Human geography Books
NIAS Press Fragrant Frontier: Global Spice Entanglements
Book SynopsisSince its inception over two millennia ago, the spice trade has connected and transformed the environments, politics, cultures, and cuisines of vastly different societies around the world. The ‘magical’ qualities of spices mean they offer more than a mere food flavoring, often evoking memories of childhood events or specific festivals. Although spices are frequently found in our kitchen cupboards, how they get there has something of a mythical allure. In this ethnographically rich and insightful study, the authors embark on a journey of demystification that starts in the Sino-Vietnamese uplands with three spices – star anise, black cardamom, and cassia (cinnamon) – and ends on dining tables across the globe. This book foregrounds the experiences of ethnic minority farmers cultivating these spices, highlighting nuanced entanglements among livelihoods, environment, ethnic identity, and external pressures, as well as other factors at play. It then investigates the complex commodity chains that move and transform these spices from upland smallholdings and forests in this frontier to global markets, mapping the flows of spices, identifying the numerous actors involved, and teasing out critical power imbalances. Finally, it focuses on value-creation and the commoditization of these spices across a spectrum of people and places. This rich and carefully integrated volume offers new insights into upland frontier livelihoods and the ongoing implications of the contemporary agrarian transition. Moreover, it bridges the gap in our knowledge regarding how these specific spices, cultivated for centuries in the mountainous Sino-Vietnamese uplands, become everyday ingredients in Global North food, cosmetics, and medicines. Links to online resources, including story maps, provide further insights and visual highlights.
£69.00
NIAS Press Fragrant Frontier: Global Spice Entanglements from the Sino-Vietnamese Uplands: 2022
Book SynopsisSince its inception over two millennia ago, the spice trade has connected and transformed the environments, politics, cultures, and cuisines of vastly different societies around the world. The ‘magical’ qualities of spices mean they offer more than a mere food flavoring, often evoking memories of childhood events or specific festivals. Although spices are frequently found in our kitchen cupboards, how they get there has something of a mythical allure. In this ethnographically rich and insightful study, the authors embark on a journey of demystification that starts in the Sino-Vietnamese uplands with three spices – star anise, black cardamom, and cassia (cinnamon) – and ends on dining tables across the globe. This book foregrounds the experiences of ethnic minority farmers cultivating these spices, highlighting nuanced entanglements among livelihoods, environment, ethnic identity, and external pressures, as well as other factors at play. It then investigates the complex commodity chains that move and transform these spices from upland smallholdings and forests in this frontier to global markets, mapping the flows of spices, identifying the numerous actors involved, and teasing out critical power imbalances. Finally, it focuses on value-creation and the commoditization of these spices across a spectrum of people and places. This rich and carefully integrated volume offers new insights into upland frontier livelihoods and the ongoing implications of the contemporary agrarian transition. Moreover, it bridges the gap in our knowledge regarding how these specific spices, cultivated for centuries in the mountainous Sino-Vietnamese uplands, become everyday ingredients in Global North food, cosmetics, and medicines. Links to online resources, including story maps, provide further insights and visual highlights.
£22.46
Aarhus University Press The Urban Turn: Cities, Talent and Knowledge in
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£36.00
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Italiotai E Italikoi Testimonianze Greche Nel
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£169.10
Springer Clashes of Knowledge: Orthodoxies and Heterodoxies in Science and Religion
Book SynopsisDo traditional distinctions between "belief" and "knowledge" still make sense? How are differences between knowledge and belief understood in different cultural contexts? This book explores conflicts between various types of knowledge, especially between orthodox and heterodox knowledge systems, ranging from religious fundamentalism to heresies within the scientific community itself. Beyond addressing many fields in the academy, the book discusses learned individuals interested in the often puzzling spatial and cultural disparities of knowledge and clashes of knowledge.Table of ContentsContents,- Introduction to the book series „Knowledge and Space':Peter Meusburger,-: Introduction to this volume Clashes of Knowledge inside, outside, and at the Threshold of Science: Edgar Wunder,- Chapter 1: Forms of Knowledge: Problems, Projects, Perspectives: Günter Abel,- Chapter 2: The Nexus of Knowledge and Space: Peter Meusburger,- Chapter 3: Cultural boundaries: Settled and unsettled: Thomas F. Gieryn,- Chapter 4: Actor’s and Analysts’ Categories in the Social Analysis of Science: Harry Collins,- Chapter 5: Science and the Limits of Knowledge: Mikael Stenmark,- Chapter 6: Science and Religion in Popular Publishing: Aileen Fyfe,- Chapter 7: Reason, Faith, and Gnosis: Potentials and Problematics of a Typological Construct: Wouter J. Hanegraaff,- Chapter 8: The Demarcation Problem of Knowledge and Faith. Questions and Answers from Theology: Michael Welker ,- Chapter 9: Types of Sacred Space and European Responses to New Religious Movements: Eileen Barker,- Chapter 10: When Faiths Collide: The Case of Fundamentalism: Roger W. Stump,- Chapter 11: The Theory of Cognitive Dissonance: State of the Science and Directions for Future Research: Peter Fischer, Dieter Frey, Claudia Peus and Andreas Kastenmüller,- Chapter 12: Turning Persuasion from Art into a Science: Robert B. Cialdini,- Abstracts of the contribution,- Addresses of the contributors,- On the Klaus Tschira Foundation
£189.99
Thela Thesis The Ageing of Fertility in Europe: A Comparative
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£14.36
A A Balkema Publishers Palaeoecology of Africa and the Surrounding
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.
