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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2008, La Faim et la Sant is a valuable contribution to the field of Environment and Sustainability.Trade Review'La faim et la sant� s'appuie sur une exp�rience pragmatique longue de plusieurs d�cennies, acquise dans le cadre de la r�duction des 'urgences alimentaires' et des efforts visant � rompre le cercle vicieux de la pauvret� et de la maladie.' Paul Farmer, Docteur en m�decine, Harvard Medical School et Partners in Health 'La faim et la sant� s'appuie sur une exp�rience pragmatique longue de plusieurs d�cennies, acquise dans le cadre de la r�duction des 'urgences alimentaires' et des efforts visant � rompre le cercle vicieux de la pauvret� et de la maladie. Il fournit - aux nations ainsi qu'aux organismes normatifs internationaux qui cherchent � r�aliser les objectifs du Mill�naire pour le d�veloppement - des recommandations solidement fond�es pour l'�laboration des politiques qu'il faudra mettre en oeuvre ... Nous sommes extr�mement redevables � ceux qui ont r�dig� La faim et la sant� et � ceux qui y ont contribu�. Que ce rapport, et les engagements �crits pris en faveur du commerce �quitable, de la r�forme agraire et de l'am�lioration des pratiques agricoles, soient pour nous tous une 'feuille de route', dont le respect nous permettra de faire en sorte que la faim au XXIe si�cle soit per�ue, premi�rement, comme une obsc�nit� et, deuxi�mement, comme une maladie mondiale que nous sommes d'ores et d�j� en mesure de gu�rir.' Paul Farmer, Docteur en m�decine, Harvard Medical School et Partners in Health 'Si la mondialisation apporte des possibilit�s sans pr�c�dent d'acc�der � la richesse, elle creuse aussi le foss� entre ceux qui jouissent avec dignit� de leur plein droit � la vie et ceux qui en sont priv�s. Le PAM compte plus de personnel intervenant dans les r�gions du monde touch�es par des crises que toute autre organisation. Fruit de l'exp�rience sur le terrain, ce rapport d�montre sans �quivoque que la faim, la maladie et la pauvret� sont inextricablement li�es. Qui plus est, il prouve qu'il existe des solutions pratiques � cette face inacceptable du d�veloppement. Il s'agit d'une lecture essentielle pour quiconque travaille aupr�s des populations marginalis�es, que ce soit dans les quartiers d�sh�rit�s du Nord ou dans les zones de conflit du Sud.' Peter Walker, Titulaire de la chaire Irwin H. Rosenberg de nutrition et s�curit� humaine, �cole Friedman des sciences et politiques de la nutrition, Universit� TuftsTable of ContentsLe Programme alimentaire mondial des Nations Unies -- Remerciements -- Avant-propos -- Note d'introduction -- Preface -- APERCU GENERAL -- PREMIERE PARTIE: LA FAIM ET LA SAMt DANS LE MONDE -- Introduction -- 1.1 La faim, la sante et le bien-etre -- Intermezzo 1: Description generate des carences en micronutriments -- 1.2 Quelles sont les personnes les plus vulnerables? -- Intermezzo 2: Les femmes et I'elimination de la faim - un lien inextricable -- 1.3 Suivi des OMD relatifs a la faim et a la sante -- 1.4 Accelerer les progres en faisant les bons choix -- Intermezzo 3: La faim et la maladie dans les situations de crise -- DEUXIEME PARTIE: LA DfzNUTRITION ET LA MALADIE - LEURS EFFETS TOUT AU LONG DU -- CYCLE DE LA VIE -- 2.1 La denutrition et la maladie: un lien etroit -- 2.2 Examen plus approfondi de la denutrition et de la maladie -- Intermezzo 4: Le sida et la faim - enjeux et actions -- Intermezzo 5: L'aide alimentaire et le traitement de la tuberculose -- Intermezzo 6: La transition nutritionnelle en Amerique latine - I'experience du Programme du Conseil national chilien des jardins d'enfants -- 2.3 Menaces emergentes -- TROISIEME PARTIE: LE DEVELOPPEMENT NATIONAL - ENGAGEMENTS ET CHOIX POLITIQUES -- 3.1 La faim nuit au developpement humain -- 3.2 Des solutions efficaces -- Intermezzo 7: Les Sprinkles - un moyen novateur et economiquement efficace de fournir des micronutriments aux enfants -- 3.3 Les bons choix politiques -- Intermezzo 8: Partenariats visant a eradiquer la denutrition infantile en Amerique latine et -- aux CaraTbes -- Intermezzo 9: De la recherche a Taction -- QUATRIEME PARTIE: LA MARCHE A SUIVRE - VERS UN MONDE LIB£r£ DE LA FAIM -- 4.1 La marche a suivre: dix actions cles -- Intermezzo 10: Priorite a la nutrition en ThaTlande -- CINQUIEME PARTIE: RECUEIL DE REFERENCES -- Apergu - notes techniques -- Tableau 1 - A quoi ressemble un monde en proie a la faim? -- Tableau 2 - Combien de personnes souffrent de la faim tout au long de leur vie? -- Tableau 3 - A quoi ressemble un monde en proie a la maladie? -- Tableau 4 - Combien de personnes souffrent de la maladie durant leur vie? -- Tableau 5 - Qui est menace par la faim et la maladie dans les situations de crise? -- Tableau 6a - Combien de personnes souffrent de la faim invisible et de maladies infantiles?. . -- Tableau 6b - Combien de personnes souffrent de maladies infectieuses? -- Tableau 7 - Combien de personnes sont touchees par des catastrophes naturelles? -- Tableau 8 - Quelles solutions existent-t-il pour lutter contre la faim et la maladie? -- Tableau 9 - Quelles ressources sont consacrees a la reduction de la faim et de la maladie? -- Tableau 10 - Progres accomplis dans la realisation des OMD d'ici 2015 -- SIXIEME PARTIE: ANNEXES -- Sigles et abreviations -- Glossaire -- Bibliographie -- Notes -- Etablissement des couts des solutions essentielles -- Methodologie de cartographie.

