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Johnston, James F. W. (James Finley Weir), 1796-1855
Johnston, James F. W. (James Finley Weir), 1796-1855.
Notes on North America : agricultural, economical, and social, by James F.W. Johnston : [review].
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Clearing the Plains NEW EDITION : Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Indigenous Life
James Daschuk;James Daschuk
This new edition of Clearing the Plains has a foreword by Pulitzer Prize–winning autho...
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Clearing the Plains NEW EDITION : Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Indigenous Life
2019; Vol. 00065
This new edition of Clearing the Plains has a foreword by Pulitzer Prize–winning author, Elizabeth A. Fenn, and explanations of the book's influence by leading Canadian historians. Called “one of the most important books of the twenty-first century” by the Literary Review of Canada, it was named a “Book of the Year” by The Globe and Mail, Quill & Quire, the Writers'Trust, and won the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, among many others
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Indigenous peoples--Canada--History - Indigenous peoples--Canada, Western--History - Indians of North America--Health and hygiene--Canada, Western--History - Indians of North America--Diseases--Canada, Western--History - Indians of North America--Canada, Western--History - Indigenous peoples--Canada--Government relationsContent provider:
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Islands of Hope : Indigenous Resource Management in a Changing Pacific
Paul D'Arcy;Daya Dakasi Da-Wei Kuan;Paul D'Arcy;Daya Dakasi Da-Wei Kuan
In the Pacific, as elsewhere, indigenous communities live with the consequences of env...
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Islands of Hope : Indigenous Resource Management in a Changing Pacific
2023
In the Pacific, as elsewhere, indigenous communities live with the consequences of environmental mismanagement and over-exploitation but rarely benefit from the short-term economic profits such actions may generate within the global system.National and international policy frameworks ultimately rely on local community assent. Without effective local participation and partnership, these extremely imposed frameworks miss out on millennia of local observation and understanding and seldom deliver viable and sustained environmental, cultural and economic benefits at the local level.This collection argues that environmental sustainability, indigenous political empowerment and economic viability will succeed only by taking account of distinct local contexts and cultures. In this regard, these Pacific indigenous case studies offer'islands of hope'for all communities marginalised by increasingly intrusive—and increasingly rapid—technological changes and by global dietary, economic, political and military forces with whom they have no direct contact or influence.
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Indians of North America--Pacific Coast (North America) - Human ecology--Pacific Coast (North America)Content provider:
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Shaped by the West, Volume 2 : A History of North America From 1850
William F. Deverell;Anne F. Hyde;William F. Deverell;Anne F. Hyde
Shaped by the West is a two-volume primary source reader that rewrites the history of ...
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Shaped by the West, Volume 2 : A History of North America From 1850
2018; Vol. 00002
Shaped by the West is a two-volume primary source reader that rewrites the history of the United States through a western lens. America's expansion west was the driving force for issues of democracy, politics, race, freedom, and property. William Deverell and Anne F . Hyde provide a nuanced look at the past, balancing topics in society and politics and representing all kinds of westerners—black and white, native and immigrant, male and female, powerful and powerless—from more than twenty states across the West and the shifting frontier. The sources included reflect the important role of the West in national narratives of American history, beginning with the pre-Columbian era in Volume 1 and taking us to the twenty-first century in Volume 2. Together, these volumes cover first encounters, conquests and revolts, indigenous land removal, slavery and labor, race, ethnicity and gender, trade and diplomacy, industrialization, migration and immigration, and changing landscapes and environments. Key Features & Benefits:Expertly curated personal letters, government documents, editorials, photos, and never before published materials offer lively, vivid introductions to the tools of history.Annotations, captions, and brief essays provide accessible entry points to an extraordinarily wide range of themes—adding context and perspective from leaders in the field.Highlights connections between western and national histories to foster critical thinking about America's diverse past and today's challenging issues.
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Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.) - Indians of North America--Great Plains--HistoryContent provider:
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A National Crime : The Canadian Government and the Residential School System
John S. Milloy;John S. Milloy
“I am going to tell you how we are treated. I am always hungry.”—Edward B., a student ...
