pg. x*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*Note on Transliteration, pg. xiii*Introduction: The Pattern of Islamic Reform, pg. 1*I The 'Ulama In Transition: The Eighteenth Century, pg. 16*II. The 'Ulama In Transition: The Early Nineteenth Century, pg. 46*III The Madrasah at Deoband, pg. 87*IV The Style of Religious Leadership, I: Muftis and Shaikhs, pg. 138*V The Style of Religious Leadership, II: Writers and Debaters, pg. 198*VI The Social Milieu of the Deobandi 'Ulama, pg. 235*VII Alternative Tendencies within Sunni Islam: The Ahl-i Hadis and the Barelwis, pg. 264*VIII Further Alternatives: Aligarh and Nadwah, pg. 315*Conclusion: New Sects, New Strategies, Old Patterns, pg. 348*Glossary, pg. 361*Bibliography, pg. 369*Index, pg. 377

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. xi*CHAPTER ONE The Legend and Its Background, pg. 3*CHAPTER TWO Dirt and Dharma: Kingship in the Asokavadana, pg. 38*CHAPTER THREE King and Layman: Asoka's Relationship to the Buddhist Community, pg. 71*CHAPTER FOUR Asoka and the Buddha, pg. 101*CHAPTER FIVE Asoka: Master of Good Means and Merit Maker, pg. 134*Introduction to the Translation, pg. 169*The Legend of Asoka, pg. 173*APPENDIX Sanskrit Legends about Asoka Not Appearing in the Asokavadana, pg. 295*Glossary, pg. 305*Bibliography of Works Cited, pg. 313*Index, pg. 329

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*Map: Vietnam After The 1954 Geneva Conference, pg. xiii*Chapter 1. France Resumes Control and the War Begins, pg. 1*Chapter 2. The U.S. Joins the War, pg. 64*Chapter 3. Prelude to French Withdrawal, pg. 120*Chapter 4. Rattling the Saber, pg. 174*Chapter 5. The New U.S. Role in Vietnam, pg. 228*Chapter 6. Counter-Revolution and "Nation Building" During the Interval Between the Wars, pg. 282*Index, pg. 351

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Book SynopsisMoving beyong traditional concern with pattern and process, this innovative text explores the political and legislative history of a raciala segregation in Britain.Trade Review"Susan Smith has proved a thorough and detailed account of the present structures of racial inequality as a necessary basis for action to change these structures. This book is an indispensable source for those who are working for racial equality and justice in Britain." The Revd Kenneth Leech, Director of the Runnymede Trust Table of ContentsPreamble - On "Race", Residence and Segregation; "Race" as a Dimension of Residential Segregation; The Legislative Framework; Access, Allocation and Exchange - The "Race Relations" of Housing Consumption; Political Interpretations of "Racial Segregation"; 'Common Sense" Racism and the Limits to Resistance; Critical Interpretations of "Racial Segregatation".

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Book SynopsisThe word 'park' conjures a kaleidoscope of bucolic images. Childhood frolics in urban playgrounds. Strolls through the country estates of Stourhead and Versailles. Wilderness adventures in the Serengeti. White-knuckle thrill rides at Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Coney Island. The Invention of the Park explores our fascination with making parks.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Defining the Park. 1. From Ancient Groves to Versailles. 2. The English Landscape Park. 3. City Park: Bringing the Country to the Metropolis. 4. Nature and Recreation in the National Park. 5. Amusement Parks and Theme Parks. 6. Trapping Nature in the Animal Park. 7. Expanding the Park Experience. Conclusion: The Park Ideal from Paradise to Utopia. Notes. A Guide to Further Reading. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisAccording to current deabtes, 'individualization' has frequently been proposed as the conceptual counterpart to 'globalization'. It has often seemed that nothing would be left once these processes have fully unfolded, other than individual human atoms dispersed on a globe without any political, economic or cultural structures.Trade Review"A slightly eccentric, but very enjoyable, account of globalization." Australian Journal of Political Science "We might wonder whether anything new remains to be said on globalization. Reading Rüdiger Safranski's account of the issue, it becomes immediately obvious, maybe surprisingly, that the answer can be highly affirmative." Peter Wagner, European University Institute and University of WarwickTable of ContentsPreface: Understanding Globalization: Between Sociology and Philosophy (Peter Wagner). 1. First nature, Second Nature. 2. Globalization. 3. Globalism. 4. Making Enemies. 5. World Peace?. 6. The Global and the Other Totality. 7. The Individual and the Immune System. 8. Jungle and Clearing. 9. False Glows. 10. Creating Space. Notes.

