Surroundings

Author : Etienne S. Benson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022670629X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surroundings written by Etienne S. Benson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the ubiquity of environmental rhetoric in the modern world, it’s easy to think that the meaning of the terms environment and environmentalism are and always have been self-evident. But in Surroundings, we learn that the environmental past is much more complex than it seems at first glance. In this wide-ranging history of the concept, Etienne S. Benson uncovers the diversity of forms that environmentalism has taken over the last two centuries and opens our eyes to the promising new varieties of environmentalism that are emerging today. Through a series of richly contextualized case studies, Benson shows us how and why particular groups of people—from naturalists in Napoleonic France in the 1790s to global climate change activists today—adopted the concept of environment and adapted it to their specific needs and challenges. Bold and deeply researched, Surroundings challenges much of what we think we know about what an environment is, why we should care about it, and how we can protect it.

Author : Sverker Finnström
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822388791
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living with Bad Surroundings written by Sverker Finnström and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-20 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1986, the Acholi people of northern Uganda have lived in the crossfire of a violent civil war, with the Lord’s Resistance Army and other groups fighting the Ugandan government. Acholi have been murdered, maimed, and driven into displacement. Thousands of children have been abducted and forced to fight. Many observers have perceived Acholiland and northern Uganda to be an exception in contemporary Uganda, which has been celebrated by the international community for its increased political stability and particularly for its fight against AIDS. These observers tend to portray the Acholi as war-prone, whether because of religious fanaticism or intractable ethnic hatreds. In Living with Bad Surroundings, Sverker Finnström rejects these characterizations and challenges other simplistic explanations for the violence in northern Uganda. Foregrounding the narratives of individual Acholi, Finnström enables those most affected by the ongoing “dirty war” to explain how they participate in, comprehend, survive, and even resist it. Finnström draws on fieldwork conducted in northern Uganda between 1997 and 2006 to describe how the Acholi—especially the younger generation, those born into the era of civil strife—understand and attempt to control their moral universe and material circumstances. Structuring his argument around indigenous metaphors and images, notably the Acholi concepts of good and bad surroundings, he vividly renders struggles in war and the related ills of impoverishment, sickness, and marginalization. In this rich ethnography, Finnström provides a clear-eyed assessment of the historical, cultural, and political underpinnings of the civil war while maintaining his focus on Acholi efforts to achieve “good surroundings,” viable futures for themselves and their families.

Author : Etienne S. Benson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022670632X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surroundings written by Etienne S. Benson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the ubiquity of environmental rhetoric in the modern world, it’s easy to think that the meaning of the terms environment and environmentalism are and always have been self-evident. But in Surroundings, we learn that the environmental past is much more complex than it seems at first glance. In this wide-ranging history of the concept, Etienne S. Benson uncovers the diversity of forms that environmentalism has taken over the last two centuries and opens our eyes to the promising new varieties of environmentalism that are emerging today. Through a series of richly contextualized case studies, Benson shows us how and why particular groups of people—from naturalists in Napoleonic France in the 1790s to global climate change activists today—adopted the concept of environment and adapted it to their specific needs and challenges. Bold and deeply researched, Surroundings challenges much of what we think we know about what an environment is, why we should care about it, and how we can protect it.

Author : Ronald G. Davidson
Publisher : Kendall Hunt
ISBN 13 : 9780787230241
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Genes and Surroundings written by Ronald G. Davidson and published by Kendall Hunt. This book was released on 1999-07-07 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : P.S. Nagar
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
ISBN 13 : 938774115X
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Floristic Biodiversity of Barda Hills and Its Surroundings written by P.S. Nagar and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book Floristic diversity of Barda Hills and its surroundings is first of its kind emphasizing the contribution of J.I. Thaker (1910) to the field of plant taxonomy and ethnobotany of Gujarat. His major contribution was on Vanaspati Sastra - Barda dungar ni-Jadibuti taeni Pariksha anae Upayog in Gujarati (1910). After his premiere work, no comprehensive study were undertaken to identify the multifarious changes that have come about in the area. In view of this, an attempt was made to understand the floristic diversity with different facets of taxonomic and ecological understanding in the Barda Hills and its surroundings. The basis of the whole study was based on the hypothesis that - the habitat destruction, over-exploitation of biotic resources, pollution and introduc-tion of exotic species as a result of human activities in the area over a period of ten decades, might have caused decline or shift in the species composition in the Barda Hills and its surroundings. Justification to the hypothesis includes various descriptive findings on biodiversity, historical understanding, floristic diversity, biogeography, species diversity (ecological prospective), genetic diversity and bioresources.

Author : Edward Sylvester Morse
Publisher : Boston, Ticknor, 1886 [1885]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings written by Edward Sylvester Morse and published by Boston, Ticknor, 1886 [1885]. This book was released on 1885 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Evan Jones
Publisher : COCH Y BONDDU BOOKS
ISBN 13 : 9781904784241
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Portrait of Machynlleth and Its Surroundings written by Evan Jones and published by COCH Y BONDDU BOOKS. This book was released on 2009 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anthony De Jasay
Publisher : Amagi Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Justice and Its Surroundings written by Anthony De Jasay and published by Amagi Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libertarian (in the right-wing sense) political philosopher de Jasay presents 17 essays on his conception of justice and issues that he sees as surrounding the concept of justice: the state, the redistribution of income and wealth, the benefits and burdens between those who make collective choices and those who submit to them, the shaping of economic and social institutions so as to make them fit a unified ideology, and the problem of individual liberty. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Felipe Jimenez
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3038975680
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book RoadVehicles Surroundings Supervision On-Board Sensors and Communications written by Felipe Jimenez and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Road Vehicles Surroundings Supervision: On-Board Sensors and Communications" that was published in Applied Sciences

Author : William Peter Strickland
Publisher : University of Michigan Library
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old Mackinaw, Or, The Fortress of the Lakes and Its Surroundings written by William Peter Strickland and published by University of Michigan Library. This book was released on 1860 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: