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In Praise Of Floods - The Untamed River And The Life It Brings

by Scott James C. Scott

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 James C. Scott reframes rivers as alive and dynamic, revealing the consequences of treating them as resources for our profit Rivers, on a long view, are alive. They are born; they change; they shift their channels; they forge new routes to the sea; they move both gradually and violently; they can teem (usually) with life; they may die a quasi-natural death; they are frequently maimed and even murdered. It is the annual flood pulse—the brief time when the river occupies the floodplain—that gives a river its vitality, but it is human engineering that kills it, suppressing the flood pulse with dams, irrigation, siltation, dikes, and levees. In demonstrating these threats to the riverine world, award-winning author James C. Scott examines the life history of a particular river, the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) of Burma, the heartland and superhighway of Burman culture. Scott opens our understanding of rivers to encompass their entirety—tributaries, wetlands, floodplains, backwaters, eddies, periodic marshlands, and the assemblage of life forms dependent on rivers for their existence and well-being. For anyone interested in the Anthropocene and the Great Acceleration, rivers offer a striking example of the consequences of human intervention in trying to control and domesticate a natural process, the complexity and variability of which we barely understand.
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Feminist Conservation - Politics And Power In Madagascar'S Marine Commons

by Baker-Medard Merrill Baker-Medard

~~39,75€~~ 35,78€ 10% OFF

 How access to and control over marine resources in Madagascar are negotiated, and the inextricable link between equity and sustainability
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Slow Wood - Greener Building From Local Forests

by Donahue Brian Donahue

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 A counterintuitive proposal for healing the relationship between humans and forests through responsible, sustainable use of local wood in home building
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In Praise Of Floods - The Untamed River And The Life It Brings

by James C. Scott

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 James C. Scott reframes rivers as alive and dynamic, revealing the consequences of treating them as resources for our profit
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Nature, Culture, And Race In Colonial Cuba - Nature, Culture, And Power In Colonial Cuba

by Sessions Lee Sessions

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 A new and necessary examination of how nineteenth-century Cuban white elites viewed the natural world, material culture, and political power as intertwined
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Feminist Conservation - Politics And Power In Madagascar'S Marine Commons

by Merrill Baker-Medard

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 How access to and control over marine resources in Madagascar are negotiated, and the inextricable link between equity and sustainability
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Saving A Rainforest And Losing The World - Conservation And Displacement In The Global Tropics

by Thaler Gregory M. Thaler

~~53,00€~~ 47,70€ 10% OFF

 An unflinching investigation of the false promises of land sparing, exposing how its illusory successes mask the failures of green capitalism
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Hearsay Is Not Excluded - A History Of Natural History

by Dove Michael R. Dove

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 This chronicle of natural history argues that the modern environmental crisis and rise in science skepticism codeveloped with the historic distancing of scientific knowledge from folk knowledge
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Children Of The Northern Forest - Wild New England'S History From Glaciers To Global Warming

by Sayen Jamie Sayen

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 This no-holds-barred narrative of the failure of conservation in northern New Englandâ€™s forests envisions a wilder, more equitable, lower-carbon future for forest-dependent communities
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Hearsay Is Not Excluded - A History Of Natural History

by Michael R. Dove

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 This chronicle of natural history argues that the modern environmental crisis and rise in science skepticism codeveloped with the historic distancing of scientific knowledge from folk knowledge
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Saving A Rainforest And Losing The World - Conservation And Displacement In The Global Tropics

by Gregory M. Thaler

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 An unflinching investigation of the false promises of land sparing, exposing how its illusory successes mask the failures of green capitalism
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Love For The Land - Lessons From Farmers Who Persist In Place

by Lamb Brooks Lamb

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 A moving exploration of presence and place told through the stories of small-scale farmers who, despite intense adversity, continue caring for their land Love for the Land explores the power and potential of people-place relationships. Through clear and compelling prose, it elevates the virtues of imagination, affection, and fidelity-concepts promoted by farmer-writer Wendell Berry-and shows how they motivate small- and mid-scale farmers to care for the land, even in the face of adversity. Paying particular attention to farmland loss from suburban sprawl, rampant agricultural consolidation, and, for farmers of color, racial injustice, Brooks Lamb reckons with the harsh realities that these farmers face. Drawing from in-depth interviews and hands-on experiences in two changing rural communities, he shares stories and sacrifices from dozens of farmers, local leaders, agricultural service providers, and land conservationists. Lamb's rural roots and farming background enable him to cultivate honest, trusting connections with the farmers he engages, yielding raw and powerful insights. Time and again, compelling evidence reveals that stewardship virtues encourage people to live and act as devoted caretakers. With a refreshing, accessible, and engaging approach, Lamb argues that these resilient and often overlooked farmers show rural and urban people alike a way forward, one that serves people, places, and the planet. That path is rooted in love for the land.
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Invention Of Scarcity - Malthus And The Margins Of History