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A National Crime : The Canadian Government and the Residential School System
2017; Vol. 00011
“I am going to tell you how we are treated. I am always hungry.”—Edward B., a student at Onion Lake School (1923)'[I]f I were appointed by the Dominion Government for the express purpose of spreading tuberculosis, there is nothing finer in existance that the average Indian residential school.”—N. Walker, Indian Affairs Superintendent (1948) For over 100 years, thousands of Aboriginal children passed through the Canadian residential school system. Begun in the 1870s, it was intended, in the words of government officials, to bring these children into the “circle of civilization”; the results, however, were far different. More often, the schools provided an inferior education in an atmosphere of neglect, disease, and often abuse. Using previously unreleased government documents, historian John S. Milloy provides a full picture of the history and reality of the residential school system. He begins by tracing the ideological roots of the system, and follows the paper trail of internal memoranda, reports from field inspectors, and letters of complaint. In the early decades, the system grew without planning or restraint. Despite numerous critical commissions and reports, it persisted into the 1970s, when it transformed itself into a social welfare system without improving conditions for its thousands of wards. A National Crime shows that the residential system was chronically underfunded and often mismanaged, and documents in detail and how this affected the health, education, and well-being of entire generations of Aboriginal children.
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Indians of North America--Canada--Government relations - Indians, Treatment of--Canada - Indians of North America--Education--Canada--History - Indians of North America--Canada--Social conditions - Indigenous peoples--Canada--Social conditions - Indigenous peoples--Canada--Government relations - Indigenous peoples--Canada--Residential schools--History - Indigenous peoples--Education--Canada--HistoryContent provider:
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Reforming Senates : Upper Legislative Houses in North Atlantic Small Powers 1800-present
Nikolaj Bijleveld;Colin Grittner;David E. Smith;Wybren Verstegen;Nikolaj Bi...
This new study of senates in small powers across the North Atlantic shows that the est...
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Reforming Senates : Upper Legislative Houses in North Atlantic Small Powers 1800-present
2020
This new study of senates in small powers across the North Atlantic shows that the establishment and the reform of these upper legislative houses have followed remarkably parallel trajectories. Senate reforms emerged in the wake of deep political crises within the North Atlantic world and were influenced by the comparatively weak positions of small powers. Reformers responded to crises and constantly looked beyond borders and oceans for inspiration to keep their senates relevant. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429323119, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
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Representative government and representation--Europe--Hisory - Legislative bodies--North America--Upper chambers--History - Legislative bodies--Europe--Upper chambers--History - Middle powers - States, Small - Representative government and representation--North America--HistoryContent provider:
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Early Rock Art of the American West : The Geometric Enigma
Ekkehart Malotki;Ellen Dissanayake;Ekkehart Malotki;Ellen Dissanayake
A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLEThe earliest rock art - in the Americas as elsewher...
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Early Rock Art of the American West : The Geometric Enigma
2018
A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLEThe earliest rock art - in the Americas as elsewhere - is geometric or abstract. Until Early Rock Art in the American West, however, no book-length study has been devoted to the deep antiquity and amazing range of geometrics and the fascinating questions that arise from their ubiquity and variety. Why did they precede representational marks? What is known about their origins and functions? Why and how did humans begin to make marks, and what does this practice tell us about the early human mind?With some two hundred striking color images and discussions of chronology, dating, sites, and styles, this pioneering investigation of abstract geometrics on stone (as well as bone, ivory, and shell) explores its wide-ranging subject from the perspectives of ethology, evolutionary biology, cognitive archaeology, and the psychology of artmaking. The authors'unique approach instills a greater respect for a largely unknown and underappreciated form of paleoart, suggesting that before humans became Homo symbolicus or even Homo religiosus, they were mark-makers - Homo aestheticus.
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Picture-writing--West (U.S.) - Petroglyphs--West (U.S.) - Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Antiquities - Rock paintings--West (U.S.)Content provider:
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New Global Perspectives on Archaeological Prospection : 13th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection, 28 August – 1 September 2019, Sligo – Ireland
James Bonsall;James Bonsall
This volume is a product of the 13th International Conference on Archaeological Prospe...