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Book SynopsisWho makes our cities, and what part do everyday users have in the design of cities? This book powerfully shows that city-making is a social process and examines the close relationship between the social and physical shaping of urban environments. With cities taking a growing share of the global population, urban forms and urban experience are crucial for understanding social injustice, economic inequality and environmental challenges. Current processes of urbanization too often contribute to intensifying these problems; cities, likewise, will be central to the solutions to such problems. Focusing on a range of cities in developed and developing contexts, Cities by Design highlights major aspects of contemporary urbanization: urban growth, density and sustainability; inequality, segregation and diversity; informality, environment and infrastructure. Offering keen insights into how the shaping of our cities is shaping our lives, Cities by Design provides a critical exploTrade Review"She brings to the fore a wealth of research from design, planning, and development studies and offers for her own part a compelling view of urban form and place making that complicates common assumptions—in sociology and planning alike—about the nature of cities in the 21st century."American Journal of Sociology"A momentous work of uncommon intelligence and clarity that packs a powerful political punch."Morning Star''Finally, a book on urban design that gets close to the formal and informal practices, the material, social and virtual matter, and the deliberate and deliberative impulses that make and unmake cities. Fran Tonkiss offers a whole new repertoire of possibilities to help fashion the liveable and democratic city.''Ash Amin, University of Cambridge ''Tonkiss is among the most insightfully spatial of urban sociologists and uses this social-spatial acuity to re-design urban design as “the social life of urban form”. Cities by Design re-opens the old claim that urban design can become a convergent focus for critical thinking and effective practice across all disciplines and professions. Tonkiss applies her expanded vision of design to such controversial issues as density and sprawl, inequality and injustice, segregation and diversity, ordinary urbanism and informality, environmental racism and sustainability, never losing touch with practical, political, and policy implications.''Edward Soja, UCLATable of ContentsAcknowledgements vii 1 Introduction: Cities by Design 1 2 The Social Life of Urban Form: Size, Density, Diversity 26 3 Unequal Cities, Segregated Spaces 60 4 The Contradictions of Informality 91 5 Urban Environments: Ecology, Inequity, Mobility 113 6 Infrastructure as 'Design Politics' 138 7 Afterword: The Possible City 159 References 178 Index 201

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Book Synopsis* An impressively comprehensive analysis of today s key energy issues by a leading expert in the field. * Insightful and probing, this volume usefully refuses any simple solutions to very complicated problems.Trade Review�The best single-volume guide to the problems of energy that I have come across. It is comprehensive, thoroughly researched, up-to-date, and, most important, provides readers with a coherent framework for making smart decisions about energy policy.� Michael Klare, Hampshire College "For too long geographers have neglected the study of energy. I, therefore, applaud Michael Bradshaw�s timely, wide-ranging and up-to-date book on the global energy challenge and the highly diverse ways that this is played out in different types of economy across the globe. Drawing on a wide range of literatures, he shows with great clarity that the relationships between energy, economy and the environment are complex and that to understand them geography matters." Judith Rees, President of the Royal Geographic Society "From a policy perspective, the book is a gem." LSE Review of Books "A highly readable, accurate, thoughtful and well-organized overview of a complex and urgent issue. How energy is managed in the years ahead may decide the welfare of humankind for generations. Understanding energy and climate change is critical to all sectors of social activity; reading this book provides that understanding." Richard Matthew, University of California Irvine "Michael Bradshaw has written a clear, engaging and accessible overview of current global energy dilemmas� Global Energy Dilemmas is a useful introduction, which traces the changing geographies of energy production and consumption from pre-industrialisation to the second decade of the new millenium." Philip Kirby, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter"The book is crammed with useful statistics and descriptions of energy issues all across the world. To understand energy in all its complexity, one needs books like this"Oxford Journal: Journal of Economic GeographyTable of ContentsFigures, Tables, and Boxes vi Acronyms viii Preface ix 1 Introduction 1 2 The Global Energy Dilemmas Nexus 23 3 Sustaining Affluence: Energy Dilemmas in High-Energy Societies 50 4 Legacies and Liberalization: Energy Dilemmas in the Post-Socialist States 84 5 Fueling Growth: Energy Dilemmas in the Emerging Economies 120 6 Energizing Development: Energy Dilemmas in the Developing World 149 7 Conclusions 181 Appendix: Country Classification 194 Bibliography 197 Index 216

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Book SynopsisIn August 2007 a Russian flag was planted under the North Pole during a scientific expedition triggering speculation about a new scramble for resources beneath the thawing ice.Trade Review"A rich historical, geopolitical and social anthropoligical account of soverign space-making practices." International Affairs "Leading polar scholars Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall reveal the nuances in the scramble for the poles, as they are unveiled by the potent combination of climate change and enabling technologies in a context of resource pursuit and the changing global order. Polar security in the broadest sense, depends on constraining this scramble over coming decades."Alan D. Hemmings, Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury "This powerful book details the myriad contrasts and connections between the contemporary Polar Regions. Using the metaphor of scrambles, Dodds and Nuttall provide a major, comparative statement for the future social and political study of the poles."Richard Powell, University of Oxford"A thought-provoking book."Polar RecordTable of ContentsPreface List of Figures and Maps Chapter 1: Scrambling for the Extraordinary Chapter 2: Making and Remaking the Polar Regions Chapter 3: Under Ice and Snow Chapter 4: Governing the Arctic and Antarctic Chapter 5: New Resource Frontiers Chapter 6: Opening up the Poles Chapter 7: Polar Demands and Demanding Polar Regions Notes References

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Book SynopsisIn August 2007 a Russian flag was planted under the North Pole during a scientific expedition triggering speculation about a new scramble for resources beneath the thawing ice.Trade Review"A rich historical, geopolitical and social anthropoligical account of soverign space-making practices." International Affairs "Leading polar scholars Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall reveal the nuances in the scramble for the poles, as they are unveiled by the potent combination of climate change and enabling technologies in a context of resource pursuit and the changing global order. Polar security in the broadest sense, depends on constraining this scramble over coming decades."Alan D. Hemmings, Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury "This powerful book details the myriad contrasts and connections between the contemporary Polar Regions. Using the metaphor of scrambles, Dodds and Nuttall provide a major, comparative statement for the future social and political study of the poles."Richard Powell, University of Oxford"A thought-provoking book."Polar RecordTable of ContentsPreface List of Figures and Maps Chapter 1: Scrambling for the Extraordinary Chapter 2: Making and Remaking the Polar Regions Chapter 3: Under Ice and Snow Chapter 4: Governing the Arctic and Antarctic Chapter 5: New Resource Frontiers Chapter 6: Opening up the Poles Chapter 7: Polar Demands and Demanding Polar Regions Notes References