£161.50
A A Balkema Publishers Palaeohistoria 33,34 (1991-1992): Institute of
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.
£266.00
A A Balkema Publishers Phase Transformation and Rock Genesis: Russian
Book SynopsisThis is a translation of "Fazovie Prevrazheniya i Petrogenez". Earthquakes, tectonic movements and magmatic activities are considered as different manifestations of the same physico-mechanical process. This text discusses characteristics of phase transformation thermodynamics and the origin of magmaic fomrations are discussed.
£137.75
A A Balkema Publishers Geotechnical Management of Waste and
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;
£356.25
A A Balkema Publishers Evolution of the Tasman Sea Basin: Proceedings of
Book SynopsisProviding an assessment of the state of knowledge on the Tasman Sea Basin, this text covers an up-to-the-minute assessment of the state of knowledge on the Tasman Sea Basin. The papers deal with the geological & geophysical aspects of Gondawa break-up (opening of the Tasman Sea), including hot-spot-trails, granite emplacement, paleomagnetism & rifted-marginal basins; Paleooceanography, including atmospheric & oceanic circulation patterns; Detailed examinations of oxygen-isotope records, distribution patterns & dissolution records of marine fauna, providing new paleoclimatic & paleogeographic information relating to geologically most recent evolutionary history of Tasman Sea Basin.
£218.50
A A Balkema Publishers Spatial Variation and Seasonality in Growth and
Book SynopsisThis text explores the spatial variation and seasonality in growth and reproduction of "Enhalus acoroides" (L.f.) Royle populations in the coastal waters off Cape Bolinao, NW Phillipines.Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1 General introduction Chapter 2 Characterization of the environmental conditions at the selected study sites: seagrass habitats of Bolinao, NW Philippines Chapter 3 Spatio-temporal variation in shoot size and leaf growth of the two dominant Philippine seagrasses Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle and Thalassia hemprichii (Ehrenb.) Aschers. Chapter 4 Recolonization in a multi-species seagrass meadow: the contrasting strategies of the two dominant species Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle and Thalassia hemprichii (Ehrenb.) Aschers. Chapter 5 Factors affecting the spatio-temporal vanatton in the sexual reproduction in Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle Chapter 6 The effects of sediment type, shading and nutrient addition on the survival, morphometrics and biomass of Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle seedlings Chapter 7 On the survival, morphology and growth of the mature stands of Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle: in situ imposed shading and transplantation experiments Chapter 8 General discussion and conclusions: the primary importance of light availability on the biology of Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle SummarySa laktud Curriculum vitae
£54.14
A A Balkema Publishers Hydroinformatics as Sociotechnology
Book SynopsisThis work argues for the adoption of sociotechnology as a unified concept where both social and technical aspects are approached simultaneously.
£85.49
A A Balkema Publishers Geoenvironmental Mapping: Methods,Theory and
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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A A Balkema Publishers Sensors and Environmental Applications of Remote
Book SynopsisThese papers feature the latest research covering the analysis of data from the most advanced systems, including both visible and infrared optical sensors and both passive and active microwave sensors. Papers are grouped according to broad areas, such as land applications.
£332.50
A A Balkema Publishers History of Geology, Volume 2
Book SynopsisThis is a translation of "Histoire de la geologie, tome 2". It covers theories and the theory of the Earth, collective ideas on the Earth between 1650 and 1830, and the discovery of extinct volanoes in Europe.
£171.00
A A Balkema Publishers Space Informatics for Sustainable Development
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).
£133.00
A A Balkema Publishers Future Trends in Remote Sensing
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.