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Book SynopsisIn most developing countries wastewater treatment systems are hardly functioning or have a very low coverage, resulting in large scale water pollution and the use of very poor quality water for crop irrigation especially in the vicinity of urban centres. This can create significant risks to public health, particularly where crops are eaten raw. Wastewater Irrigation and Health approaches this serious problem from a practical and realistic perspective, addressing the issues of health risk assessment and reduction in developing country settings. The book therefore complements other books on the topic of wastewater which focus on high-end treatment options and the use of treated wastewater. This book moves the debate forward by covering also the common reality of untreated wastewater, greywater and excreta use. It presents the state-of-the-art on quantitative risk assessment and low-cost options for health risk reduction, from treatment to on-farm and off-farm measures, in support of the multiple barrier approach of the 2006 guidelines for safe wastewater irrigation published by the World Health Organization. The 38 authors and co-authors are international key experts in the field of wastewater irrigation representing a mix of agronomists, engineers, social scientists and public health experts from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Australia. The chapters highlight experiences across the developing world with reference to various case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Mexico and the Middle East. The book also addresses options for resource recovery and wastewater governance, thus clearly establishes a connection between agriculture, health and sanitation, which is often the missing link in the current discussion on 'making wastewater an asset'.Trade ReviewThis book represents the best, modern innovative thinking on the topic and symbolizes an important turning point in the history of wastewater reuse in irrigation as a major contributor to water and nutrient conservation, public health and welfare.' Professor Hillel Shuval, Hadassah Academic College and Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel 'This is a tremendously useful book with its clear focus on developing countries where wastewater treatment does not work. It is also a great resource for students.' Sasha Koo-Oshima, FAO This book is likely to be of interest to decision makers, consultants and researchers who are looking for practical tools to improve the selection of wastewater management strategies particularly in countries of the global south, and where water scarcity is critical. The lively and informative style makes it an accessible and easy read...definitely a worthwhile investment.' Barbara Evans, Waterlines 'The volume is successful in moving the state of knowledge beyond these basic perceptions and documenting methods for safe wastewater irrigation.' International Journal of Water Resources Development 'This book provides great insights into appropriate solution development for anyone interested in closed loop or cradle-to-cradle design and presents an approach for how to apply these concepts to a complex and culturally sensitive topic.' Ecosystem MarketplaceTable of ContentsPreface Foreword List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Part I: Setting the Stage 1: Wastewater, Sludge and Excreta Use in Developing Countries: An Overview 2: Assessing and Mitigating Wastewater Related Health Risks in Low-Income Countries: An Introduction Part II: Risks and Risk Assessment 3: Risk Analysis and Epidemiology: The 2006 WHO Guidelines for the Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture 4: Approaches to Evaluate and Develop Health Risk-Based Standards Using Available Data 5: Tools for Risk Analysis: Updating the 2006 WHO Guidelines 6: Non-Pathogenic Tradeoffs of Wastewater Irrigation 7: Risk Analysis Integrating Livelihood and Economic Impacts of Wastewater Irrigation on Health Part III: Minimizing Health Risks 8: Wastewater Treatment for Pathogen Removal and Nutrient Conservation: Suitable Systems for Use in Developing Countries 9: Low-Cost Options for Pathogen Reduction and Nutrient Recovery from Faecal Sludge 10: Farm-Based Measures for Reducing Microbiological Health Risks for Consumers from Informal Wastewater-Irrigated Agriculture 11: Farm-Based Measures for Reducing Human and Environmental Health Risks from Chemical Constituents in Wastewater 12: Applying the Multiple-Barrier Approach for Microbial Risk Reduction in the Post-Harvest Sector of Wastewater Irrigated Vegetables 13: Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Interventions for Diarrhoea Disease Reduction among Consumers of Wastewater-Irrigated Lettuce in Ghana Part IV: Wastewater Governance and Adoption of Risk Reduction Options 14: Challenging Conventional Approaches to Wastewater Use in Agriculture 15: Designing Reuse-Oriented Sanitation Infrastructure: The Design for Service Planning Approach 16: Facilitating the Adoption of Food Safety Interventions in the Street Food Sector and on Farm 17: Harnessing Farmers' Knowledge and Perceptions for Health Risk Reduction in Wastewater Irrigated Agriculture 18: Multi-Stakeholder Processes for Managing Wastewater Use in Agriculture Part V: Conclusions and Outlook 19: Wastewater Irrigation and Health: Challenges and Outlook for Mitigating Risks in Low-Income Countries

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Book SynopsisPopulation growth, reproductive health and reproductive rights are amongst the most pressing issues facing governments and the international community. Since the world's governments agreed for the first time on far-reaching and enlightened population policies at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, a good deal of progress has been made on these issues, but major challenges remain. This fully updated edition of Creating a New Consensus on Population charts international progress on efforts to address population and development, reproductive health, reproductive rights, religion, contraception and the empowerment of women. Historical coverage includes the lead up process to the ICPD, the conference itself and the global consensus and the ICPD Programme of Action that resulted. The book then turns to how population issues have developed over the past decade and a half including follow-up and implementation at the international level by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and other UN agencies and organizations. Key international events are covered including the 1999 ICPD+5, Millennium Summit 2000, ICPD+10 and the 2005 MDG+5 as well as relevant regional events. The book also examines the reorientation of policies and programmes and implementation at national levels across the world. Crucially, it looks at emerging issues and partnerships including the increasing role of NGOs, women's groups, youth groups, foundations, public-private partnerships and other non-state stakeholders. Written by Jyoti Shankar Singh, former ICPD Executive Coordinator, this is the definitive account of how the international community has engaged with population issues and policies and it offers insight into both the ongoing challenges as well as how an international consensus can be forged on crucial global issues. It is essential reading for all those involved in population, health and development issues and policies world-wide.Trade Review'No one interested in the field of the population issue and reproductive health should miss this important book. This is the right moment for an update' Dr. Nicolaas Biegman, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN, 1992-1997 'Fifteen years ago, the international community agreed on a vision for achieving population stabilization and sustainable development through universal access to family planning and reproductive health; gender equality in education, and fulfillment of the rights of women and men to economic, social and environmental security. Jyoti Singh played an instrumental role in organizing the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). In this book, Dr. Singh reminds us that the ICPD's promise remains valid, but unfulfilled, and details how the world can overcome the barriers that stubbornly persist, especially for women. Senator Timothy E. Wirth, US Under-Secretary of State, 1995-1997; President, UN Foundation 'Jyoti Shankar Singh in this revised edition not only reminds and updates us on the ICPD process but takes us through the intriguing journey of 'The Politics of Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights and Women's Empowerment,' as he aptly puts it. This book is recommended reading for all - from politicians and planners to professionals and field workers.It is comprehensive and forward looking while objective and frank in addressing the challenges, constraints and realities of implementing the Cairo consensus. I sincerely hope that Jyoti Singh will continue his efforts to map the process as countries strive to achieve the ICPD and MDG goals by 2015' Dr. Raj Karim, Regional Director, International Planned Parenthood Federation, East and South East Asia and Oceania Region,Kuala Lumput, MalaysiaTable of Contents1. Bucharest, Mexico and Cairo 2. From Family Planning to Reproductive Health 3. Population and Development 4. The Empowerment of Women 5. Partnership with the Non-Governmental Sector 6. Mobilizing Resources for Population Programmes 7. The Cairo Agenda and the International Community 8. Institutional Response 9. Implementing the Cairo Agenda Notes And References Bibliography Appendix 1: Chronology of Major Events Relating to International Conference on Population and Development