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Book SynopsisLand is one of the world s most emotionally resonant resources, and control over it is fundamental to almost all human activity. From the local level to the global, we are often in conflict over the ground beneath our feet. But because human relationships to land are so complex, it can be difficult to think them through in a unified way.Trade Review"Hall's personable, engaged approach provides an ideal entry point into this difficult subject."LSE Review of Books"A very good introduction to and overview of the "transnational politics of land" in the early twenty-first century."International Affairs"Theoretically astute, lucidly written and argued with rigour and impeccable logic, this wide-ranging magisterial synthesis is indispensable reading for anybody concerned with war and peace, colonialism and post-colonialism, indigenous rights, contemporary land-grabbing, debates over sovereignty, agricultural development, social justice movements, environmental conservation or the human future."Marc Edelman, City University of New York "Chinese planning eco-tourist resorts in Iceland, Saudi Arabians planting rice in sub-Saharan Africa and South Koreans raising cattle in Australia? In Land, Derek Hall explains how and why these unfamiliar associations may soon become the new norm. The explanation rests on the contention that land and its control are as fundamental as ever to national and international geopolitics, transnational trade and human survival."Nancy Lee Peluso, University of California, Berkeley "The author builds on recent literature from diverse areas to help the reader understand the complexities of land-related issues. The concepts of territory, property, and regulation frame the study and help the reader understand how transnational politics shapes contemporary land issues and struggles. The book is essential reading for an overview of the crucial dynamics pertaining to land use and conflict, from the local to the global."Kurt Schock, Rutgers University"An excellent overview of a very complicated set of issues. Derek Hall does a skillful job of bringing multiple literatures, examples and ideas together in an insightful and eminently readable book. Particularly impressive is Hall's ability to maintain a conceptual framework while providing good analysis and rich empirical detail."Wendy Wolford, Cornell University Table of ContentsFigures and Tables vi Acronyms vii Acknowledgements x 1 Introduction 1 2 Interstate Struggles 23 3 Frontiers 52 4 Land Booms 82 5 Titling and Conservation 112 6 Social Movements 139 7 Conclusion 167 Selected Readings 175 Notes and References 181 Index 192

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Book SynopsisLand is one of the world s most emotionally resonant resources, and control over it is fundamental to almost all human activity. From the local level to the global, we are often in conflict over the ground beneath our feet. But because human relationships to land are so complex, it can be difficult to think them through in a unified way.Trade Review"Hall's personable, engaged approach provides an ideal entry point into this difficult subject."LSE Review of Books"A very good introduction to and overview of the "transnational politics of land" in the early twenty-first century."International Affairs"Theoretically astute, lucidly written and argued with rigour and impeccable logic, this wide-ranging magisterial synthesis is indispensable reading for anybody concerned with war and peace, colonialism and post-colonialism, indigenous rights, contemporary land-grabbing, debates over sovereignty, agricultural development, social justice movements, environmental conservation or the human future."Marc Edelman, City University of New York "Chinese planning eco-tourist resorts in Iceland, Saudi Arabians planting rice in sub-Saharan Africa and South Koreans raising cattle in Australia? In Land, Derek Hall explains how and why these unfamiliar associations may soon become the new norm. The explanation rests on the contention that land and its control are as fundamental as ever to national and international geopolitics, transnational trade and human survival."Nancy Lee Peluso, University of California, Berkeley "The author builds on recent literature from diverse areas to help the reader understand the complexities of land-related issues. The concepts of territory, property, and regulation frame the study and help the reader understand how transnational politics shapes contemporary land issues and struggles. The book is essential reading for an overview of the crucial dynamics pertaining to land use and conflict, from the local to the global."Kurt Schock, Rutgers University"An excellent overview of a very complicated set of issues. Derek Hall does a skillful job of bringing multiple literatures, examples and ideas together in an insightful and eminently readable book. Particularly impressive is Hall's ability to maintain a conceptual framework while providing good analysis and rich empirical detail."Wendy Wolford, Cornell University Table of ContentsFigures and Tables vi Acronyms vii Acknowledgements x 1 Introduction 1 2 Interstate Struggles 23 3 Frontiers 52 4 Land Booms 82 5 Titling and Conservation 112 6 Social Movements 139 7 Conclusion 167 Selected Readings 175 Notes and References 181 Index 192

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Book SynopsisChoice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 In recent years, immigration researchers have increasingly drawn on the concept of social capital and the role of social networks to understand the dynamics of immigrant experiences.Trade ReviewChoice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015"Provides an important service in presenting in a systematic and clear way the sociological literature on social networks and clarifying the nature of the concept of social capital."Journal of Economic Literature''Until now, sociologists have needed a �go-to� volume on immigrant social networks that covers both migration itself and adaptation in the destination country. This is it. Carl Bankston has not only synthesized the research on networks and social capital across many dimensions, he puts them in a global context, extends the theoretical approach, and illustrates it with examples from four U.S. immigrant groups.'' Susan K. Brown, University of California, Irvine "Carl Bankston offers a comprehensive, clear and compelling view of how social capital and immigrant networks operate and how they relate to pre- and post-migration conditions. Vital for students and scholars of immigration, this book illuminates how workers and other immigrants residing in the United States make their way in a global economy shaped by relationships between individuals and institutions." Audrey Singer, Brookings Institution Table of ContentsIntroduction: Beyond Individual Migration 8 1 Social Networks in Immigration 15 2 Immigration and Social Capital 24 3 Networks Within and Across Nations 41 4 Family Ties 61 5 Enclaves, Neighborhoods, and Communities 76 6 The Role of Formal Institutions 94 7 Adaptation: Employment and the Economy 108 8 Adaptation: Educational Attainment and Achievement 126 Conclusion: Networks, Social Capital, and Immigrants 143 Reference 150 Index 166