£137.75
Thela Thesis Town and Hinterland in Developing Countries:
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£13.25
A A Balkema Publishers Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface: Proceedings
Book SynopsisTopics covered: Geochemical record of terrestrial environmental change, and global geochemical cycles; Chemical weathering and climate, river catchment studies; Environmental geochemistry of the terrestrial environment and its effect on health; Organic geochemistry; Marine and sedimentary geochemistry; Mineralogy, microbes and chemistry of weathering; Geochemical thermodynamics and kinetics; Geochemistry of crustal fluids and of catastrophic events.
£78.84
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Indian Ocean - A Perspective: Volume 1
Book SynopsisThe Indian Ocean represents a part of the global Ocean that has been less studied by modern oceanography than the Atlantic and Pacific parts. This is remarkable, since the Indian Ocean was subject to much historic exploration through navigators from Asia, India, the Middle East and lastly from Europe.This unique, comprehensive reference set on the Indian Ocean, covers all oceanographical aspects with its physics, chemistry, biology and geology in 21 peer-reviewed expert-written chapters. Besides the well-ground basis on the Ocean’s characteristics and a wealth of data, some unique features presented are the monsoon - the biennial reversal of winds and the resultant surface circulation; the tropical and sub-tropical jet streams, namely the Somali current, the Agulhas current and the Leevwin current; the oxygen-poor intermediate waters in its northern part which significantly contribute several green house gases to the atmosphere, for example, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane and dimethyl sulphide; its exhaustive coral reefs and mangrove vegetation; and the polymetallic nodules at its depths and its other mineral resources. Moreover, an analysis is provided of the anthropogenic contributions and their impacts on the health of the Indian Ocean; and that of estuary environments of important rivers of the 15 littoral countries. Intended for research scientists, professionals and students working in physical, chemical and geological oceanography.Table of ContentsVolume 1 1. Physical Oceanography 2. The Climate 3. Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing in the Southern Indian Ocean 4. Chemical Oceanography 5. Oceanography of Marginal Seas 6. Features of Some Significant Estuaries of India 7. Estuaries of Littoral Countries other than India 8. Health of the Indian Ocean 9. Bioactive Substances IndexVolume 2 10. Primary Productivity 11. Zooplankton 12. Benthos 13. Biology of Corals and Coral Reefs 14. Marine Microbiology – A Glimpese of the Strides in the Indian and the Global Arena 15. Mangroves 16. Seaweed Resources 17. Mineral Resources 18. Geochemistry of Sediments 19. Western Indian Ocean – A Glimpse of the Tectonic Scenario 20. Structure and Tectonic Evolution of the Northeastern Indian Ocean 21. Geomorphology and Geology of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea Index
£275.50
A A Balkema Publishers Dynamics of Earth's Fluid System
Book SynopsisThis text describes several geological processes, such as the lithospheric deformation and evolution of groundwater resources, which are directly or indirectly influenced by the movements of subsurface fluids from crustal level to the Earth's core.
£137.75
A A Balkema Publishers Palaeoecology of Africa and the Surrounding
Book SynopsisThese papers derive from a workshop on "Quaternary Sedimentary Records in Central Africa and their Palaeoenvironmental Interpretation", held at the 15th INQUA Congress. They mainly cover the Late Quaternary to Holocene climate and environmental history of today's rainforest regions.
£166.25
A A Balkema Publishers Identification and Mitigation of Large Landslide
Book SynopsisLarge landslides affect many mountain valleys in Europe. They are characterised by a low probability of evolution into a catastrophic event but can have very large impacts on population, infrastructures and the environment. This impact is becoming more and more pronounced due to increasing tourism and the construction of new roads and railways in mountainous areas. Methodologies for the assessment and mitigation of risks are therefore a major issue. Since very large slope movements are quite often directly or indirectly implicated in disasters, like landslides, secondary slides or debris flow, their early identification is essential to an adequate risk assessment of the zones involved.The assessment of risks due to large landslides in the alpine environment is the first activity carried out within the IMIRILAND Project. This project involves seven partners representing five European countries and is funded by the European Commission within the Fifth Framework Program (Research and Technological Development, Activities of a Generic Nature: the Fight against Major Natural and Technological Hazards). The objective of this cooperation is to develop risk management methodologies and mitigation strategies that can be applied at a European level as useful tools for administrators and land users.To this end, by means of a multidisciplinary approach the hazard analysis of some selected large landslides was examined with a particular focus on geological, geomorphological and geo-mechanical methods. In addition, vulnerability and risk analyses were carried out to enable the consideration of direct and indirect consequences, as well as technical and social impacts. The developed risk assessment procedure was critically examined through application to some selected landslides. Identification and Mitigation of Large Landslide Risks in Europe – Advances in Risk Assessment presents the risk assessment procedure developed and the case studies that were performed within the framework of the IMIRILAND Project. It is edited by Arpa Piemonte, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Politecnico di TorinoThis book is intended for geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, geomorphologists and planners who are involved in landslides and in assessing the stability of natural slopes.Table of ContentsPreface1. Introduction2. The meaning of risk assessment related to large landslides3. A key approach: the IMIRILAND project method4. The Cassas landslide5. The Rosone landslide6. The Oselitzenbach landslide7. The Ceppo Morelli rockslide8. The Sedrun landslide9. The Sechilienne landslide10. Specific situations in other contexts11. Suggestions, guidelines and perspectives of developmentReferences
£190.00
A A Balkema Publishers Moraines and Varves: Origin, Genesis,
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.
