Old Futures
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Old Futures
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Author : Alexis Lothian
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2018-09-25
Old Futures written by Alexis Lothian and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-25 with Social Science categories.
Traverses the history of imagined futures from the 1890s to the 2010s, interweaving speculative visions of gender, race, and sexuality from literature, film, and digital media Old Futures explores the social, political, and cultural forces feminists, queer people, and people of color invoke when they dream up alternative futures as a way to imagine transforming the present. Lothian shows how queer possibilities emerge when we practice the art of speculation: of imagining things otherwise than they are and creating stories from that impulse. Queer theory offers creative ways to think about time, breaking with straight and narrow paths toward the future laid out for the reproductive family, the law-abiding citizen, and the believer in markets. Yet so far it has rarely considered the possibility that, instead of a queer present reshaping the ways we relate to past and future, the futures imagined in the past can lead us to queer the present. Narratives of possible futures provide frameworks through which we understand our present, but the discourse of “the” future has never been a singular one. Imagined futures have often been central to the creation and maintenance of imperial domination and technological modernity; Old Futures offers a counterhistory of works that have sought––with varying degrees of success––to speculate otherwise. Examining speculative texts from the 1890s to the 2010s, from Samuel R. Delany to Sense8, Lothian considers the ways in which early feminist utopias and dystopias, Afrofuturist fiction, and queer science fiction media have insisted that the future can and must deviate from dominant narratives of global annihilation or highly restrictive hopes for redemption. Each chapter chronicles some of the means by which the production and destruction of futures both real and imagined takes place: through eugenics, utopia, empire, fascism, dystopia, race, capitalism, femininity, masculinity, and many kinds of queerness, reproduction, and sex. Gathering stories of and by populations who have been marked as futureless or left out by dominant imaginaries, Lothian offers new insights into what we can learn from efforts to imaginatively redistribute the future.
Ancient Futures
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Author : Helena Norberg Hodge
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2013-03-31
Ancient Futures written by Helena Norberg Hodge and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-31 with Religion categories.
Ladakh, or 'Little Tibet', is a wildly beautiful desert land up in the Western Himalayas. It is a place of few resources and an extreme climate. Yet for more than a thousand years, it has been home to a thriving culture. Traditions of frugality and cooperation, coupled with an intimate and location-specific knowledge of the environment, enabled the Ladakhis not only to survive, but to prosper. Everyone had enough to eat; families and communities were strong; the status of women was high. Then came 'development'. Now in the modern sector one finds pollution and divisiveness, inflation and unemployment, intolerance and greed. Centuries of ecological balance and social harmony are under threat from pressures of Western consumerism. Ancient Futures is much more than a book about Ladakh. Passionately argued, it raises important questions about the whole notion of progress, and explores the root causes of the malaise of industrial society. At the same time, the story of Ladakh serves as a source of inspiration for our own future. It shows us that another way is possible, and points to some of the first steps towards kinder, gentler patterns of living.
The Futures Of Old Age
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Author : John A Vincent
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2006-05-15
The Futures Of Old Age written by John A Vincent and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-15 with Social Science categories.
What is the future of old age? How will families, services, and economies adapt to an older population? Such questions often provoke extreme and opposing answers: some see ageing populations as having the potential to undermine economic growth and prosperity; others see new and exciting ways of living in old age. The Futures of Old Age places these questions in the context of social and political change, and assesses what the various futures of old age might be. Prepared by the British Society of Gerontology, The Futures of Old Age brings together a team of leading international gerontologists from the United Kingdom and United States, drawing on their expertise and research. The book′s seven sections deal with key contemporary themes including: population ageing; households and families; health; wealth; pensions; migration; inequalities; gender and self; and identity in later life.
Report On Economic Effects Of Grain Exchange Actions Affecting Futures Trading During The First Six Months Of 1946
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Author : United States. Federal Trade Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1947
Report On Economic Effects Of Grain Exchange Actions Affecting Futures Trading During The First Six Months Of 1946 written by United States. Federal Trade Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1947 with categories.
Ancient Futures 3rd Edition
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Author : Helena Norberg-Hodge
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Release Date : 2017-04-15
Ancient Futures 3rd Edition written by Helena Norberg-Hodge and has been published by Chelsea Green Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-15 with Business & Economics categories.
A moving portrait of tradition and change in Ladakh, or "Little Tibet," Ancient Futures is also a scathing critique of the global economy and a rallying call for economic localization. When Helena Norberg-Hodge first visited Ladakh in 1975, she found a pristine environment, a self-reliant economy and a people who exhibited a remarkable joie de vivre. But then came a tidal wave of economic growth and development. Over the last four decades, this remote Himalayan land has been transformed by outside markets and Western notions of "progress." As a direct result, a whole range of problems--from polluted air and water to unemployment, religious conflict, eating disorders and youth suicide--have appeared for the first time. Yet this is far from a story of despair. Social and environmental breakdown, Norberg-Hodge argues, are neither inevitable nor evolutionary, but the products of political and economic decisions--and those decisions can be changed. In a new Preface, she presents a kaleidoscope of projects around the world that are pointing the way for both human and ecological well-being. These initiatives are the manifestation of a rapidly growing localization movement, which works to rebuild place-based cultures--strengthening community and our connection with nature. Ancient Futures challenges us to redefine what a healthy economy means, and to find ways to carry centuries-old wisdom into our future. The book and a related film by the same title have, between them, been translated into more than 40 languages.
Commitments Of Traders In Commodity Futures Chicago And New York
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Commitments Of Traders In Commodity Futures Chicago And New York written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Commodity exchanges categories.
Commitments Of Traders In Commodity Futures
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Author : United States. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Commitments Of Traders In Commodity Futures written by United States. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with categories.
Includes data for cotton, frozen concentrated orange juice, potatoes, wool, and imported frozen fresh boneless beef.
Commitments Of Traders In Commodity Futures With Market Concentration Ratios
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981-04
Commitments Of Traders In Commodity Futures With Market Concentration Ratios written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-04 with Commodity exchanges categories.
Includes data for wheat, corn, oats, soybeans, soybean oil, soybean meal, coconut oil, crude palm oil, eggs, cattle, frozen pork bellies, and live hogs.
Futures Past
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Author : Gardner Dozois
language : en
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Release Date : 2013-06-15
Futures Past written by Gardner Dozois and has been published by Baen Publishing Enterprises this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-15 with Fiction categories.
Change the pastãand the future may come undone. An outstanding collection of time-traveling alternate history stories from 16 major science fiction writers, both old and new. Every day, a thousand possible futures die unborn around us-corners not turned, paths not taken. But if one could go back into the past and change it, the outcome could be unimaginable. _Aristotle and the GunÓ by L. Sprague de Camp _SitkaÓ by William Sanders _The Only Game in TownÓ by Poul Anderson _Playing the GameÓ by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann _Killing the MorrowÓ by Robert Reed _The We Frustrate CharlemagneÓ b R. A. Lafferty _The Game of Blood and DustÓ by Roger Zelazny _Calling Your NameÓ by Howard Waldrop _What Rough Beast?Ó by Damon Knight _O Brave Old World!Ó by Avram Davidson _Radiant DoorsÓ by Michael Swanwick _The Hotel at Harlans LandingÓ by Kage Baker _Mozart in MirorshadesÓ by Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner _Under SiegeÓ by George R. R. Martin At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Commitments Of Traders In Commodity Futures
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Commitments Of Traders In Commodity Futures written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Commodity exchanges categories.