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Book SynopsisChina is in the midst of the fastest and most intense process of urbanisation the world has ever known, and Shanghai - its biggest, richest and most cosmopolitan city - is positioned for acceleration into the twenty-first century. Yet, in its embrace of a hopeful - even exultant - futurism, Shanghai recalls the older and much criticised project of imagining, planning and building the modern metropolis. Today, among Westerners, at least, the very idea of the futuristic city - with its multilayered skyways, domestic robots and flying cars - seems doomed to the realm of nostalgia, the sadly comic promise of a future that failed to materialise. Shanghai Future maps the city of tomorrow as it resurfaces in a new time and place. It searches for the contours of an unknown and unfamiliar futurism in the city's street markets as well as in its skyscrapers. For though it recalls the modernity of an earlier age, Shanghai's current re-emergence is only superficially based on mimicry. Rather, in seeking to fulfill its ambitions, the giant metropolis is reinventing the very idea of the future itself. As it modernises, Shanghai is necessarily recreating what it is to be modern.Trade Review'This is a fascinating and highly original book - a difficult achievement given how much has been written about Shanghai in recent years by both journalists and scholars. The author contributes not only to the literature on contemporary China and conversations about the nature of Chinese modernity, but also to interdisciplinary debates in urban studies and philosophical and literary discussions of the future. Shanghai Future should find interested readers in fields ranging from Chinese studies to urban studies, cultural geography to science fiction studies.' * Jeffrey Wasserstrom, author of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know *'In the boom of writing on Shanghai Greenspan's work stands out for its depth and originality. There is much written about Shanghai's past, but this original text explores how Shanghai represents its own and our collective human futures. A fascinating collection of musings and empirical explorations of the projection of the future onto Shanghai's cityscapes.' * James Farrer, Professor of Sociology at Sophia University and author of Opening Up: Youth Sex Culture and Market Reform in Shanghai *'This is a fascinating narrative of Shanghai's urban and cultural changes, reflecting the process of Chinese ubiquitous modernisation. Anna Greenspan's keen observations on the history of Shanghai and its current transformation provide insightful understandings of the making of modernity in China, like Paris to modern capitalism. The specificity of urban cultural studies is artfully examined from a perspective of national development. A book which profoundly enriches China's urban studies.' * Fulong Wu, Bartlett Professor of Planning, University College London and author of China's Emerging Cities: The Making of New Urbanism *'Shanghai is a global metropolis that constantly seeks to outdo itself. Those who arrive in the city for the first time are routinely shocked and awed by its dizzying skyline, bursting urbanism, and glaring ambitions. Anna Greenspan uses this adopted home to delve into the intriguing question of the future city. Drawing on a wide range of materials and first-hand observations, Greenspan convincingly shows how Shanghai and China will continue to reshape the world and redefine our imaginations of the future.' * Tong Lam, author of Abandoned Futures and A Passion for Facts *

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Book SynopsisThis title focuses on Haiti from an international perspective. Haiti has endured undue influence from successive French and US governments; its fragile 'democracy' has been founded on subordination to and dominance of foreign powers. This book examines Haiti's position within the global economic and political order, and how the more dominant members of the international community have, in varying ways, exploited the country over the last 200 years.Trade Review"a “must-read” for scholars interested in Haitian history and politics as well as in the intersection of class and race relations", Robert Fatton Jr., New West Indian GuideTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. The Capitalist World-Economy, the Fetishism of Commodities, and the Social Geography of Race: A Reply to Michel Foucault 2. Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian Revolution, and Negritude: A Critical Assessment of Aimé Césaire's Interpretation 3. From Revolutionary Slaves to Powerless Citizens 4. The Transition to Democracy and the Demise of Color Politics in Haiti 5. The World Bank and Haiti: Abetting Dictatorship, Undermining Democracy 6. Class, Power, Sovereignty: Haiti Before and After the Earthquake

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Book SynopsisAs geography has been influenced by such themes as postcolonial studies, feminism and psychoanalysis, so students have had to engage with ideas and concepts from outside the traditional boundaries of their subject. This text provides students with an aid to understanding the complexities and subtleties of these new ideas. It presents short essays exploring the key concepts in cultural geography and are written by leading practitioners. The essays range from questions that have recently emerged to more established ideas that warrant critical examination. The book should be useful to students of cultural geography and related disciplines.

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Book SynopsisThis book brings a flavour of the quality and breadth of the Journal into one volume that spans its history. It includes 16 classic papers from the archive, some of which will be well known to the cartographic community, while others may not be as obvious.Trade Review"I definitely recommend this book. It is a valuable addition to the history of cartography in the past 50 years, giving, as the editors desired, the “flavor” of the period, and also serves as a starting point for researchers in cartography. It will be a much used resource for those in seminars of mapping sciences."- Judith A. Tyner, California State University, Long BeachTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Automation in the Preparation of Thematic Maps 3. Reflections on 'Automation in the Preparation of Thematic Mapping' 4. Visual Perception and Map Design 5. Reflections on 'Visual Perception and Map Design' 6. The Map as a Communication System 7. Reflections on 'The Map as a Communication System' 8. Topographical Relief Depiction by Hachures with Computer and Plotter 9. Reflections on 'Topographic Relief Depiction by Hachures with Computer and Plotter' 10. A Knowledge Based System for Cartographic Symbol Design 11. Reflections on 'A Knowledge Based System for Cartographic Symbol Design' 12. The Role of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain 13. Reflections on 'The Role of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain' 14. Line Generalization by Repeated Elimination of Points 15. Reflections on 'Line Generalization by Repeated Elimination of Points' 16. Map Design for Census Mapping 17. Reflections on 'Map Design for Census Mapping' 18. ColorBrewer.org: An Online Tool for Selecting Colour Schemes for Maps 19. Reflections on ‘ColorBrewer.org: An Online Tool for Selecting Colour Schemes for Maps’ 20. Mapping the Results of Geographically Weighted Regression 21. Reflections on 'Mapping the Results of Geographically Weighted Regression' 22. Cultures of Map Use 23. Reflections on 'Cultures of Map Use' 24. Usability Evaluation of Web Mapping Sites 25. Reflections on 'Usability Evaluation of Web Mapping Sites' 26. Unfolding the Earth: Myriahedral Projections 27. Reflections on 'Unfolding the Earth: Myriahedral Projections' 28. Stylistic Diversity in European State 1:50 000 Topographic Maps 29. Reflections on 'Stylistic Diversity in European State 1:50 000 Topographic Maps' 30. Visualization of Origins, Destinations and Flows with OD Maps 31. Reflections on 'Visualization of Origins, Destinations and Flow with OD Maps' 32. Reasserting Design Relevance in Cartography: Some Concepts 33. Reasserting Design Relevance in Cartography: Some Examples 34. Reflections of 'Reasserting Design Relevance in Cartography'

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Book SynopsisThis study presents an account of electromagnetic phenomena in the earth's crust immediately preceding a tectonic earthquake. The results of experiments performed throughout the last 20 years using data collected from the satellite and ground-based observations are analyzed and form the basis of various conceptual explanations of seismo-electromagnetic phenomena. The authors also present their own theoretical model of the generation of electromagnetic emission in the earth's crust. The tendency for earthquake-prone areas to be used for modern urban and industrial development underlines the significance of this monograph. Its applications are extensive, including defrectoscopy, monitoring stress in mines, and the development of electromagnetic methods of earthquake prediction; and should interest geologists, geophysicists, and specialists in solid-state physics.Table of ContentsMechano-electric conversion in stressed solids; field observations and data processing techniques; models of anomalous electromagnetic emission; seismo-ionospheric coupling; elementary sources; major problems in research on seismo-electromagnetic phenomena

