California Studies in Critical Human Geography – serie
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On Holiday
A History of Vacationing
Häftad, 2002
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
315 kr
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Lofgren takes us on a tour of the Western holiday world and shows how two centuries of 'learning to be a tourist' have shaped our own ways of vacationing. We see how fashions in destinations have changed through the years, with popular images (written, drawn, painted, and later photographed) …
Changing Fortunes
Biodiversity and Peasant Livelihood in the Peruvian Andes
Inbunden, 1997
771 kr
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Two of the world's most pressing needs--biodiversity conservation and agricultural development in the Third World--are addressed in Karl S. Zimmerer's multidisciplinary investigation in geography. Zimmerer challenges current opinion by showing that the world-renowned diversity of crops grown in the …
Making the Invisible Visible
A Multicultural Planning History
Häftad, 1998
412 kr
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The history of planning is much more, according to these authors, than the recorded progress of planning as a discipline and a profession. These essays counter the mainstream narrative of rational, scientific development with alternative histories that reveal hitherto invisible planning practices …
Shady Practices
Agroforestry and Gender Politics in The Gambia
Häftad, 1999
428 kr
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"Shady Practices" is a revealing analysis of the gendered political ecology brought about by conflicting local interests and changing developmental initiatives in a West African village. Between 1975 and 1985, while much of Africa suffered devastating drought conditions, Gambian women farmers …
Imposing Wilderness
Struggles over Livelihood and Nature Preservation in Africa
Häftad, 2002
443 kr
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Arusha National Park in northern Tanzania, known for its scenic beauty, is also a battleground. Roderick Neumann's illuminating analysis shows how this park embodies all the political-ecological dilemmas facing protected areas throughout Africa. The roots of the ongoing struggle between the park on …
American Empire
Roosevelt’s Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization
Av Neil Smith
Häftad, 2004
377 kr
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An American Empire, constructed over the last century, long ago overtook European colonialism, and it has been widely assumed that the new globalism it espoused took us "beyond geography." Neil Smith debunks that assumption, offering an incisive argument that American globalism had a distinct …
Agrarian Dreams
The Paradox of Organic Farming in California
Häftad, 2014
371 kr
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In this ground breaking study of organic farming, Julie Guthman challenges accepted wisdom about organic food and agriculture in the Golden State. Many continue to believe that small-scale organic farming is the answer to our environmental and health problems, but Guthman refutes popular portrayals …
