Ecology and Wonder in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Heritage Site, Robert W. Sandford

Автор: Michelle K. Berry
Название: Cow Talk Volume 8: Work, Ecology, and Range Cattle Ranchers in the Postwar Mountain West
ISBN: 0806191910 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806191911
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: The image of western ranchers making a stand for their “rights”—against developers, the government, “illegal” immigrants—may be commonplace today, but the political power of the cowboy was a long time in the making. In a book steeped in the culture, traditions, and history of western range ranching, Michelle K. Berry takes readers into the Cold War world of cattle ranchers in the American West to show how that power, with its implications for the lands and resources of the mountain states, was built, shaped, and shored up between 1945 and 1965.

After long days working the ranch, battling human and nonhuman threats, and wrestling with nature, ranchers got down to business of another sort, which Berry calls “cow talk.” Discussing the best new machinery; sharing stories of drought, blizzards, and bugs; talking money and management and strategy: these ranchers were building a community specific to their time, place, and work and creating a language that embodied their culture. Cow Talk explores how this language and its iconography evolved and how it came to provide both a context and a vehicle for political power. Using ranchers’ personal papers, publications, and cattle growers association records, the book provides an inside view of how range cattle ranchers in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana created a culture and a shared identity that would frame and inform their relationship with their environment and with society at large in an increasingly challenging, modernizing world.

A multifaceted analysis of postwar ranch life, labor, and culture, this innovative work offers unprecedented insight into the cohesive political and cultural power of western ranchers in our day.

Автор: Wohl Ellen
Название: Something Hidden in the Ranges: The Secret Life of Mountain Ecosystems
ISBN: 0870711059 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780870711053
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Описание: Designed for readers interested in natural and environmental history and specifically the natural history of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. This book draws on a wide array of scientific research to tell stories such as how streams provide energy to the adjacent forest, and how a network of fungi keeps forests healthy.

Автор: Graham Sean P.
Название: Kennesaw: Natural History of a Southern Mountain
ISBN: 0817359990 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780817359997
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Описание: The first in-depth ecological treatment of one of the most frequently visited National Battlefield parks in the US. Kennesaw: Natural History of a Southern Mountain provides a comprehensive exploration of the entire park punctuated with humour, colourful anecdotes, and striking photographs of the landscape.

Название: Current, Curriculum: The Poetry of Rita Wong
ISBN: 1771124431 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781771124430
Издательство: Gazelle Book Services
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Описание: Current, Climate is an introduction to the environmental and social-justice poetry of Rita Wong. Selections from her poetic oeuvre show how Wong has responded to local and global inequities with outrage, linguistic inventiveness, and sometimes humour. Wong's poetry explores the meeting places of life, language, and land - from downtown Vancouver to the headwaters of the Columbia River. Her poems are deeply attentive to places and their names, and especially to the imposition of foreign words on the unceded Indigenous lands of what is otherwise known as British Columbia. Exhorting readers to recognize their responsibilities to the planet and to their communities, Wong's watershed poetics encompass anger, grief, wit, and hope.

Nicholas Bradley's introduction situates Wong's poetry in its literary and cultural contexts, focusing on the role of the author in a time of crisis. In Wong's case, poetry and political activism are intertwined - and profoundly connected to the land and water that sustain us. The volume concludes with an afterword by Rita Wong.

Автор: Michelle K. Berry
Название: Cow Talk Volume 8: Work, Ecology, and Range Cattle Ranchers in the Postwar Mountain West
ISBN: 0806191783 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806191782
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 54340.00 T
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Описание: The image of western ranchers making a stand for their “rights”—against developers, the government, “illegal” immigrants—may be commonplace today, but the political power of the cowboy was a long time in the making. In a book steeped in the culture, traditions, and history of western range ranching, Michelle K. Berry takes readers into the Cold War world of cattle ranchers in the American West to show how that power, with its implications for the lands and resources of the mountain states, was built, shaped, and shored up between 1945 and 1965.

After long days working the ranch, battling human and nonhuman threats, and wrestling with nature, ranchers got down to business of another sort, which Berry calls “cow talk.” Discussing the best new machinery; sharing stories of drought, blizzards, and bugs; talking money and management and strategy: these ranchers were building a community specific to their time, place, and work and creating a language that embodied their culture. Cow Talk explores how this language and its iconography evolved and how it came to provide both a context and a vehicle for political power. Using ranchers’ personal papers, publications, and cattle growers association records, the book provides an inside view of how range cattle ranchers in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana created a culture and a shared identity that would frame and inform their relationship with their environment and with society at large in an increasingly challenging, modernizing world.

A multifaceted analysis of postwar ranch life, labor, and culture, this innovative work offers unprecedented insight into the cohesive political and cultural power of western ranchers in our day.

Автор: B.K. Sharma; Seema Kulshreshtha; Asad R. Rahmani
Название: Faunal Heritage of Rajasthan, India
ISBN: 1493951890 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493951895
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This volume provides the first kaleidoscopic work on the great biodiversity of Rajasthan. The three major biomes covered include deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and sub-tropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and sub-tropical moist broadleaf forests.

Автор: Pettorelli Nathalie, Durant Sarah M., Du Toit Johan T.
Название: Rewilding
ISBN: 1108472672 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108472678
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: A pioneering work that addresses rewilding with a global and interdisciplinary perspective, summarizing current thinking on this topic. It provides a comprehensive introduction to this conservation approach, outlining key concepts and detailing informative case studies, while considering the benefits, risks and social realities of rewilding.

Автор: Pettorelli Nathalie
Название: Ecological Reviews
ISBN: 1108460127 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108460125
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: A pioneering work that addresses rewilding with a global and interdisciplinary perspective, summarizing current thinking on this topic. It provides a comprehensive introduction to this conservation approach, outlining key concepts and detailing informative case studies, while considering the benefits, risks and social realities of rewilding.

Автор: Sandy Sheehy
Название: Imperiled Reef: The Fascinating, Fragile Life of a Caribbean Wonder
ISBN: 1683402499 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781683402497
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: This book brings alive the richly diverse world of an underwater paradise: the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. Stretching 625 miles through the Caribbean Sea along the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, this reef is the second largest coral structure on the planet. Imperiled Reef searches out the breathtaking intricacies of this endangered ecological treasure.Sandy Sheehy describes in eloquent detail the hard and soft corals, sponges, and myriad marine creatures—from sea turtles to jellyfish to dolphins—that interact to form a delicately balanced interdependent ecosystem, as well as the culturally diverse human communities that depend on them. She explores the work of marine biologists, oceanographers, and ecologists who have devoted their lives to studying this unique environment.Research shows that the future of the reef is at risk, Sheehy explains. Looking closely at threats ranging from global warming to overfishing to irresponsible development, Sheehy draws attention to the inspiring efforts of nongovernmental agencies, scientists, and local communities who are working together to address these challenges. She includes practical actions individuals can take to protect this reef—as well as marine ecosystems everywhere.Celebrating a vast, submerged landscape that has too often been undervalued, Imperiled Reef is both a strong case for protecting an international marvel and a powerful message of hope for the world’s oceans.