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Book SynopsisThis open access volume offers valuable new perspectives on the question of how mobility, locatedness and immersion in the physical world can enhance second language teaching and learning. It does so through a diverse array of empirical studies of language, literacy, and culture learning in the linguistic landscape of visible and audible public discourse. Written from conceptually rich and disciplinarily varied perspectives, its ten chapters address methodological and practical problems of relating language learning to the lived and rapidly changing places of the late modern world. Whether it is within the four walls of a school, in a nearby multilingual neighborhood, in a virtual telecollaborative space, or in any other location where languages may be learned, this volume highlights different configurations of learning spaces, the leveraging of real-world places for critical learning, and ways to productively ‘dislocate’ language learners from preconceived notions and standardized experiences. Together, these elements create conditions for a language and literacy pedagogy that can be said to be robustly spatialized: linguistically and culturally complex, geographically situated, historically informed, dialogically realized, and socially engaged.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction, Dubreil, Malinowski, and Maxim Reimagining learning spaces through the linguistic landscape “Building the politeness repertoire through the linguistic landscape,” Elyse Ritchey (University of California, Berkeley) “Exploring Language and Culture in the Novice Chinese Classroom through Linguistic Landscape,” Fei Yu, Aleidine J. Moeller, and Jia Lu and (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) “Multilingual landscapes in telecollaboration: A Spanish-American exchange,” Margarita Vinagre (Autónoma University of Madrid, Spain) and Reyes Llopis-Garcia (Columbia University) Places made and remade through learning in the LL “Agency and policy: Who controls the linguistic landscape of a school?” Rob Troyer (Western Oregon University) “Uncovering Spanish Harlem: Ethnographic linguistic landscape projects in an advanced content-based Spanish course,” Juan Pablo Jimenez Caicedo (Columbia University) “Exploring the language capital of Tucson,” Christian Ruvalcaba and Michelle Aguilera (University of Arizona) Spatialization as pedagogical dialogues in place “Educational perspective on community languages in the linguistic landscape: Russian and Arabic,” Olga Bever (University of Arizona) and Mahmoud Azaz (University of Arizona) “Multilingual linguistic landscapes of New York City as a pedagogical tool in a Psychology classroom,” Irina Sekerina and Patricia Brooks (College of Staten Island) “Indigenous conceptual cartographies and language pedagogy: Vibrant modalities across semiotic domains,” Michael Zimmerman (Indian Community School of Wisconsin), Margaret Noodin (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Patricia Mayes (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Bernard Perley (University of British Columbia)

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- 2. Gendering Urban Theory.- 3. Women and Public Space Beyond the West.- 4. Case Studies of Sanandaj and Sulaimani.- 5. Case Studies of Vienna and Cologne.- 6. Cross-cultural Comparisons.- 7. Conclusion and the Way Forward.- References.

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Book SynopsisFrom the Preface by Tetsuya Iseki:A Survey of London was originally published by John Stow (c. 1525–1605) in 1598. Stow was a chronicler and antiquary who edited literary works and archaeological texts (his first publication was Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, newly edited in 1561). In 1603 Stow published a new edition with corrections and additions, and it achieved immediate popular success. Even after his death, the work was reprinted in 1618 (Anthony Munday’s new edition), and again in 1633, but then disappeared from print until the end of the century. (The 1603 edition which was re-edited by C. L. Kingsford was issued by Oxford University Press in 1908, and later reprinted as the facsimile edition in 2000.)After the Great Fire of 1666, the state of London depicted and recorded in Stow’s Survey was greatly transformed. In 1694 Richard Blome (who published a new edition of William Camden’s Britannia) made an attempt to publish his new edition of Stow’s Survey with maps and many additions to describe the rebuilding of London after the Fire, but this was not successful. In 1702 John Strype (1643–1737), who had already achieved fame as an editor of historical and biographical documents, started editing Blome’s abortive work and created a new edition to answer the need for a current version of Stow’s Survey. Strype was said to have completed his edition (in two folio volumes) by November 1707, while a similar, rival book, A New View of London by Edward Hatton, was going to be published the following year. The booksellers gave up Strype’s Survey because Hatton’s publication was a smaller and cheaper edition. As it turned out, however, Hatton’s View of London could not satisfy the demand for a more scholarly updated edition of Stow’s Survey, and Strype’s project was revived in 1716 and finally published in December 1720.Strype’s Survey of London is basically an enlarged edition of Stow’s Survey, but the main body of the text and the maps are essentially taken from Blome’s 1694 edition. A mere reading of Strype’s Survey will reinforce the claim that the work is full of information about the late Stuart capital: the economics, politics, religion, architecture, and moral life of his day. Maps and plates of Strype’s Survey retain vivid visual details and, more than any other previous attempts, successfully remap the prosperous state of London. Pre-Fire maps were pictorial bird’s-eye views, in which buildings and landmarks are privileged over topographical accuracy, but alleys and yards are often obscured. The two-dimensional maps were published by John Ogilby and William Morgan after the fire in 1677. A large number of illustrations in Strype’s new edition show the details of the capital’s parishes and wards, including important historical buildings within and without the City both in two dimensions and bird’s-eye views.Strype’s Survey of London was priced at six guineas, and some 700 copies were published. Now the original is rarely found and the condition of the copies in the British Library or the ones in some other big libraries are not sound enough for reprint use. The present reprint is from my personal unspoiled copy of the 1720 edition. All texts and visual images derive from this copy. The work was originally published in two volumes: Volume 1 contains Books 1–3 and Volume 2 contains Books 4–6, plus appendices. This reprinted edition consists of three volumes: Volume 1 (Books 1, 2), Volume 2 (Books 3, 4), and Volume 3 (Books 5, 6). The texts are in the original fount and all illustrations and maps are inserted as foldouts.Table of ContentsA Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities … now lastly corrected, by John STOW, Improved and very much Enlarged by JOHN STRYPE, In Six Books + Appendix + Index + 70 Engraved Maps and PlatesLondon: Printed for A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock … 1720Volume 1New Preface by Tetsuya Iseki, Kwassui Women’s College, NagasakiPreface by John Strype / Stow’s Epistle Dedicatory / The Life of John Stow / A Catalogue of Authors, Records and Manuscripts / A List of Subscribers NamesThe First Book (c. 370pp.): General Description of the City of London, and Some Account of the CitizensThe Second Book (c. 290pp.): Particular Inspection into the Thirteen Wards on the East Side of WalbrookeVolume 2The Third Book (c. 290pp.): Inspection into the Twelve Wards on the West Side of WalbrookeThe Fourth Book (c. 120pp.): Inspection into the Ward of the Borough of Southwark, as also into the Suburbs of the City, and the Liberty of the Dutchy of LancasterVolume 3The Fifth Book (c. 460pp.): Account of the Government of the CityThe Sixth Book (c. 95pp.): Account of WestminsterAppendix (c. 170 pp.)Index (c. 25pp.)