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New Global Perspectives on Archaeological Prospection : 13th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection, 28 August – 1 September 2019, Sligo – Ireland
2019
This volume is a product of the 13th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection 2019, which was hosted by the Department of Environmental Science in the Faculty of Science at the Institute of Technology Sligo. The conference is held every two years under the banner of the International Society for Archaeological Prospection and this was the first time that the conference was held in Ireland. New Global Perspectives on Archaeological Prospection draws together over 90 papers addressing archaeological prospection techniques, methodologies and case studies from 33 countries across Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe and North America , reflecting current and global trends in archaeological prospection. At this particular ICAP meeting, specific consideration was given to the development and use of archaeological prospection in Ireland, archaeological feedback for the prospector, applications of prospection technology in the urban environment and the use of legacy data. Papers include novel research areas such as magnetometry near the equator, drone-mounted radar, microgravity assessment of tombs, marine electrical resistivity tomography, convolutional neural networks, data processing, automated interpretive workflows and modelling as well as recent improvements in remote sensing, multispectral imaging and visualisation.
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Archaeology--Methodology--CongressesContent provider:
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Ernest Small;Ernest Small
Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising as candi...
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2013
Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising as candidates for expanding our food supply and generating new economically competitive crops. This book is an informative analysis of the top 100 indigenous food plants of North America , focusing on those species that have achieved commercial success or have substantial market potential. The book's user-friendly format provides concise information on each plant. It examines the geography and ecology, history, economic and social importance, food and industrial uses, and the economic future of each crop.
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Endemic plants--North America - Plants, Edible--North AmericaContent provider:
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Community Risk and Resilience to Wildfires: Rethinking the Complex Human–Climate–Fire Relationship in High-Latitude Regions
Villaverde Canosa, Ivan;Ford, James;Paavola, Jouni;Burnasheva, Daria
Oscar Wilde in America : The Interviews
Oscar Wilde;Matthew Hofer;Gary Scharnhorst;Oscar Wilde;Matthew Hofer;Gary S...
Better known in 1882 as a cultural icon than a serious writer, Oscar Wilde was brought...
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Oscar Wilde in America : The Interviews
2010
Better known in 1882 as a cultural icon than a serious writer, Oscar Wilde was brought to North America for a major lecture tour on Aestheticism and the decorative arts. With characteristic aplomb, he adopted the role as the ambassador of Aestheticism, and he tried out a number of phrases, ideas, and strategies that ultimately made him famous as a novelist and playwright. This exceptional volume cites all ninety-one of Wilde's interviews and contains transcripts of forty-eight of them, and it also includes his lecture on his travels in America .
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Authors, Irish--19th century--InterviewsContent provider:
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Contextual Theology : Skills and Practices of Liberating Faith
Sigurd Bergmann;Mika Vähäkangas;Sigurd Bergmann;Mika Vähäkangas
This book advances that history by exploring stories, images and discourses across a w...
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Contextual Theology : Skills and Practices of Liberating Faith
2021
This book advances that history by exploring stories, images and discourses across a worldwide range of geographical, cultural and confessional contexts. Its twelve authors not only enrich our understanding of the significance of the contextual method, but also produce a new range of original ways of doing theology in contemporary situations. The authors discuss some prioritised thematic perspectives with an emphasis on liberating paths, and expand the ongoing discussion on the methodology of theology into new areas. Themes such as interreligious plurality, global capitalism, ecumenical liberation theology, eco-anxiety and the anthropocene, postcolonialism, gender, neo-pentecostalism, world theology, and reconciliation are examined in situated depth. Additionally, voices from Indigenous lands, Latin America , Asia, Africa, Australia, and Europe and North America enter into a dialogue on what it means to contextualise theology in an increasingly globalised and ever-changing world. Such a comprehensive discussion of new ways of thinking about and doing contextual theology will be of great use to scholars in Theology, Religious Studies, Cultural Studies, Political Science, Gender Studies, Environmental Humanities, and Global Studies.
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Liberation theology - Theology--Methodology - Christianity and cultureContent provider:
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The Emergence of Marx's Critique of Modern Agriculture.
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Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine. Oct2014, Vol. 66 Issue 5, p25-46. 22p.
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Multi-targeted management of upland game birds at the agroecosystem interface in midwestern North America .
