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Gender, Geography, And Punishment - The Experience Of Women In Carceral Russia

by Dominique Moran e Laura (Reader In Criminology, University Of Strathclyde) Piacentini

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 Gaining access to a number of penal colonies to interview prisoners, the authors show that much in the Russian prison system today is a direct inheritance from the Soviet period with the result that, despite wide-ranging the reforms since 1991, the Russian penal experience for women is still uniquely painful.
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Cultivated Landscapes Of Native North America

by Doolittle

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 From a geographical standpoint, this text challenges the established theories about native agriculture in North America. Focusing on fields, emphasis is placed on modifications to the biophysical environment. It also looks at horticulture and techniques for dealing with water surplus or shortages.
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Globalization And Urban Change - Capital, Culture, And Pacific Rim Mega-Projects

by Olds

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 This book provides a grounded analysis of globalization and urban change in the late 20th century. Drawing upon multi-locale field work, the author examines the role of two elite transnational cultures - ethnic Chinese property developers and modernist architects - in the planning and development of Pacific Rim mega-projects.
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Cultivated Landscapes Of Native Amazonia And The Andes

by Denevan

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 This book examines both ancient and current agricultural field types and technologies in the Andes and Amazonia. These systems have often been intensive, highly productive, and have supported large numbers of people and complex societies in lands considered mostly marginal for farming today.
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Sustainable Livelihoods In Kalahari Environments - A Contribution To Global Debates

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 Provides an overview of the dynamics of contemporary natural resource-based livelihoods in the Kalahari environment of southern Africa where access to land and natural resources reflects the outcome of a history of competition, conflict, and territorial appropriation. It contributes to academic and policy development debates.
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Island Epidemics

by Matthew (Lecturer In Geography, Lecturer In Geography, University Of Nottingham) Smallman-Raynor

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 The authors show that the complex warfare of invasion and extinction observed by Darwin on the Galapagos for plants and animals applies today with equal force to the micro-organisms which lie behind many human diseases. A constant theme is the change in accessibility of remote islands.
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Class, Ethnicity, And Community In Southern Mexico - Oaxaca'S Peasantries

by Colin (Professor Of Urban And Social Geography, Professor Of Urban And Social Geography, University Of Oxford) Clarke

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 The state of Oaxaca has been studied intensively and presented here is an overview of rural communities in the 20th century. The study is rooted in the colonial and post-independence period but concentrates primarily on the post-revolutionary period.
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War Epidemics - An Historical Geography Of Infectious Diseases In Military Conflict And Civil Strife, 1850-2000

by Andrew (, Professor Of Theoretical Geography, University Of Cambridge) Cliff e Matthew (, Reader In Analytical Geography, University Of Nottingham) Smallman-Raynor

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 Written from the viewpoints of historical geography, epidemiology, and spatial analysis, this book examines the historical occurrence and geographical spread of infectious diseases in association with wars. It addresses a geographical question: how are the spatial dynamics of epidemics influenced by military operations and the directives of war?

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