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Book SynopsisGeorges Benko «Societies are much messier than our theories of them» Michael Mann The Sources of Social Power 1 Towards a unified social theory Why are there communication problems between the different disciplines of the social sciences? And why should there be so much misunderstanding? Most probably because the encounter of several disciplines is in fact the encounter of several different histories, and therefore of several different cultures, each interpreting the other according to the code dictated by its own culture. Inevitably geographers view other disciplines through their own cultural filter, and even a benevolent view remains 'ethnocentric'. It was in order to avoid such ethnocentricity that Femand Braudel called for more unity among the social sciences in 1958 : «l wish the social sciences . . . would stop discussing their respective differences so much . . . and instead look for common ground . . . on which to reach their first agreement. Personally I would call these ways : quantification, spatial awareness and 'longue duree'». In its place at the center of the social sciences, geography reduces all social reality to its spatial dimensions. Unfortunately, as a discipline, it considers itself all too often to be in a world of its own. There is a need in France for a figure like Vidal de la Blanche who could refocus attention away from issues of time and space, towards space and social reality. Geographic research will only take a step forward once it learns to address the problems facing all the sciences.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction. 1. Geography, history and social sciences: an introduction; G.B. Benko. Part II: Spatial Thinking in History. 2. Lefebvre, Lacan and the production of space; D. Gregory. 3. World time and world space, or just hegemonic time and space? M. Santos. 4. The language of space; M. Foucault. 5. Geography before geography: Pre-Hellenistic meteors and climates; J.-F. Staszak. 6. Geographical systems and the order of reality; M. Hampl. Part III: Cities and Landscapes in Time. 7. Landscapes as overlapping neighbourhoods; T. Hägerstrand. 8. The urban and the rural: an historical-geographic overview; C.M. Weaver. 9. Space and creativity. `Belle Epoque' Paris: genesis of a world-class artistic centre; P. Claval. 10. From Weimar to Nuremberg: social legitimacy as a spatial process in Germany, 1923-1938; U. Strohmayer. Part IV: Economics. 11. Contemporary acceleration: world-time and world-space; M. Santos. 12. Structural change, theories of regulation and regional development; M.F. Dunford, D. Perrons. 13. Theory of regulation and territory: an historical view; G.B. Benko. Part V: Politics. 14. Territoriality and the state; R.J. Johnston. 15. The spatial and the political: Close encounters; J. Levy. 16. Space and communication: a brief analytical look at the concept of space in the social theory; J. Lazar. Part IV: Conclusion. 17. Conclusion: the spatialization of thesocial sciences; U. Strohmayer. List of figures. Contributors. Index.

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Book SynopsisContaining 15 contributions. Vegetation associated with the protohistorical mound of 'Mouyssam II' (KNT2) in the Malian Sahel; Late Quaternary mammalian remains from central and eastern Sudan and their palaeoenvironmental significance; On the ages of humid Late Quaternary phases in southern African arid areas (Namibia, Botswana); Charcoal from Leliehoek shelter, eastern Orange Free State, South Africa.

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Book SynopsisThis annual covers excavation reports and analytical studies on archaeology, palaeobotany and archaeozoology. Topics include: island migration of early modern Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia; and Roman Iron Age plant husbandry at Peelo, the Netherlands.

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Book SynopsisComprises the proceedings of a conference on geotechnical waste management and contamination. Coverage ranges from remediation of contaminated sites to design and management of landfills. There are also papers dealing with case histories and research.Contents: Groundwater contamination flow; Regulatory, & non regulatory controls for contaminated sites; Remediation of contaminated sites; Ground modification techniques in waste management;

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Book SynopsisThis text illustrates the range of environmental geoscience mapping presently carried out around the world. Specialists in several countries have contributed a number of subdisciplinary and thematic topics including volcanic hazards, landslides, dolines, tsunamis, radon potential, medical geology, rainfall erosion, engineering geology, borehole stratigraphy, lake sediment geochemistry, aggregate resources and remote sensing. The collection, analysis and interpretation of data by geologists, geographers and engineers typically involves the presentation of information in map form, which can range from black/white to colour, 2-D to 3-D and paper copy to digital format illustrations. This volume reaffirms the global need for mapping geoscientific data.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION Peter T. BobrowskyENGINEERING-GEOLOGY MAPPING OF SLOPES AND LANDSLIDES Jeffrey R. Keaton & Richard RinneREGOLITH-LANDFORM MAPPING: AN AUSTRALIAN APPROACH C.F. Pain, M.A. Craig, D.L. Gibson & J.R. WilfordENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING OF GEOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS Gyözö Jordán & Andrea SzücsMULTILEVEL GEOLOGIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT MAPPING IN THE RIO GRANDE GORGE, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, USA William C. Haneberg, Paul W. Bauer & William X. Chávez, JrCALIFORNIA’S SEISMIC HAZARDS MAPPING ACT:GEOSCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY Charles R. RealSUBSURFACE GEOLOGIC MAPPING FROM DESCRIPTIVEAND PETROPHYSICAL BOREHOLE LOGS Larry N. SmithMAPPING WITH ALLOSTRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORKS: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING ALLUVIAL LANDSCAPES IN SOUTHERN BURGUNDY, FRANCE Eric C. StraffinMINERAL EXPLORATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF LAKE SEDIMENT GEOCHEMICAL MAPPING IN THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA Stephen J. CookAGGREGATE POTENTIAL MAPPING Ross I. Kelly & Peter T. Bobrowsky‘HOT SPOTS’ AND ‘SENSITIVE AREAS’: CONTRIBUTION OF REMOTE SENSING TO GEOENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING IN LEBANON Mohamad R. KhawlieGEOENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING IN SOUTHWESTERN SASKATCHEWAN: RAINFALL EROSION POTENTIAL D.J. SauchynBATHOMETRIC DATA FOR 2D AND 3D LANDSCAPE MAPPING C. Cam Muir, R.F. Watkins, The T. Ha & Michael A. VankoeveringeGEOENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING FOR GROUNDWATER PROTECTION IN ILLINOIS, USA Richard C. BergTHE DEVELOPMENT AND SIGNIFICANCE OF A GEOLOGIC SENSITIVITY MAP OF THE ROUGE RIVER WATERSHED IN SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN, USA Daniel T. RogersMAPPING RIVER CHANNELS AND VELOCITY FIELDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS Brian L. CluerFLOODPLAIN HAZARD ASSESSMENT: APPLICATION TO FOREST LAND MANAGEMENT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA J.W. Schwab, D.L. Hogan & I. WeilandENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY MAPPING FOR URBAN PLANNING IN LITHUANIAJurgis ValiunasNATURAL HAZARD MAPPING IN SMALL URBAN AREAS,ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA Natalia Hoyos & Michel HermelinDIRECT AND INDIRECT ANTHROPOGENIC MODIFICATIONS IN THE BASIN OF MEXICO José Lugo, J. Juan Zamorano & Arturo García-RomeroENCOURAGING BETTER USE OF GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION BY PLANNERS AND DEVELOPERS IN ENGLAND B.R. MarkerGEOENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING APPLIED TO URBAN SETTLEMENTS: LA VALL DE GALLINERA, ALICANTE, SPAIN I. De Villota, M. De Luxán, J.L. Goy, I. Bustamante & C. ZazoMEDICAL GEOLOGY: METHOD, THEORY AND PRACTICE O. SelinusTHE GEOGRAPHY OF DISEASE FAMILY TREES:THE CASE OF SELENIUM Harold D. FosterMAP REPRESENTATION OF INDICATORS FOR ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF MINING IN THE ZAMBIAN COPPERBELT D. Limpitlaw & A.G. FabbriHAZARD RISK ASSESSMENT IN RUSSIA Irina Chesnokova, Gregory Koff & David HuntleyAN OVERVIEW OF VOLCANIC HAZARD MAPS:PAST, PRESENT AND FUTUREC.J. HicksonGEOLOGICAL RADON POTENTIAL MAPPING J.D. Appleton & T.K. BallTHE MAKASSAR STRAIT TSUNAMIGENIC REGION, INDONESIA G.S. Prasetya, W.P. De Lange & T.R. HealyTSUNAMI DEPOSIT MAPPING AT SEASIDE, OREGON, USA Brooke K. Fiedorowicz & Curt D. PetersonACTUAL AND POTENTIAL DOLINE SUBSIDENCE HAZARD MAPPING: CASE STUDY IN THE EBRO BASIN (SPAIN) J.L. Simón-Gómez & M.A. SorianoMAPPING IN THE INTERPRETATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF FLOWSLIDES IN SENSITIVE QUATERNARY MUDDY SEDIMENTS Michael A. Carson & Marten GeertsemaQUANTITATIVE PREDICTION MODEL FOR LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAPPING: TSITIKA AND SCHMIDT CREEK WATERSHEDS, NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA Chang-Jo Chung, Peter T. Bobrowsky & Richard Guthrie