£332.50
A A Balkema Publishers Application of Remote Sensing to Agricultural
Book SynopsisThis is the Proceedings of the ‘Application of Remote Sensing to Agricultural Production Forecasting’, a seminar held at the Joint Research Centre of the Commission of the European Communities, Ispra, Italy in 1981.
£190.00
A A Balkema Publishers Mesozoic and Tertiary Geology of Southern Africa:
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
£356.25
A A Balkema Publishers Earth's Nature from Space - A study of the
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
£275.50
A A Balkema Publishers Estuarine Ecology - with Particular Reference to
Book SynopsisThis text covers coastal hydrodynamics, currents, salinities and temperatures, fertility, flora, biomass and plankton, fauna, fishes, avifauna and a survey of estuaries in southern Africa.
£413.25
A A Balkema Publishers Catalogue of European industrial capabilities in
Book SynopsisEquipment & services offered by 80 firms in 10 countries.
£247.00
A A Balkema Publishers Magmatism and Transformation of Active Areas of
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.
£171.00
A A Balkema Publishers Shallow Tethys 2: Proceedings of the
Book SynopsisThe Proceedings of the International Symposium on Shallow Tethys 2, held in Wagga Wagga, on the 15-17 September 1986.
£218.50
A A Balkema Publishers Management of Toxic Materials in an International
Book SynopsisThis work covers topics such as a water quality management plan for the Dutch portion of the North Sea, estimating discharges under 1980 conditions, and estimating effects of discharges on ambient water quality.
£114.00
A A Balkema Publishers Geomorphological Studies in Southern Africa:
Book SynopsisThe proceedings of a symposium on Geomorphological Studies in Southern Africa, held in Transkei, on the 8-11 April 1988.
£218.50
A A Balkema Publishers Glaciotectonics
Book SynopsisProceedings of various meetings of the Glaciotectonics Work Group: Field meeting at Møn, Denmark 1986; INQUA congress, Ottawa (1987); Field meeting at Norfolk, UK (1988)
£137.75
A A Balkema Publishers Loess: Its Distribution, Geology and Soils:
Book SynopsisProceedings of an International Symposium on Loess in New Zealand, Feb. 1987. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
£190.00
A A Balkema Publishers Crustal Evolution and Orogeny
Book SynopsisCovers crustal evolution and terrestrial plate tectonics operation from the early Archean to the present day, development of ideas pertaining to accumulations of tectonic models, accounts of structural development in rock of the early Proterozoic age in the northwestern peninsular Indian shield, a n
£171.00
A A Balkema Publishers Geodynamics and Metallogeny of Folded Belts:
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.
£190.00
A A Balkema Publishers Water-Rock Interaction (WRI-6): Proceedings of
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.
£218.50
A A Balkema Publishers Engineering and Environmental Impacts of
Book SynopsisProceedings of the Third Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, USA, October 1989. Treats groundwater quality and pollution, engineering geology, and planning, governmental and legal implications of Karst terrains.
£275.50
A A Balkema Publishers Evolution of Ore-bearing Precambrian Structures:
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.
