Reframing Deforestation
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Reframing Deforestation
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Author : James Fairhead
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1998
Reframing Deforestation written by James Fairhead and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Nature categories.
Reframing Deforestation suggests that the scale of destruction wrought by West African farmers during the twentieth century has been vastly exaggerated and global analyses have unfairly stigmatized them.
Forest Lost
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Author : Maron E. Greenleaf
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2024-10-07
Forest Lost written by Maron E. Greenleaf and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-07 with Social Science categories.
Forest Lost is an ethnography of forest carbon offsets and the wider effort to make the living rainforest valuable in the Brazilian Amazon.
A Companion To Global Environmental History
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Author : J. R. McNeill
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2012-08-22
A Companion To Global Environmental History written by J. R. McNeill and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-22 with History categories.
The Companion to Global Environmental History offers multiple points of entry into the history and historiography of this dynamic and fast-growing field, to provide an essential road map to past developments, current controversies, and future developments for specialists and newcomers alike. Combines temporal, geographic, thematic and contextual approaches from prehistory to the present day Explores environmental thought and action around the world, to give readers a cultural, intellectual and political context for engagement with the environment in modern times Brings together environmental historians from around the world, including scholars from South Africa, Brazil, Germany, and China
Deforesting The Earth
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Author : Michael Williams
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2003
Deforesting The Earth written by Michael Williams and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Since humans first appeared on the earth, we've been cutting down trees for fuel and shelter. Indeed, the thinning, changing, and wholesale clearing of forests are among the most important ways humans have transformed the global environment. With the onset of industrialization and colonization the process has accelerated, as agriculture, metal smelting, trade, war, territorial expansion, and even cultural aversion to forests have all taken their toll. Michael Williams surveys ten thousand years of history to trace how, why, and when human-induced deforestation has shaped economies, societies, and landscapes around the world. Beginning with the return of the forests to Europe, North America, and the tropics after the Ice Ages, Williams traces the impact of human-set fires for gathering and hunting, land clearing for agriculture, and other activities from the Paleolithic through the classical world and the Middle Ages. He then continues the story from the 1500s to the early 1900s, focusing on forest clearing both within Europe and by European imperialists and industrialists abroad, in such places as the New World and India, China, Japan, and Latin America. Finally, he covers the present-day and alarming escalation of deforestation, with the ever-increasing human population placing a possibly unsupportable burden on the world's forests. Accessible and nonsensationalist, Deforesting the Earth provides the historical and geographical background we need for a deeper understanding of deforestation's tremendous impact on the environment and the people who inhabit it.
Colonial Seeds In African Soil
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Author : Paul Munro
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2020-02-03
Colonial Seeds In African Soil written by Paul Munro and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-03 with Political Science categories.
“Empire forestry”—the broadly shared forest management practice that emerged in the West in the nineteenth century—may have originated in Europe, but it would eventually reshape the landscapes of colonies around the world. Melding the approaches of environmental history and political ecology, Colonial Seeds in African Soil unravels the complex ways this dynamic played out in twentieth-century colonial Sierra Leone. While giving careful attention to topics such as forest reservation and exploitation, the volume moves beyond conservation practices and discourses, attending to the overlapping social, economic, and political contexts that have shaped approaches to forest management over time.
Crimes Against Nature
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Author : Karl Jacoby
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2014-02-22
Crimes Against Nature written by Karl Jacoby and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-22 with History categories.
"This Study of the Early American conservation movement reveals the hidden history of three of the nation's first parks: the Adirondacks, Yellowstone, and the Grand Canyon. Karl Jacoby traces the effects that the criminalization of such traditional rural practices as hunting, fishing, and foraging had on country people in these areas. Despite the presence of new environmental regulations, poaching arson, and timber stealing became widespread among the Native Americans, poor whites, and others who had long relied on the natural resources now contained within conservation areas. Jacoby reassesses the nature of these "crimes," providing a rich and multifaceted portrayal of rural people and their relationship with the natural world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries." "Crimes against Nature includes previously unpublished historical photographs depicting such subjects as poachers in Yellowstone and a Native American "squatters' camp" at the Grand Canyon. This study demonstrates the importance of considering class for understanding environmental history and opens a new perspective on the social history of rural and poor people a century age."--Jacket of 2001 edition
Green Development
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Author : Bill Adams
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-07-30
Green Development written by Bill Adams and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-30 with Business & Economics categories.
The third edition retains the clear and powerful argument of previous editions, but has been updated to reflect advances in ideas and changes in international policy. Greater attention has been given to political ecology, environmental risk and the environmental impacts of development.
The Oxford Handbook Of Nigerian Politics
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Author : A. Carl LeVan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-10-18
The Oxford Handbook Of Nigerian Politics written by A. Carl LeVan and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-18 with Political Science categories.
The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics offers a comprehensive analysis of Nigeria's very rich history and ever changing politics to its readers. It provides a deep understanding of Nigeria's socio-political evolution and experience by covering broad range of political issues and historical eras. The volume encompasses 44 chapters organized thematically into essays covering history, political institutions, civil society, economic and social policy, identity and insecurity, and Nigeria in a globalized world. By identifying many of the classic debates in Nigerian politics, the chapters serve as an authoritative introduction to Africa's most populous country. The chapters are interdisciplinary, introducing readers to classic debates and key research on Nigeria, as well as new methodologies, new data, and a compelling corpus of research questions for the next generation of researchers and readers interested in Africa.
Resurrecting The Granary Of Rome
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Author : Diana K. Davis
language : en
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Release Date : 2007-09-11
Resurrecting The Granary Of Rome written by Diana K. Davis and has been published by Ohio University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-11 with History categories.
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Transparency In A New Global Order
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Author : Christina Garsten
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2008-01-01
Transparency In A New Global Order written by Christina Garsten and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Political Science categories.
This book argues that transparency is a concept that has gained increasing currency and favour as an organizing principle and administrative goal in recent years. Calls for transparency have been directed towards states, markets, corporations and national political processes as well as towards large institutions such as the European Union. Focusing on empirically rich case studies, the contributors explore the ideas and practices of transparency in different contexts, encouraging a discussion of the many facets of the term and its strengths, ambiguities and limitations. They aim to shed light on the powerful global discourse and practices contained in the concept, and to fill a gap in the literature since few attempts have, until now, been made to examine the actual content and practice of transparency. Also discussed are the complex negotiations through which it is determined what should be displayed and what should remain hidden, the uses of power and control, and the processes through which transparency is, or is not, achieved. This analysis of the concepts, models and metaphors that guide and shape organizational, social and aesthetical practices today will provide a much-needed contribution to the literature for academics, researchers and students focusing on these areas.