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Book SynopsisThis text deals with the subject of remote sensing, and the use of technology to aid environmental maintenance. Topics covered include a microcomputer based grassland local administration support system, and the monitoring of Himalayan cryosphere using satellite imagery.Table of ContentsGlobal deforestation and global land degradation; relative radiometric normalization of Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) data using an automatic scattergram - controlled regression; land use and global environment conservation - a modelling approach; a microcomputer based grassland local administration support system; Earth science data and information technology network development in India; monitoring of Himalayan cryosphere using satellite imagery; assessing desertification in arid Australia using satellite data; the integration of remotely sensed data into GIS; automatic detection of forest fires using satellite images. (Part contents).

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Book SynopsisFuture plans of the European Commission are presented in this volume. Other themes covered include: land applications; ice; water; ocean and coastal management; methods; models; systems aspects; and a section on data fusion.

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Book SynopsisThis is the Proceedings of the Ofan Inqua Symposium on Genesis and Lithology of Quaternary Deposits, Zurich, held on the 10-20 September 1978.

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Book SynopsisThe study of southern African Mesozoic and Tertiary strata has long had a low priority in both academic and commercial circles, and with the notable exception of diamonds, rocks of this age have not been thought to contain much worth digging up. This reference list contains approximately 750 entries and provides a review and synthesis of data on the Mesozoic and Tertiary rocks of southern Africa, seen in the context of Gondwana fragmentation.Table of Contents1 SOUTHERN AFRICA AND ITS POST-PALAEOZOIC SETTING 2 TRIASSIC TO EARLY JURASSIC ROCKS OF THE INTRACRATONIC BASINS 3 THE CAPE FOLD BELT 4 MIDDLE JURASSIC TO LOWER CRETACEOUS 5 UPPER CRETACEOUS 6 TERTIARY 7 SUMMARY OF MESOZOIC AND TERTIARY IGNEOUS ACTIVITY

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Book SynopsisSatellite designers deal with the special features of satellites for remote sensing, engineers explain spacecraft sensors, and mathematicians and specialist programmers discuss the problems of processing remote sensing dat Experts in agriculture, geology, forestry, oceanography and hydrology highli

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Book SynopsisEquipment & services offered by 80 firms in 10 countries.

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Book SynopsisA study of magmatism, one of the most important factors in the differentiation of matter of the Earth. It covers geological structures volcanic series, genesis of basaltic magma, and petrology of andesites of island arcs, and more.

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Book SynopsisContents: The concept of 'metallogeny of lithospheric plates' specially resorting to geodynamic modelling. Different geodynamic situations of metallogeny on global perspective and specific situations for the formation of copper-molybdenum, tin-wolfram, mercury, lead-zinc and fluorite provinces. Geodynamic models; Metallogenic investigations of geodynamic models; Paramount indicators of the geodynamic regime; Copper-Molybdenum porphyry ore provinces.

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Book SynopsisProceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on [title] held in Malvern, England, August 1989. No subject index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Book SynopsisContents: Historical aspects of Precambrian tectonics and metallogeny; Archaean supracrustal belts; Proterozoic mobile belts; Protoplatforms and ancient platforms; Regions of protoactivisation; Regions of tectonomagnetic activisation and rifting; Marginal and sulture structures; Deep structure of the continental crust and ore formation; Conclusions; Selected references; Index.

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Book SynopsisEXCEPT for chapter 8, an editorial foot-bridge across the con­ fused years which separate the Dutch Republic from the King­ dom of the Netherlands, the essays collected in this volume were originally read and discussed at meetings of Dutch and British historians held between 22 and 27 September 1969 in a number of delightful comers of Groningen and Friesland. That this con­ ference took place at all was due in the first instance to the initiative and organizing genius of the Instituut voor Geschiedenis of the University of Groningen: particular thanks are due to the Rector Magnificus and his colleagues of that illustrious place of learning. On behalf of those fortunate enough to take part, we also wish to place on record our deep gratitude for the benevolent assistance of the Netherlands Ministerie van Onderwijs, of the H. S. Kammingafonds and of the Groninger Universiteitsfonds. As our sub-title strives to hint, the conference papers were commissioned with a view to stimulating historical awareness of a problem which is increasingly forcing itself on the attention of contemporary statesmen, administrators, sociologists and others - indeed of all who value local character and the human scale in the age of mass communications and socialized government.Table of Contents1 London as an ‘Engine of Economic Growth’.- 2 Scotland and England: Culture and Nationality, 1500–1800.- 3 The Survival of Country Attitudes in the Eighteenth-Century House of Commons.- 4 Ireland and England.- 5 Greater and Greater London: Notes on Metropolis and Provinces in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.- 6 Aspects of the Frisian Contribution to the Culture of the Low Countries in the Early Modern Period.- 7 Holland and Six Allies: the Republic of the Seven United Provinces.- 8 The Crisis of the Dutch State 1780–1813: Nationalism, Federalism, Unitarism.- 9 The Party Structure of Holland and the Outer Provinces in the Nineteenth Century.- 10 The Role of the Outer Provinces in the Process of Dutch Economic Growth in the Nineteenth Century.