£190.00
Amsterdam University Press From Padi States to Commercial States:
Book Synopsis"Zomia" is a term coined in 2002 to describe the broad swath of mountainous land in Southeast Asia that has always been beyond the reach of lowland governments despite their technical claims to control. This book expands the anthropological reach of that term, applying it to any deterritorialised people, from cast-out migrants to modern resisters-in the process finding new ways to understand the realities of peoples and ethnicities that refuse to become part of the modern state.Table of Contents1 Introduction: from Padi States to Commercial States Preliminary Remarks Nations and States or Nation-States? Inner Zomia and Globalization: the Other among the Self Ethnogenesis: Ethnic Minorities or Social Groups? Identity Construction in the Borderlands 2 Populations on the Move in the Borderlands of Northeast Cambodia: Socio-Economic Changes and Identity Creation (F. Bourdier) Irremediable Interferences International Linkages, Newcomers, and Alternative Perspectives Theoretical Prospects 3 The Burmese 'Adaptive Colonization' of Southern Thailand (M. Boutry) Introduction Historical Background: the National Roots of International Migrations Rationale The Burmese Adaptive Colonization of Thailand Migrations, Exchanges and the Making of Borders The Perception of Borders and Segmentation of Migration Conclusion 4 The "Interstices": A History of Migration and Ethnicity (J. Ivanoff) How was the first Zomian created? Interactions and Segmentations The Creation of 'Sea-Zomians' The Moken in Thailand The Moken in Myanmar Ethnogenesis: Fear of Slavery Versus Nomad Ideology 5 Borders and Cultural Creativity: the Case of the Chao Lay, the Sea Gypsies of Southern Thailand (O. Ferrari) Introduction Are Borderlands Exclusively Administrative Features? Territory and Borderland as Manifold Concepts The Sea Gypsies in the Ethnoregional Social Fabric The Coast as a Borderland The Nomads and the Sea The Tenth Month Ceremony The Sea Gypsies and the National Borders Conclusion 6. Bibliography Index About the authors
£91.20
Dokument Forlag Closer Together: This is the Future of Cities
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Springer New Perspectives on People and Forests
Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is to elucidate the role of forests as part of a landscape in the life of people. Most landscapes today are cultural landscapes that are influenced by human activity and that in turn have a profound effect on our understanding of and identification with a place. The book proposes that a better understanding of the bond between people and forests as integrated part of a landscape may be helpful in landscape planning, and may contribute to the discussion of changes in forest cover which has been motivated by land use changes, rural development and the global climate debate. To this end, people’s perception of forest landscapes, the reasons for different perceptions, and future perspectives are discussed. Given the wide range of forest landscapes, and cultural perspectives which exist across the world, the book focuses on Europe as a test case to explore the various relationships between society, culture, forests and landscapes. It looks at historical evidence of the impacts of people on forests and vice versa, explores the current factors affecting people’s physical and emotional comfort in forest landscapes, and looks ahead to how changes in forest cover may alter the present relationships of people to forests. Drawing together a diverse literature and combining the expertise of natural and social scientists, this book will form a valuable reference for students and researchers working in the fields of landscape ecology and landscape architecture, geography, social science, environmental psychology or environmental history. It will also be of interest to researchers, government agencies and practitioners with an interest in issues such as sustainable forest management, sustainable tourism, reserve management, urban planning and environmental interpretation.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“The book is the exploration of the cultural, biological, spiritual, economic, and emotional components of the forested landscape of northern Europe from the earliest records of interactions between humans and forests to the present day. … This volume should certainly be considered as part of the literature of landscape ecology, as it considers throughout the interactions between humans, forests, and forested landscapes. … For those with a humanistic or philosophical bent, it is likely a worthwhile read … .” (Ralph E. J. Boerner, Landscape Ecology, Vol. 27, 2012)Table of ContentsPrefaceContentAbout the authorsContributorsPART I1 Introduction – The crooked timber of humanityDainis Dauksta2 Forests in landscapes – The myth of untouched wildernessEva Ritter2.1 People and forests in prehistoric times2.1.1 Hunter-gatherers in Europe2.1.2 The mid-Holocene elm decline2.1.3 The Great Transition2.1.4 Early agricultural impacts on forests2.2 Forest development in historical times2.2.1 The great deforestation of the Ancient World2.2.2 Impacts on forests in Northern and Central Europe2.2.3 Forest protection and