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Book SynopsisWhether we are out on the streets or between the sheets, cotton is our constant companion. But behind this ubiquitous fibre prized for its softness lies a darker story of exploitation and hardship.Trade Review "This is a vividly told, interrogative read that establishes its author as a leading expert on the politics of commodities and development" LSE Review of Books "A wonderful book that teaches us about history, globalization, geography, farming systems, labor, markets, politics and international trade. Sneyd provides a comprehensive overview of this remarkable commodity, while making a clear and persuasive argument about the need for alternative cotton production systems." William G. Moseley, Macalester College "An important exposé of the cotton industry that opens our eyes to the way many businesses manipulate the media – and all of us. A telling example of why we all should look for and expose the story behind the story." John Perkins, Author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Table of Contents Acknowledgements 1 Spinning a Fibrous Tale 2 The World Cotton (Dis)Order 3 Cotton on the Land 4 Cotton for the Country 5 Cotton in Company Hands 6 Beyond the Dirty White Stuff Afterword: A Learner in the World Cotton Order Notes Selected Readings Index

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Book SynopsisWhether we are out on the streets or between the sheets, cotton is our constant companion. But behind this ubiquitous fibre prized for its softness lies a darker story of exploitation and hardship.Trade Review "This is a vividly told, interrogative read that establishes its author as a leading expert on the politics of commodities and development" LSE Review of Books "A wonderful book that teaches us about history, globalization, geography, farming systems, labor, markets, politics and international trade. Sneyd provides a comprehensive overview of this remarkable commodity, while making a clear and persuasive argument about the need for alternative cotton production systems." William G. Moseley, Macalester College "An important exposé of the cotton industry that opens our eyes to the way many businesses manipulate the media – and all of us. A telling example of why we all should look for and expose the story behind the story." John Perkins, Author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Table of Contents Acknowledgements 1 Spinning a Fibrous Tale 2 The World Cotton (Dis)Order 3 Cotton on the Land 4 Cotton for the Country 5 Cotton in Company Hands 6 Beyond the Dirty White Stuff Afterword: A Learner in the World Cotton Order Notes Selected Readings Index

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Book SynopsisThe urban century manifests itself at the peripheries. While the massive wave of present urbanization is often referred to as an ''urban revolution'', most of this startling urban growth worldwide is happening at the margins of cities.This book is about the process that creates the global urban periphery suburbanization and the ways of life suburbanisms we encounter there. Richly detailed with examples from around the world, the book argues that suburbanization is a global process and part of the extended urbanization of the planet.This includes the gated communities of elites, the squatter settlements of the poor, and many built forms and ways of life in-between. The reality of life in the urban century is suburban: most of the earth''s future 10 billion inhabitants will not live in conventional cities but in suburban constellations of one kind or another.Inspired by Henri Lefebvre''s demand not to give up urban theory when the city in its classical form diTrade Review"Keil provides a crucial theoretical underpinning to show how a plurality of suburbanization processes are multifariously linked to urban expansion yet constitute their own force and way of existing. This is the first book I know to really engage this heterogeneity with all of its problems, weird splendor, and ambivalent potentiality." AbdouMaliq Simone, Goldsmiths, University of London "Suburban Planet is a major contribution to the theoretical and policy debates that are emerging in the increasingly urbanized twenty-first century. It is in the spatially 'exploding' urban places that the urban drama of the 21st century will be played out against a background of economic volatility, social tension and environmental risk." Terry McGee, University of British ColumbiaTable of Contents Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 Suburbanization Explained 3 Suburban Theory 4 Suburban Studies 5 From Lakewood to Ferguson 6 Beyond the Picket Fence: Global Suburbia 7 Suburban Infrastructures 8 The Urban Political Ecology of Suburbanization 9 The Political Suburb Notes References

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Book SynopsisThe urban century manifests itself at the peripheries. While the massive growth in urbanization is often referred to as an 'urban revolution', most of the twenty-first century's startling urban growth worldwide is happening in city peripheries.Trade Review"Keil provides a crucial theoretical underpinning to show how a plurality of suburbanization processes are multifariously linked to urban expansion yet constitute their own force and way of existing. This is the first book I know to really engage this heterogeneity with all of its problems, weird splendor, and ambivalent potentiality." AbdouMaliq Simone, Goldsmiths, University of London "Suburban Planet is a major contribution to the theoretical and policy debates that are emerging in the increasingly urbanized twenty-first century. It is in the spatially 'exploding' urban places that the urban drama of the 21st century will be played out against a background of economic volatility, social tension and environmental risk." Terry McGee, University of British ColumbiaTable of Contents Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 Suburbanization Explained 3 Suburban Theory 4 Suburban Studies 5 From Lakewood to Ferguson 6 Beyond the Picket Fence: Global Suburbia 7 Suburban Infrastructures 8 The Urban Political Ecology of Suburbanization 9 The Political Suburb Notes References