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Book SynopsisThis volume tells the story of David Chaffetz's experience of Afghanistan shortly before the Soviet invasion. His account is an intimate portrait of the Afghan people and the vast landscape which surrounds them.

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Book SynopsisThis cultural-geographic study of the American Indian reservations in the 48 contiguous states explores the reservations as living environments rather than historical footnotes. The text seeks to discover and highlight the many possibilities for positive change.

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Book SynopsisLet's set the scene: there's a regular on his barstool, beer in hand. He's watching a young couple execute a complicated series of moves on the dance floor, while at the table in the corner the DJ adjusts his headphones and slips a new beat into the mix. These are all experiences created by a given sceneone where we feel connected to other people, in places like a bar or a community center, a neighborhood parish or even a train station. Scenes enable experiences, but they also cultivate skills, create ambiances, and nourish communities. In Scenescapes, Daniel Aaron Silver and Terry Nichols Clark examine the patterns and consequences of the amenities that define our streets and strips. They articulate the core dimensions of the theatricality, authenticity, and legitimacy of local scenescafes, churches, restaurants, parks, galleries, bowling alleys, and more. Scenescapes not only reimagines cities in cultural terms, it details how scenes shape economic development, residential pattern

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Anthropologists (and those in allied disciplines) know Taussig as a stylistic innovator.”—Times Literary Supplement “Above all, he is interested in individual stories and experiences, unique tales that cannot be reduced to rational explanation or bland report. . . . At the center of Taussig’s method is the anthropologist’s desire to bear witness to what he cannot understand.”—Los Angeles Review of Books “One of the most accomplished writers that anthropology has produced.”—Choice “Iconoclastic, experimental, and poetic, refusing ‘theory’ even as he makes it do his work.”—Hugh Raffles, The New School “[This is] what anthropology is for: the art or science that shows fish the water. Taussig is renowned as one of its dizziest dialectical conjurors.”—Times Higher Education “ [Taussig’s] late career unfolds with vitality, ingenuity, and surprises—with the storytelling voice, finally, of a Marlowe.”—George Marcus, University of California, Irvine * Praise for Michael Taussig *"In the nineteen chapters that make up the book, Taussig reflects on a world on the brink of collapse; a world which is based on a “new normal” marked by the 'fantastic power of catastrophe' and the non-existence of the ordinary... Taussig’s book helps one consider new paths for understanding our contemporary world and the various forms of violence, dominance and destruction that haunt us." * Anthropology Book Forum *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Schlosser is a master at making old texts relevant to the new world, and, with Herodotus in the Anthropocene, he brings Herodotus into conversation with the present, as a kind of corrective to modern liberal political theory. Such an orientation toward the political world—toward human activity and possibility—is one we need to embrace in the present, anthropocenic age. This is a strong and provocative explication that deserves attention in political theory and beyond.” -- Susan McWilliams Barndt, Pomona College"There is something in this engagingly written book for several interest groups. For the student of Herodotus there is the stimulus of being asked to admire, as virtues, characteristics of his approach to history which are more frequently regarded as vices; for the student of political science there are some interesting insights into to the complicated characteristics of democracy; for the student of the Anthropocene there is the encouragement to use the example of Herodotus to think more pluralistically about their research." * Classics for All *"Schlosser’s rich and detailed account of the Histories will be of great interest to scholars of Herodotus, stretching far beyond Herodotus’s relevance to the Anthropocene. There are textually detailed and careful readings of the many episodes of the Histories, rethinking and reinterpreting foundational ideas such as nomoi, the oikeomenê (the known world), equality. . . and freedom (elutheria)." * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The Nature of Things 2 The Known World 3 The Practice of Nomos 4 Narrating Inquiry 5 Freedom and Earthly Flourishing Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Schlosser is a master at making old texts relevant to the new world, and, with Herodotus in the Anthropocene, he brings Herodotus into conversation with the present, as a kind of corrective to modern liberal political theory. Such an orientation toward the political world—toward human activity and possibility—is one we need to embrace in the present, anthropocenic age. This is a strong and provocative explication that deserves attention in political theory and beyond.” -- Susan McWilliams Barndt, Pomona College“Herodotus can serve as an engaging guide to a contemporary understanding of the challenges emerging from a changing and powerful nature that is itself constituted by human actions. There is much that is valuable and insightful that comes from reading Herodotus; Schlosser most skillfully and elegantly connects those insights to the larger themes of nature and human interaction and the consequences of those interactions for our political life.” -- Arlene Saxonhouse, University of Michigan"There is something in this engagingly written book for several interest groups. For the student of Herodotus there is the stimulus of being asked to admire, as virtues, characteristics of his approach to history which are more frequently regarded as vices; for the student of political science there are some interesting insights into to the complicated characteristics of democracy; for the student of the Anthropocene there is the encouragement to use the example of Herodotus to think more pluralistically about their research." * Classics for All *"Schlosser’s rich and detailed account of the Histories will be of great interest to scholars of Herodotus, stretching far beyond Herodotus’s relevance to the Anthropocene. There are textually detailed and careful readings of the many episodes of the Histories, rethinking and reinterpreting foundational ideas such as nomoi, the oikeomenê (the known world), equality. . . and freedom (elutheria)." * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The Nature of Things 2 The Known World 3 The Practice of Nomos 4 Narrating Inquiry 5 Freedom and Earthly Flourishing Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAcknowledgements Preface Notes on Contributors The Migration-Development Nexus: Toward a Transnational Perspective; T.Faist & M.Fauser PART I: Paradigms Methodologicaland Conceptual A Global Perspective on Migration and Development; N.Glick Schiller The Dialectic between Uneven Developmentand Forced Migration:Toward aPolitical Economy Analytical Framework; R.Delgado Wise & H.Márquez Covarrubias PART II: Organizations, Networksand States Diasporas, Recovery,and Developmentin Conflict-Ridden Societies; N.van Hear Businessas Usual? Urban Actorsand Transnational Investmentsin Accra, Ghana; L.Smith How Receiving Cities Contributeto Simultaneous Engagementsfor Incorporationand Development; M.Fauser A Sociologyof Diaspora Knowledge Networks; J.B Meyer PART III: Outlook Academic Knowledge, Public Policy,and theRole ofSocial Scientists; T.Faist Modernization, Development, and Migration in a Skeptical Age; P.KivistoTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Notes on Contributors The Migration-Development Nexus: Toward a Transnational Perspective; T.Faist & M.Fauser PART I: Paradigms – Methodological and Conceptual A Global Perspective on Migration and Development; N.Glick Schiller The Dialectic between Uneven Development and Forced Migration: Toward a Political Economy Analytical Framework; R.Delgado Wise & H.Márquez Covarrubias PART II: Organizations, Networks and States Diasporas, Recovery, and Development in Conflict-Ridden Societies; N.van Hear Business as Usual? Urban Actors and Transnational Investments in Accra, Ghana; L.Smith How Receiving Cities Contribute to Simultaneous Engagements for Incorporation and Development; M.Fauser A Sociology of Diaspora Knowledge Networks; J.B Meyer PART III: Outlook Academic Knowledge, Public Policy, and the Role of Social Scientists; T.Faist Modernization, Development, and Migration in a Skeptical Age; P.Kivisto