forest expansion2.3 Conclusion3 Overcoming Physicophobia – Forests as the sacred source of our human originsRoy Jackson3.1 The forest as nothing more than useful3.2 Rousseau: Friend of the forest3.2.1 The demystification of the forest3.2.2 The “Savage Man”3.3 Nietzsche and the sacredness of nature3.3.1 Nietzsche’s criticism of modernity3.3.2 Nietzsche’s “religious” experience3.4 ConclusionPART II4 Royal forests – Hunting and other forest use in Medieval EnglandDella Hooke4.1 Forests as game reserves4.1.1 The location of forests4.1.2 Forest rights and administration4.2 Medieval hunting4.2.1 Anglo-Saxon hunting and game reserves4.2.2 Medieval hunting methods4.2.3 Hunting iconography in medieval literature4.3 The use of other forest resources4.3.1 Forest pasture4.3.2 Other forest products4.4 The decline of the forests4.5 Hunting in post-medieval times4.6 Conclusion5 Forests as commons – Changing traditions and governance in EuropeChristopher Short5.1 Introduction to the commons5.2 History of forests as commons in Europe5.2.1 Northwestern Europe and the Alps5.2.2 Southern Europe5.2.3 United Kingdom5.3 How the role and use of forests is changing5.4 The relationship between people and forest commons5.5 Conclusion6 New forest owners – Small scale forestry and changes in forest ownershipÁine Ní Dhubháin6.1 What is small-scale forestry?6.2 Characteristics of small-scale forests6.3 Owners of small-scale forests6.3.1 Ownership structure6.3.2 Objectives of small-scale forest owners6.4 Nature of small-scale forests6.5 Consequences of the changing ownership structure6.5.1 Forest fragmentation6.5.2 Recreation and access6.5.3 Timber production6.5.4 Nature conservation6.6 Conclusion7 Forest and recreation – New functions of afforestation as seen in DenmarkCarla K. Smink7.1 Forest recreation: a policy perspective7.2 Forest use in Denmark7.3 Afforestation: creation of recreation opportunities7.4 ConclusionPART III8 From post to pillar – The development and persistence of an arboreal metaphorDainis Dauksta8.1 The wooden post in prehistory and the growth of symbols8.1.1 Timber circles8.1.2 Celtic and La Tène sites8.2 The layering of connected symbols8.2.1 The anthropomorphic tree8.2.2 The lopped tree, the axe and the thunder god8.2.3 The Maypole8.3 The Classical column8.4 Two modern vestiges of the sacred pillar8.5 Conclusion9 Landscape painting and the forest – The influence of cultural factors in the depiction of trees and forestsDainis Dauksta9.1 Medieval symbolic and factual landscapes9.1.1 Symbols of Christ, crucifixion and redemption9.1.2 Perspective, nature and classical mythology9.1.3 Hunting, forestry and country life9.2 Poetic landscapes as concept9.3 New symbolic and factual landscapes9.4 Modern transcendentalism and symbolism9.4.1 David Jones; a coalescence of ancient themes9.4.2 Modern symbolism: irony, the sacred and the secular9.5 Conclusion10 Space and place – Popular perceptions of forestsCarl Griffin10.1 Space and place10.1.1 A range of perceptions, a range of perspectives10.1.2 Understanding popular perceptions of forests10.2 Forests in the landscape and the popular imagination10.2.1 Changing meanings, changing contexts10.2.2 Forests as places apart10.3 The cultural distinctiveness of forests10.3.1 Floral and faunal cultures10.3.2 Everyday cultures10.4 Conclusions: persistences and reimaginings11 Materiality and identity – Forests, trees and senses of belongingOwain Jones11.1 Introduction11.2 Identity11.3 Forests, identity and place11.3.1 Forests as material places of becoming11.3.2 Forests of places of (sensed) dwelling11.4 Forests and practices of identities11.4.1 Global sense of identity11.4.2 National sense of identity11.4.3 Regional sense of identity11.4.4 Local and individual sense of identity11.5 Complex and contested identities11.5.1 Forests as spaces of otherness11.5.2 Forests as places to lose identity11.5.3 Forests as places to find identity11.5.4 Forests: Gender and identity11.6 Conclusion12 Definition and concepts – The etymology and use of the concepts forests and landscapeHanna Byskov Ovesen and Kirsten Krogh Hansen12.1 The use of concepts12.2 Forest12.2.1 Etymology12.2.2 Present use12.3 Landscape12.3.1 Etymology12.3.2 Present use12.4 ConclusionPART IV13 Tree use and landscape changes – Development of a woodland area in SwedenMårten Aronsson and Eva Ritter13.1 The area of Bråbygden13.2 Tree species in the Bråbygden area13.2.1 The natural tree vegetation13.2.2 The function and use of tree species13.3 Human impact on forests, trees and the landscape13.3.1 Grazing and browsing13.3.2 Forest fires and slash-and-burn cultivation13.3.3 Tar distillation and charcoal production13.3.4 Pollards and leaf-fodder harvesting13.3.5 Population growth13.4 Landscape development during medieval times13.5 Landscape development since the 18th century13.5.1 Forest description and forest functions13.5.2 Landscape development13.5.3 Land us changes during the 20th century 13.6 Some thoughts about the future14 Forest landscapes in Europe – Visual characteristics and the role of arboricultureEva Ritter14.1 Landscape perception and analysis14.1.1 Landscape perception and preferences14.1.2 Concepts of landscape analysis14.2 Visual landscape characteristics14.2.1 Degree of openness14.2.2 Complexity and contrast14.3 Tree use and landscape development14.4 Aesthetics in landscape management14.5 ConclusionPART V15 Conclusions – Towards a symbiotic relationshipEva Ritter and Dainis Dauksta15.1 Contradicting forest values15.2 Changing attitudes and relationships15.3 Future perspectivesIndex