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Book SynopsisGrains - particularly maize, rice, and wheat - are the central component of most people s diets, but we rarely stop to think about the wider role they play in national and international policy-making, as well as global issues like food security, biotechnology, and even climate change.Trade Review"Grains explores the foundational role that maize, wheat, and rice have played in the construction of global food regimes. Taking a deep dive into the political economy of food, Bill Winders combines trenchant analyses with a clear and engaging narrative about the three crops that influence everything we eat." Eric Holt-Giménez, Food First, Institute for Food & Development Policy "Banana wars, the Irish potato famine, food riots, climate change and the price of beer, anti-GM protests, food imperialism, and hegemonic rule are all integral features of food regimes. From production to consumption, Winders unearths the contribution of politics, economics, and geopolitics to the global food regimes of rice, maize, and wheat." Kathleen C Schwartzman, University of ArizonaTable of ContentsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements1. Grains for Food, Grains for Feed2. Grains and the U.S. Food Regime3. The Search for New Markets4. Feed Grains, Food Grains, and World Hunger5. Genetically Engineered Grains6. Seeds of ChangeSelected Readings

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Book SynopsisWe tend to think cities look the way they do because of the conscious work of architects, planners and builders. But what if the look of cities had less to do with design, and more to do with social, cultural, financial and political processes, and the way ordinary citizens interact with them? What if the city is a process as much as a design? Richard J. Williams takes the moment construction is finished as a beginning, tracing the myriad processes that produce the look of the contemporary global city. This book is the story of dramatic but unforeseen urban sights: how financial capital spawns empty towering skyscrapers and hollowed-out ghettoes; how the zoning of once-illicit sexual practices in marginal areas of the city results in the reinvention of culturally vibrant gay villages; how abandoned factories have been repurposed as creative hubs in a precarious postindustrial economy. It is also the story of how popular urban clichés and the fictional portrayal of cities powerfully Trade Review"Fascinating."—The Guardian "Williams is an affable guide, breezy and smart. And brave. 'I hate Venice,' he declares in the first sentence."—The Spectator "Why Cities Look the Way They Do is a great read. It's comfortable in voice but provocative in uncovering harsh truths and filled with fascinating visuals. To walk the city and travel the world with Williams is to journey to the brutal core of the power of image and to understand its sway over bodies and minds."—Sharon Zukin, author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places "Using our eyes to understand the social and psychological DNA of cities is the refreshing and important contribution of Richard J. Williams's new book. Read it and look around you with heightened vision!"—Richard Burdett, London School of Economics and Political Science "Nicely spiky... Very enjoyable."—Diane Coyle, The Enlightened Economist "I enjoyed Williams' insightful observations, his use of quirky sources [...], the introduction of fascinating off-piste examples and his beautiful writing. The book opens up questions rather than closing them down and, being relatively short and accessible, is likely to be on reading lists for some time."—Times Higher Education "The conclusion is remarkable for its honesty."—Swarajya "The originality of Williams' argument makes for a riveting read, in which everything from the gay village to the shopping mall is explored. Essential for anyone is with an interest in the buildings around them."—SpearsTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Money 3. Power 4. Sex 5. Work 6. War 7. Culture 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe world has entered an unprecedented period of uncertainty and political instability. Faced with the challenge of knowing and acting within such a world, the spread of computers and connectivity, and the arrival of new digital sense-making tools, are widely celebrated as helpful. But is this really the case, or have we lost more than gained in the digital revolution? In Post-Humanitarianism, renowned scholar of development, security and global governance Mark Duffield offers an alternative interpretation. He contends that connectivity embodies new forms of behavioural incorporation, cognitive subordination and automated management that are themselves inseparable from the emergence of precarity as a global phenomenon. Rather than protect against disasters, we are encouraged to accept them as necessary for strengthening resilience. At a time of permanent emergency, humanitarian disasters function as sites for trialling and anticipating the modes of social automation and remote management necessary to govern the precarity that increasingly embraces us all. Post-Humanitarianism critically explores how increasing connectivity is inseparable from growing societal polarization, anger and political push-back. It will be essential reading for students of international and social critique, together with anyone concerned about our deepening alienation from the world.Trade Review"Mark Duffield's Post-Humanitarianism illustrates how the world of humanitarian emergency provided a practical stage for new forms of knowledge and governing agency, now being generalised across the globe. Brimming with empirical insight and innovative conceptual framings, this book will be a must read for students, academics and practitioners interested in contemporary transformations in development, security and governance and in the need for a critical alternative."—David Chandler, University of Westminster "In his latest book Mark Duffield combines compelling theoretical insights and practical experience of humanitarian work in Sudan to paint a rather sombre picture of a post-humanitarian world governed increasingly by computers and algorithms. Disasters have long shaped North-South relations, but humanitarianism has become pessimistic towards human agency and its transformative potential to build modern infrastructure protecting people from disasters. The humanitarian sector has adopted post-humanist thinking alienated from human hopes and understanding. Duffield explores 'post-humanitarianism' as 'the international face of post-humanism'. Post-humanitarian alienation shapes the new field of digital humanitarianism and is complicit with a technological barbarism seeking to use digital technology to manage disaster-affected populations and dis-affected people living in precarious conditions. Yet Duffield's book bursts with optimism about humanity's potential to build a better world. His underlying argument is that technocratic cybernetic approaches are not fit for political problems. Only conscious collective human agency and popular accountability may help found a humane world."—Vanessa Pupavac, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsPreface Chapter One: Introduction - Questioning Connectivity Chapter Two: Against Hierarchy Chapter Three: Entropic Barbarism Chapter Four: Being There Chapter Five: Fantastic Invasion Chapter Six: Livelihood Regime Chapter Seven: Instilling Remoteness Chapter Eight: Edge of Catastrophe Chapter Nine: Connecting Precarity Chapter Ten: Post-Humanitarianism Chapter Eleven: Living Wild Chapter Twelve: Conclusion - Automating Precarity