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Book SynopsisThis book tells the story of the dynamic and resilient people commonly known as the Cro-Magnons in light of recent scientific advances.Trade ReviewTrenton Holliday is unquestionably one of the foremost experts on this subject. -- John Shea, Stony Brook University, author of The Unstoppable Human Species: : The Emergence of Homo Sapiens in PrehistoryMost every schoolchild has heard of the Cro-Magnons, but few people actually know anything about them. This engaging and accessible book by Trenton Holliday may go a long way toward remedying that situation! Written by one of the leading experts on the Ice Age peoples of the world, Cro-Magnon brings to life—in clear, nontechnical English—what we know about these ancient Europeans, their fascinating history of study, and the very latest research on them. -- Steven Churchill, Duke University, author of Thin on the Ground: Neandertal Biology, Archeology, and EcologyIn Cro-Magnon, Holliday gifts us a vivid, impressively detailed portrait of the earliest modern Europeans. He deftly weaves studies of biological characteristics, behavioral indicators, environment, history, and colorful descriptions of places and people into a fascinating narrative that brings alive these humans of the distant past. Holliday’s book is thorough yet eminently readable, and is certainly required reading for anyone interested in the later phases of human evolution. -- Fred H. Smith, University Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Biological Sciences, Illinois State UniversityPerceptively reviews what we have learned about Cro-Magnons over the century and a half since their discovery. * Natural History Magazine *Well illustrated and referenced, citing both the most recent research and past studies, the volume has an obvious place in college and university libraries. Holliday’s engaging writing style also makes this a readable, informative source for an audience beyond the walls of academia. * Choice Reviews, the American Library Association (ALA) *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Discovery2. Archaeology of the Ancients3. The Abel to Our Cain? Homo neanderthalensis4. Fossil and Recent Homo sapiens5. A Paleontological Perspective on Modern Human Origins6. The Genetics of Modern Human Origins7. Is There Such a Thing as Modern Human Behavior?8. Neandertal and Cro-Magnon Interactions in Europe9. Bioanthropology of the Cro-Magnons10. Slings and Arrows11. Cro-Magnon Art12. Cold ComfortAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book tells the story of the dynamic and resilient people commonly known as the Cro-Magnons in light of recent scientific advances.Trade ReviewTrenton Holliday is unquestionably one of the foremost experts on this subject. -- John Shea, Stony Brook University, author of The Unstoppable Human Species: : The Emergence of Homo Sapiens in PrehistoryMost every schoolchild has heard of the Cro-Magnons, but few people actually know anything about them. This engaging and accessible book by Trenton Holliday may go a long way toward remedying that situation! Written by one of the leading experts on the Ice Age peoples of the world, Cro-Magnon brings to life—in clear, nontechnical English—what we know about these ancient Europeans, their fascinating history of study, and the very latest research on them. -- Steven Churchill, Duke University, author of Thin on the Ground: Neandertal Biology, Archeology, and EcologyIn Cro-Magnon, Holliday gifts us a vivid, impressively detailed portrait of the earliest modern Europeans. He deftly weaves studies of biological characteristics, behavioral indicators, environment, history, and colorful descriptions of places and people into a fascinating narrative that brings alive these humans of the distant past. Holliday’s book is thorough yet eminently readable, and is certainly required reading for anyone interested in the later phases of human evolution. -- Fred H. Smith, University Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Biological Sciences, Illinois State UniversityPerceptively reviews what we have learned about Cro-Magnons over the century and a half since their discovery. * Natural History Magazine *Well illustrated and referenced, citing both the most recent research and past studies, the volume has an obvious place in college and university libraries. Holliday’s engaging writing style also makes this a readable, informative source for an audience beyond the walls of academia. * Choice Reviews, the American Library Association (ALA) *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Discovery2. Archaeology of the Ancients3. The Abel to Our Cain? Homo neanderthalensis4. Fossil and Recent Homo sapiens5. A Paleontological Perspective on Modern Human Origins6. The Genetics of Modern Human Origins7. Is There Such a Thing as Modern Human Behavior?8. Neandertal and Cro-Magnon Interactions in Europe9. Bioanthropology of the Cro-Magnons10. Slings and Arrows11. Cro-Magnon Art12. Cold ComfortAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A brilliantly conceived, movingly narrated, and sensitively braided book. In it, the philosophical, theoretical, methodological, political, geographical, and spiritual stakes are high and concern the ethics and integrity of the poetics of political struggle, wherever that struggle might take place. Richa Nagar and the Saathis, Dalits, Kisans, and Mazdoors provide powerful fuel for a different kind of entitlement—the entitlement to justice."--M. Jacqui Alexander, author of Pedagogies of Crossing: Meditations on Feminism, Sexual Politics, Memory, and the Sacred"Written in Nagar's inimitable lyrical and theoretically provocative style, Hungry Translations invites and challenges us to participate in ongoing/unfinished stories and journeys of movement building across uneven social and epistemic terrain. The spiral movement of the text mobilizes and interweaves stories, bodies, and knowledges to rethink the process of translation as a 'telling in turn,' and a hunger for justice, rather than a straightforward 'carrying across of meaning.' Moving fluidly across three primary sites of movement building, political theatre, and classroom, Nagar imagines and enacts a landscape of ethical solidarity, introducing concepts like radical vulnerability, situated solidarity, hungry translations, and relational journeys of entanglement to map interwoven stories, campaigns, movements, struggles, and knowledges. A brilliantly incisive and original book that belongs on the bookshelves of all activist scholars committed to an ethical praxis of border crossing."--Chandra Talpade Mohanty, coeditor of Feminist Freedom Warriors, Genealogies, Justice, Politics and Hope

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Book SynopsisCharting the shift from radicalism to conservatism in the Mormon American WestTrade ReviewWinner of the Best First Book Award, the Mormon History Association, 2004. "Offers a fresh, nuanced interpretation of how yesterday's polygamous, communal, even anti-American Mormon radicals became modern-day social and political conservatives in the American West."--Professional Geographer"Chief among [this book's] contributions are . . . a number of stimulating and novel insights about the causes and implications of the regional struggle between Mormons and non-Mormons during the period."--Journal of Mormon History"This well-written book will . . . become a standard reference."--Choice"Yorgason's challenging insights add an important dimension to the discussion of this time of transition, and they may well have a significant impact on how future scholars deal with it."--American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction: A Narrowed Regional Conversation 1 1. The Region as the Unit of Analysis 13 2. Moderating Feminist Imaginations 31 3. Privatizing Mormon Communitarianism 78 4. Re-presenting America 130 5. A New Type of Home 171 Afterword: Mormons and the Contemporary Mormon Culture Region 187 Notes 193 Works Cited 217 Index 253

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

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

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

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