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Springer Britain and the Netherlands: Volume IV Metropolis, Dominion and Province
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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Amsterdam University Press Nomadic Pastoralism among the Mongol Herders:
Book SynopsisNomadic Pastoralism among the Mongol Herders: Multispecies and Spatial Ethnography in Mongolia and Transbaikalia is based on anthropological research carried out by the author between 2008 and 2016 and addresses the spatial features of nomadic pastoralism among the Mongol herders of Mongolia and Southern Siberia from a cross-comparative perspective. In addition to classical methods of survey, Charlotte Marchina innovatively used GPS recordings to analyze the ways in which pastoralists envision and concretely occupy the landscape, which they share with their animals and invisible entities. The data, represented in abundant and original cartography, provides a better understanding of the mutual adaptations of both herders and animals in the common use of unfenced pastures, not only between different herders but between different species. The author also highlights the herders' adaptive strategies at a time of rapid sociopolitical and environmental changes in this area of the world.Trade Review"[...] this book provides important insights into current pastoral practices on the Mongolian Steppe. It illuminates the relationship between herders, their livestock and the environment which provides for their pastoral way of life. [...] Nomadic Pastoralism among the Mongol Herders: Multispecies and Spatial Ethnography in Mongolia and Transbaikalia will be of tremendous value to anyone interested in nomads of the Mongolian Steppe." - Daniel J. Miller, Nomadic Peoples, Vol. 26, No. 2 (2022)Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATIONS INTRODUCTION Nomadizing among the Mongols On both sides of the Mongolian-Russian border In the field The human-animal-environment triad CHAPTER 1. NOMAD'S LAND, NO MAN'S LAND? Nomadizing in Mongolia: adaptations and flexibilities - Nomadizing in Arkhangai Province - Unity and diversity in types of Mongolian nomadization - Flexible routes - From nomadization to migration Nomadization in Aga: towards sedentarization - Nomadization practices in the territory of Zugalai - Twenty years after. Land privatization - From privatization to sedentarization: a commonplace? CHAPTER 2. TO HOLD AND BELONG TO ONE'S LAND The attractive forces of the nutag - On the run: animals in search of their nutag - Walk the line: activating centripetal forces - Go your own way: roads and paths of the steppe Maintaining relations with the invisible entities of the nutag - The ovoo: cornerstone of the relationship with the nutag - Consecrated animals CHAPTER 3. SPACES OF SPECIES The pastures - Species and herds - Everyone at home, and the sheep will be well kept - Sharing pastures - Pasture rotation - The autonomy of animals on the pastures Watching the herds - Autonomy under surveillance - Autonomy and indirect supervision - In search of the herds - Watching with the neighbours - Preventing the mix of small livestock - Monitoring against theft The encampment and its spaces - Human habitation, occasionally also for animals - Livestock in close proximity to humans: other animals on the encampment - Mobility of encampment structures - Types of enclosure and their uses - The limits of the encampment CHAPTER 4. ANIMALS AND TERRITORIES Between attachment and detachment: canine interlude Livestock breeds - Mongolian breeds - Breeds in Aga Hybridizations "Hay-ewe, out there in the cold..." Local preferences CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY Index
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Amsterdam University Press Highways and Hierarchies: Ethnographies of
Book SynopsisHighways and Hierarchies: Ethnographies of Mobility from the Himalaya to the Indian Ocean explores the contemporary proliferation of roads in South Asia and the Tibet-Himalaya region, showing how new infrastructures simultaneously create fresh connections and reinforce existing inequalities. Bringing together ethnographic studies on the social politics of road development and new mobilities in twenty-first-century Asia, this edited collection demonstrates that while new roads generate new forms of hierarchy, older forms of hierarchy are remade and re-established in creative and surprising new ways. Focused on South Asia but speaking to more global phenomena, the chapters collectively reveal how road planning, construction and usage routinely yield a simultaneous reinforcement and disruption of social, political and economic relations.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface: Thinking with roads (Penny Harvey) 1 Why highways remake hierarchies (Luke Heslop and Galen Murton) 2 Stuck on the side of the road: Mobility, marginality, and neoliberal governmentality in Nepal (Galen Murton and Tulasi Sharan Sigdel) 3 A road to the 'hidden place': Road building and state formation in Medog, Tibet (Yi Huang) 4 Dhabas, highways, and exclusion (Swargajyoti Gohain) 5 The edge of Kaladan: A 'spectacular' road through 'nowhere' on the India-Myanmar Borderlands (Jasnea Sarma) 6 The making of a 'new Dubai': Infrastructural rhetoric and development in Pakistan (Mustafa A. Khan) 7 Encountering Chinese development in the Maldives: Gifts, hospitality, and rumours (Luke Heslop and Laura Jeffery) 8 Roads and the politics of thought: Climate in India, democracy in Nepal (Katharine Rankin and Edward Simpson) List of figures Photos by author Authors notes Index