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Mark Duffield's Post-Humanitarianism illustrates how the world of humanitarian emergency provided a practical stage for new forms of knowledge and governing agency, now being generalised across the globe. Brimming with empirical insight and innovative conceptual framings, this book will be a must read for students, academics and practitioners interested in contemporary transformations in development, security and governance and in the need for a critical alternative."—David Chandler, University of Westminster "In his latest book Mark Duffield combines compelling theoretical insights and practical experience of humanitarian work in Sudan to paint a rather sombre picture of a post-humanitarian world governed increasingly by computers and algorithms. Disasters have long shaped North-South relations, but humanitarianism has become pessimistic towards human agency and its transformative potential to build modern infrastructure protecting people from disasters. The humanitarian sector has adopted post-humanist thinking alienated from human hopes and understanding. Duffield explores 'post-humanitarianism' as 'the international face of post-humanism'. Post-humanitarian alienation shapes the new field of digital humanitarianism and is complicit with a technological barbarism seeking to use digital technology to manage disaster-affected populations and dis-affected people living in precarious conditions. Yet Duffield's book bursts with optimism about humanity's potential to build a better world. His underlying argument is that technocratic cybernetic approaches are not fit for political problems. Only conscious collective human agency and popular accountability may help found a humane world."—Vanessa Pupavac, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsPreface Chapter One: Introduction - Questioning Connectivity Chapter Two: Against Hierarchy Chapter Three: Entropic Barbarism Chapter Four: Being There Chapter Five: Fantastic Invasion Chapter Six: Livelihood Regime Chapter Seven: Instilling Remoteness Chapter Eight: Edge of Catastrophe Chapter Nine: Connecting Precarity Chapter Ten: Post-Humanitarianism Chapter Eleven: Living Wild Chapter Twelve: Conclusion - Automating Precarity

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Book SynopsisLists all the works in the academic field of special geography published before 1888, and includes descriptions of each entry and notes on later editions.Trade ReviewIn the era of research assessment exercises, when it is all too easy to believe that rapidity and quantity of publication are what matter, it is a pleasure to come across a book which has been a long time in the making and which demonstrates the continued existence of the sort of scholarship for which universities have always been justly renowned ... For those interested in the history of one aspect of their discipline, and in its educational context, it will be an invaluable source, for which Francis Sitwell will be thanked many times over. -- R. J. Johnston * Progress in Human Geography *Table of ContentsTables and Figures Preface Introduction Codes and Abbreviations Main Entries Sources Index

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Book SynopsisA series of stories, ideas, and insights into the social dynamics of change within rural Canada that help communities forge new ways of understanding and relating to each other and to the broader world.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Toward a Transformative Understanding of Rural Social Change / John R. Parkins and Maureen G. ReedPart 1: History, Trends, and Territory1 Notes toward a History of Rural Canada, 1870-1940 / R.W. Sandwell2 Globalization and Rural Change in Canada’s Territorial North / Chris Southcott3 Destination Rural Canada: An Overview of Recent Immigrants to Rural Small Towns / Yoko Yoshida and Howard RamosPart 2: Structure and Discourse4 Rural-Urban Interdependence: Understanding Our Common Interests / Bill Reimer5 Labour Migration and Mobility in Newfoundland: SocialTransformation and Community in Three Rural Areas / Martha MacDonald, Peter Sinclair, and Deatra Walsh6 Producing Globalization: Gender, Agency, and the Transformation of Rural Communities of Work / Belinda Leach7 Changes in the Social Imaginings of the Landscape: The Management of Alberta’s Rural Public Lands / Lorelei L. Hanson8 Logic of Land and Power: The Social Transformation of Northern Natural Resource Management / Ken J. Caine9 Including Youth in an Aging Rural Society: Reflections from Northern British Columbia’s Resource FrontierCommunities / Laura Ryser, Don Manson, and Greg HalsethPart 3: Culture and Identity10 It’s Who We Are: Locating Cultural Strength in Relationship with the Land / Jonaki Bhattacharyya, Marilyn Baptiste, David Setah, and Roger William11 Visions of Rootedness and Flow: Remaking Economic Identity in Post-Resource Communities / Nathan Young12 Governing Transformation and Resilience: The Role of Identity in Renegotiating Roles for Forest-BasedCommunities of British Columbia’s Interior / Emily Jane Davis and Maureen G. Reed13 Mill Town Identity Crisis: Reframing the Culture of Forest Resource Dependence in Single-Industry Towns / Ryan Bullock14 The Social Transformation of Agriculture: The Case of Quebec / Christopher BryantPart 4: Voice and Action15 “That’s No Way to Run a Railroad”: The Battle River Branchline and the Politics of Technology in RuralAlberta / Darin Barney16 “It’s the Largest, Remotest, Most Wild, Undisturbed Area in the Province”: Outdoor Sport and EnvironmentalConflict in the Tobeatic Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia / Mark C.J. Stoddart17 Newfoundland and Labrador’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: The Transformation of Government–RuralCommunity Relations, 1999-2009 / Carol-Anne Hudson18 Cultural and Creative Economy Strategies for Community Transformation: Four Approaches / Ross Nelson, Nancy Duxbury, and Catherine MurrayPostscript: The Future of Rural Studies in Canada / John R. Parkins and Maureen G. Reed