by Valenze Deborah Valenze

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 A radical new reading of eighteenth-century British theorist Thomas Robert Malthus, which recovers diverse ideas about subsistence production and environments later eclipsed by classical economics With the publication of Essay on the Principle of Population and its projection of food shortages in the face of ballooning populations, British theorist Thomas Robert Malthus secured a leading role in modern political and economic thought. In this startling new interpretation, Deborah Valenze reveals how canonical readings of Malthus fail to acknowledge his narrow understanding of what constitutes food production. Valenze returns to the eighteenth-century contexts that generated his arguments, showing how Malthus mobilized a redemptive narrative of British historical development and dismissed the varied ways that people adapted to the challenges of subsistence needs. She uses history, anthropology, food studies, and animal studies to redirect our attention to the margins of Malthus's essay, where activities such as hunting, gathering, herding, and gardening were rendered extraneous. She demonstrates how Malthus's omissions and his subsequent canonization provided a rationale for colonial imposition of British agricultural models, regardless of environmental diversity. By broadening our conception of human livelihoods, Valenze suggests pathways to resistance against the hegemony of Malthusian political economy. The Invention of Scarcity invites us to imagine a world where monoculture is in retreat and the margins are recentered as spaces of experimentation, nimbleness, and human flourishing.
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Children Of The Northern Forest - Wild New England'S History From Glaciers To Global Warming

by Jamie Sayen

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 This no-holds-barred narrative of the failure of conservation in northern New Englandâ€™s forests envisions a wilder, more equitable, lower-carbon future for forest-dependent communities
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The Trees Of The Cross - Wood As Subject And Medium In The Art Of Late Medieval Germany

by Gregory C. Bryda

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 A revelatory study exploring woodâ€™s many material, ecological, and symbolic meanings in the religious art of medieval Germany
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Moving Crops And The Scales Of History

by Bray Francesca Bray, Hahn Barbara Hahn e Lourdusamy John Bosco Lourdusamy

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 A bold redefinition of historical inquiry based on the â€œcropscapeâ€â€"the people, creatures, technologies, ideas, and places that surround a crop
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Trees Are Shape Shifters - How Cultivation, Climate Change, And Disaster Create Landscapes

by Mathews Andrew S. Mathews

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 An exploration of the anthropogenic landscapes of Lucca, Italy, and how its people understand social and environmental change through cultivation
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Long Land War - The Global Struggle For Occupancy Rights

by Guldi Jo Guldi

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 A definitive history of ideas about land redistribution, allied political movements, and their varied consequences around the world "An epic work of breathtaking scope and moral power, The Long Land War offers the definitive account of the rise and fall of land rights around the world over the last 150 years." -Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Jo Guldi tells the story of a global struggle to bring food, water, and shelter to all. Land is shown to be a central motor of politics in the twentieth century: the basis of movements for giving reparations to formerly colonized people, protests to limit the rent paid by urban tenants, intellectual battles among development analysts, and the capture of land by squatters taking matters into their own hands. The book describes the results of state-engineered "land reform" policies beginning in Ireland in 1881 until U.S.-led interests and the World Bank effectively killed them off in 1974. The Long Land War provides a definitive narrative of land redistribution alongside an unflinching critique of its failures, set against the background of the rise and fall of nationalism, communism, internationalism, information technology, and free-market economics. In considering how we could make the earth livable for all, she works out the important relationship between property ownership and justice on a changing planet.
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Trees Are Shape Shifters - How Cultivation, Climate Change, And Disaster Create Landscapes

by Andrew S. Mathews

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 An exploration of the anthropogenic landscapes of Lucca, Italy, and how its people understand social and environmental change through cultivation
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Moving Crops And The Scales Of History

by Barbara Hahn, Francesca Bray, John Bosco Lourdusamy e Tiago Saraiva

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 A bold redefinition of historical inquiry based on the â€œcropscapeâ€â€"the people, creatures, technologies, ideas, and places that surround a crop
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Yellow River - A Natural And Unnatural History

by Mostern Ruth Mostern

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 A three-thousand-year history of the Yellow River and the legacy of interactions between humans and the natural landscape From Neolithic times to the present day, the Yellow River and its watershed have both shaped and been shaped by human society. Using the Yellow River to illustrate the long-term effects of environmentally significant human activity, Ruth Mostern unravels the long history of the human relationship with water and soil and the consequences, at times disastrous, of ecological transformations that resulted from human decisions. As Mostern follows the Yellow River through three millennia of history, she underlines how governments consistently ignored the dynamic interrelationships of the river's varied ecosystems-grasslands, riparian forests, wetlands, and deserts-and the ecological and cultural impacts of their policies. With an interdisciplinary approach informed by archival research and GIS (geographical information system) records, this groundbreaking volume provides unique insight into patterns, transformations, and devastating ruptures throughout ecological history and offers profound conclusions about the way we continue to affect the natural systems upon which we depend.
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Reality Of Dreams - Post-Neoliberal Utopias In The Ecuadorian Amazon

by Wilson Japhy Wilson

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 An exploration of radical megaprojects in the Ecuadorian Amazon, considering the fate of utopian fantasies under conditions of global capitalism
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Genetically Modified Democracy - Transgenic Crops In Contemporary India

by Aga Aniket Aga

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 How the debate over genetically modified crops in India is transforming science and politics
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Becoming Organic - Nature And Agriculture In The Indian Himalaya

by Galvin Shaila Seshia Galvin

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 A rich, original study of the social and bureaucratic life of organic quality that challenges assumptions of what organic means Tracing the social and bureaucratic life of organic quality, this book yields new understandings of this fraught concept. Shaila Seshia Galvin examines certified organic agriculture in India's central Himalayas, revealing how organic is less a material property of land or its produce than a quality produced in discursive, regulatory, and affective registers. Becoming Organic is a nuanced account of development practice in rural India, as it has unfolded through complex relationships forged among state authorities, private corporations, and new agrarian intermediaries.
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