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Amsterdam University Press Frontier Tibet: Patterns of Change in the
Book SynopsisFrontier Tibet: Patterns of Change in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands addresses a historical sequence that sealed the future of the Sino-Tibetan borderlands. It considers how starting in the late nineteenth century imperial formations and emerging nation-states developed competing schemes of integration and debated about where the border between China and Tibet should be. It also ponders the ways in which this border is internalised today, creating within the People’s Republic of China a space that retains some characteristics of a historical frontier. The region of eastern Tibet called Kham, the focus of this volume, is a productive lens through which processes of place-making and frontier dynamics can be analysed. Using historical records and ethnography, the authors challenge purely externalist approaches to convey a sense of Kham’s own centrality and the agency of the actors involved. They contribute to a history from below that is relevant to the history of China and Tibet, and of comparative value for borderland studies.Trade Review"Frontier Tibet: Patterns of Change in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands is certain to be a captivating read for scholars of Kham history. Those who are interested in Amdo as well as other Tibetan peripheries are also likely to be inspired by the various modes of expansion and bottom-up approaches. I would further recommend the theoretical pieces in the volume for inclusion in any syllabus on frontier studies. Frontier Tibet is positioned to become a model for the field, and I look forward to seeing what this scholarly community produces in the future."- Xiaobai Hu, Nanjing University, Waxing Moon: Journal of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies, Vol. 1 (2021) "This collection of essays strikes me for its "thickness" in terms of its comprehensive content, heuristic novelty, longitudinal lens (mostly nineteenth to twenty-first century), and interdisciplinary cross-fertilization (mostly between history and anthropology). Largely for that reason, I see this volume as both an encyclopedic handbook and an original monograph on Kham and Sino-Tibetan borderlands, or even as a critical scholarly guidebook for borderlands studies writ large."- Tenzin Jinba, National University of Singapore, The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 79 Issue 4 (2020) "Stéphane Gros must be congratulated on editing this volume. Frontier Tibet is a unique survey of borderland-oriented research in the context of Sino-Tibetan (or, if one wishes, "Sino-Kham") studies, a rapidly evolving field of scholarship, and the book is an indispensable basis for further research."- Per Kværne, Asian Ethnology 79/2 (2020)Table of ContentsForeword and Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Chronology of Events PART I: BORDERS INSIDE OUT INTRODUCTION 1 Frontier (of) Experience: Introduction and Prolegomenon, by Stéphane Gros 2 The Increasing Visibility of the Tibetan 'Borderlands', by Katia Buffetrille 3 Boundaries of the Borderlands: Mapping Gyelthang, by Eric Mortensen PART II: MODES OF EXPANSION AND FORMS OF CONTROL INTRODUCTION 4 Trade, Territory and Missionary Connections in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands, by John Bray 5 Settling Authority: Sichuanese Farmers in Early-Twentieth Century Eastern Tibet, by Scott Relyea 6 Wheat Dreams: Scientific Interventions at Chinese Model Farms in Kham, 1937-1949, by Mark Frank 7 The Origins of Disempowered Development in the Tibetan Borderlands, by C. Patterson Giersch 8 Pastoralists by Choice: Adaptations in Contemporary Pastoralism in Eastern Kham, by Gillian Tan PART III: STRATEGIC BELONGINGS INTRODUCTION 9 Money, Politics, and Local Identity: An Inside Look at the 'Diary' of a Twentieth Century Khampa Trader, by Lucia Galli 10 The Dispute Between Sichuan and Xikang over the Tibetan Kingdom of Trokyap (1930s?1940s), by Fabienne Jagou 11 Rise of a Political Strongman in Dergé in the Early-Twentieth Century: A Story of Jagö Topden, by Yudru Tsomu 12 Harnessing the Power of the Khampa Elites: Political Persuasion and the Consolidation of Communist Party Rule in Gyelthang, by Dá¿a Mortensen 13 Return of the Good King: Kingship and Identity among Yushu Tibetans since 1951, by Maria Turek 14 Yachen as Process: Encampments, Nuns, and Spatial Politics in Post-Mao Kham, by Yasmin Cho AFTERWORD, by Carole McGranahan Index
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