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Book SynopsisA series of stories, ideas, and insights into the social dynamics of change within rural Canada that help communities forge new ways of understanding and relating to each other and to the broader world.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Toward a Transformative Understanding of Rural Social Change / John R. Parkins and Maureen G. ReedPart 1: History, Trends, and Territory1 Notes toward a History of Rural Canada, 1870-1940 / R.W. Sandwell2 Globalization and Rural Change in Canada’s Territorial North / Chris Southcott3 Destination Rural Canada: An Overview of Recent Immigrants to Rural Small Towns / Yoko Yoshida and Howard RamosPart 2: Structure and Discourse4 Rural-Urban Interdependence: Understanding Our Common Interests / Bill Reimer5 Labour Migration and Mobility in Newfoundland: SocialTransformation and Community in Three Rural Areas / Martha MacDonald, Peter Sinclair, and Deatra Walsh6 Producing Globalization: Gender, Agency, and the Transformation of Rural Communities of Work / Belinda Leach7 Changes in the Social Imaginings of the Landscape: The Management of Alberta’s Rural Public Lands / Lorelei L. Hanson8 Logic of Land and Power: The Social Transformation of Northern Natural Resource Management / Ken J. Caine9 Including Youth in an Aging Rural Society: Reflections from Northern British Columbia’s Resource FrontierCommunities / Laura Ryser, Don Manson, and Greg HalsethPart 3: Culture and Identity10 It’s Who We Are: Locating Cultural Strength in Relationship with the Land / Jonaki Bhattacharyya, Marilyn Baptiste, David Setah, and Roger William11 Visions of Rootedness and Flow: Remaking Economic Identity in Post-Resource Communities / Nathan Young12 Governing Transformation and Resilience: The Role of Identity in Renegotiating Roles for Forest-BasedCommunities of British Columbia’s Interior / Emily Jane Davis and Maureen G. Reed13 Mill Town Identity Crisis: Reframing the Culture of Forest Resource Dependence in Single-Industry Towns / Ryan Bullock14 The Social Transformation of Agriculture: The Case of Quebec / Christopher BryantPart 4: Voice and Action15 “That’s No Way to Run a Railroad”: The Battle River Branchline and the Politics of Technology in RuralAlberta / Darin Barney16 “It’s the Largest, Remotest, Most Wild, Undisturbed Area in the Province”: Outdoor Sport and EnvironmentalConflict in the Tobeatic Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia / Mark C.J. Stoddart17 Newfoundland and Labrador’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: The Transformation of Government–RuralCommunity Relations, 1999-2009 / Carol-Anne Hudson18 Cultural and Creative Economy Strategies for Community Transformation: Four Approaches / Ross Nelson, Nancy Duxbury, and Catherine MurrayPostscript: The Future of Rural Studies in Canada / John R. Parkins and Maureen G. Reed

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Book SynopsisIn Caring for Eeyou Istchee, Indigenous and non-Indigenous partners reveal how protected area creation presents a powerful vehicle for Indigenous stewardship, biological conservation, and cultural heritage protection.Trade ReviewThis book expertly details what nature bureaucrats call a “new protected area paradigm,” according to which lands are “governed by and with Indigenous people," promoting "respect for [their] knowledge, values, collective tenure, stewardship, ... and management of biodiversity" (p. xii). -- B. E. Johansen * CHOICE *Table of ContentsForeword / Stan StevensPrefaceIntroduction / Rodney Mark, Monica E. Mulrennan, Katherine Scott, and Colin H. ScottPart 1: Context1 Protected Area Development in Northern Canadian Indigenous Contexts / Monica E. Mulrennan and Fikret Berkes2 The Politics of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Environmental Protection / Wren Nasr and Colin H. Scott3 A Balancing Act: Mining and Protected Areas on Wemindji Territory / Ugo Lapointe and Colin H. Scott4 Collecting Scientific Knowledge: an Historical Perspective on Eastern James Bay Research / Katherine ScottPart 2: What to Protect5 Shoreline Displacement and Human Adaptation in Eastern James Bay: A 6,000-year Perspective / Florin Pendea, Andre Costopoulos, Gail Chmura , Colin D. Wren, Jennifer Bracewell, Samuel Vaneeckhout, Jari Okkonen, Eva Hulse, and Dustin Keeler6 Patterns on the Land: Paakumshumwaau through the Lens of Natural History / James W. Fyles, Grant Ingram, Greg Mikkelson, Florin Pendea, Katherine Scott, and Kristen Whitbeck7 The Mammals of Wemindji: in Time, Space, and Ways of Knowing / Murray M. Humphries, Jason Samson, and Heather E. Milligan8 Coastal Goose Hunt of the Wemindji Cree: Adaptations to Social and Ecological Change / Claude Péloquin and Fikret Berkes9 Coastal Landscape Modifications by Cree Hunters / Jesse S. Sayles and Monica E. Mulrennan10 Aa-wiichaautuwiihkw: Cultural Connections and Continuities along the Wemindji Coast / Véronique Bussières, Monica E. Mulrennan, and Dorothy StewartPart 3: How to Protect11 Wemindji Cree Relations with the Government of Quebec in Creating the Paakumshumwaau-Maatuskaau Biodiversity Reserve / Julie Hébert, François Brassard, Ugo Lapointe, and Colin H. Scott12 A Responsibility to Protect and Restore: Advancing the Tawich (Marine) Conservation Area / Monica E. Mulrennan and Colin H. ScottConclusion / Monica E. Mulrennan, Katherine Scott, and Colin H. ScottIndex