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Douglas, Marlis R.;Anthonysamy, Whitney J. B.;Mussmann, Steven M.;Davis, Ma...
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United States.
A country report for the U.S. is presented from publisher Country Watch Inc., with top...
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United States.
United States Country Review. 2024, p1-2608. 2610p.
A country report for the U.S. is presented from publisher Country Watch Inc., with topics including government strategy, economic growth, and national security.
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ECONOMIC development - NATIONAL security - ECONOMIC policy - GOVERNMENT policy - ECONOMIC indicators - UNITED StatesContent provider:
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Nature and Nutrition: A New Era of Therapeutic Herbs
AK Mohiuddin;AK Mohiuddin
The use of herbal medicinal products and supplements has increased tremendously over t...
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Nature and Nutrition: A New Era of Therapeutic Herbs
2019
The use of herbal medicinal products and supplements has increased tremendously over the past three decades with not less than 80% of people worldwide relying on them for some part of primary healthcare. This past decade has obviously witnessed a tremendous surge in acceptance and public interest in natural therapies both in developing and developed countries, with these herbal remedies being available not only in drug stores, but now also in food stores and supermarkets. The use of herbal remedies has also been widely embraced in many developed countries with complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) now becoming mainstream in the UK and the rest of Europe, as well as in North America and Australia. In the developed countries, the most important among many other reasons for seeking herbal therapy is the belief that it will promote healthier living. Herbal medicines are, therefore, often viewed as a balanced and moderate approach to healing and individuals who use them as home remedies and over-the-counter drugs spend huge amount of money (in excess of billions of dollars) on herbal products. As the global use of herbal medicinal products continues to grow and many more new products are introduced into the market, public health issues, and concerns surrounding their safety are also increasingly recognized. Although some herbal medicines have promising potential and are widely used, many of them remain untested and their use also not monitored. This makes knowledge of their potential adverse effects very limited and identification of the safest and most effective therapies as well as the promotion of their rational use more difficult. It is also common knowledge that the safety of most herbal products is further compromised by lack of suitable quality controls, inadequate labeling, and the absence of appropriate patient information. It has become essential, therefore, to furnish the general public including healthcare professionals with adequate information to facilitate better understanding of the risks associated with the use of these products and to ensure that all medicines are safe and of suitable quality.
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Naturopathy - Herbs--Therapeutic useContent provider:
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Fugitive Borders : Black Canadian Cross-Border Literature at Mid-Nineteenth Century
Nele Sawallisch;Nele Sawallisch
Fugitive Borders explores a new archive of 19th-century autobiographical writing by bl...
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Fugitive Borders : Black Canadian Cross-Border Literature at Mid-Nineteenth Century
2019; Vol. 00013
Fugitive Borders explores a new archive of 19th-century autobiographical writing by black authors in North America . For that purpose, Nele Sawallisch examines four different texts written by formerly enslaved men in the 1850s that emerged in or around the historical region of Canada West (now known as Ontario) and that defy the genre conventions of the classic slave narrative. Instead, these texts demonstrate originality in expressing complex, often ambivalent attitudes towards the so-called Canadian Promised Land and contribute to a form of textual community-building across national borders. In the context of emerging national discourses before Canada's Confederation in 1867, they offer alternatives to the hegemonic narrative of the white settler nation.
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Slavery--United States--History--19th century - Enslaved persons' writings, American--Canada--19th century - Authors, Black--Canada--19th century--History and criticism - Slavery--Canada--History--19th centuryContent provider:
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The British Empire
Stephen W. Sears;Stephen W. Sears
In 1815, the British controlled the seas. Before the end of the nineteenth century, th...
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The British Empire
2014
In 1815, the British controlled the seas. Before the end of the nineteenth century, they ruled Australia, India, New Zealand, half of Africa, half of North America , and islands all around the globe. Theirs was the most powerful empire the world has ever known. Here is the story of how the English acquired their vast domain; how they ruled, maintained, and exploited it; and how, within decades, they presided over its dissolution. Here are Britain's triumphs and also her stinging defeats, her heroes and her scoundrels. It is a full and fascinating chronicle of the growth of the British Empire and its people and of the impact that empire had on the rest of the world.