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Book SynopsisIn Caring for Eeyou Istchee, Indigenous and non-Indigenous partners reveal how protected area creation presents a powerful vehicle for Indigenous stewardship, biological conservation, and cultural heritage protection.Trade ReviewThis book expertly details what nature bureaucrats call a “new protected area paradigm,” according to which lands are “governed by and with Indigenous people," promoting "respect for [their] knowledge, values, collective tenure, stewardship, ... and management of biodiversity" (p. xii). -- B. E. Johansen * CHOICE *Table of ContentsForeword / Stan StevensPrefaceIntroduction / Rodney Mark, Monica E. Mulrennan, Katherine Scott, and Colin H. ScottPart 1: Context1 Protected Area Development in Northern Canadian Indigenous Contexts / Monica E. Mulrennan and Fikret Berkes2 The Politics of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Environmental Protection / Wren Nasr and Colin H. Scott3 A Balancing Act: Mining and Protected Areas on Wemindji Territory / Ugo Lapointe and Colin H. Scott4 Collecting Scientific Knowledge: an Historical Perspective on Eastern James Bay Research / Katherine ScottPart 2: What to Protect5 Shoreline Displacement and Human Adaptation in Eastern James Bay: A 6,000-year Perspective / Florin Pendea, Andre Costopoulos, Gail Chmura , Colin D. Wren, Jennifer Bracewell, Samuel Vaneeckhout, Jari Okkonen, Eva Hulse, and Dustin Keeler6 Patterns on the Land: Paakumshumwaau through the Lens of Natural History / James W. Fyles, Grant Ingram, Greg Mikkelson, Florin Pendea, Katherine Scott, and Kristen Whitbeck7 The Mammals of Wemindji: in Time, Space, and Ways of Knowing / Murray M. Humphries, Jason Samson, and Heather E. Milligan8 Coastal Goose Hunt of the Wemindji Cree: Adaptations to Social and Ecological Change / Claude Péloquin and Fikret Berkes9 Coastal Landscape Modifications by Cree Hunters / Jesse S. Sayles and Monica E. Mulrennan10 Aa-wiichaautuwiihkw: Cultural Connections and Continuities along the Wemindji Coast / Véronique Bussières, Monica E. Mulrennan, and Dorothy StewartPart 3: How to Protect11 Wemindji Cree Relations with the Government of Quebec in Creating the Paakumshumwaau-Maatuskaau Biodiversity Reserve / Julie Hébert, François Brassard, Ugo Lapointe, and Colin H. Scott12 A Responsibility to Protect and Restore: Advancing the Tawich (Marine) Conservation Area / Monica E. Mulrennan and Colin H. ScottConclusion / Monica E. Mulrennan, Katherine Scott, and Colin H. ScottIndex

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Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive yet general overview to help support education and inform practicing engineers on the important role of the surveying engineer. The book provides a much-needed update on the modern practice of surveying and geomatics engineering.

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Book Synopsis"What cultural product,Tuan asks, "is not escape?In his new book, the capstone of a celebrated career, Tuan shows that escapism is an inescapable component of human thought and culture.Trade ReviewEscapism... is not so much an argument as a tour-sometimes a tour de force-of cultural escapes with exotic stops and unexpected twists and turns. And such a convivial tour guide! Tuan is chatty, engaging, unpretentious and charming. -- Francis I. Kane New York Times Book Review A reader could hardly ask for a more congenial guide, as Tuan's discussion ranges from Christ's last supper to chimpanzees copulating, from African bushmen barbecuing a turtle to diplomat-author Harold Nicolson bathing in a lake... Through this unusual perspective, Tuan is able to realign things usually considered opposites-'fantasy' and 'reality,' 'travel' and 'home,' 'work' and 'private life'-until they converge in fruitful new combinations... His playful treatment of life's glum realities feels at times as tonic as a leisurely Sunday morning... An original work to be read for both intellectual profit and pleasure. -- Jeffery Paine Washington Post Book World Writing in a deeply thoughtful style, Tuan, a leading cultural geographer, examines the wonders and atrocities that stem from the human impulse to deny the brutal realities of earthly existence. Utne ReaderTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1. Part / Nature and Culture Chapter 2. Animality / Its Covers and Transcendence Chapter 3. People / Disconnectedness and IndifferenceChapter 4. Hell / Imagination's Distortions and LimitationsChapter 5. Heaven / The Real and the GoodNotes AcknowledgmentsIllustration CreditsIndex

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1980, Beyond Geography continues to influence its readers. This new edition, prepared for the Columbus quincentennial, includes a new introduction by T.H. Watkins and a new preface by the author. As the public debates Columbus' legacy, it is important to learn of the spiritual background of European domination of the Americas.Table of ContentsExtracts Preface to the 1992 Edition Preface Acknowledgments The Travels of Turner by T.H. Watkins Part One. Loomings Part Two. Rites of Passage Part Three. Haunts Notes on Sources Index

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Book SynopsisAddresses key areas of concern and importance to urban planners and suburban residents including McMansions, traffic disasters, house design, homeowner's associations, and big box stores. Through the inclusion of examples and photos, this work creates an accessible portrait of the suburbs supported by data, anecdotes, and social theory.Trade ReviewThis book is a major contribution to the literature of urban geography, urban planning, and urban studies. It is one of the first to bring the field of U.S. urbanization into the twenty-first century. Knox's interpretations make excellent sense of the new metropolitan scene. -- Peter O. Muller * professor of geography, University of Miami *This scathing and thought-provoking critique of the latest additions to the built environment in the US is superbly done. Highly recommended. * Choice *àlively, excoriating book... * Journal of the American Planning Association *Table of ContentsIntroduction Prelude : the serial enchantment of suburbia Metroburbia and the anatomy of the new metropolis Developers' utopias Comfortably numb : degenerate utopias and evangelistic consultants The politics of privatism Material culture and society in metroburbia Vulgaria : moral landscapes at the leading edges of the new metropolis

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