Enduring Roots

Author : Gayle Brandow Samuels
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0813535395

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Enduring Roots by Gayle Brandow Samuels Pdf

Trees are the grandest and most beautiful plant creations on earth. From their shade-giving, arching branches and strikingly diverse bark to their complex root systems, trees represent shelter, stability, place, and community as few other living objects can. Enduring Roots tells the stories of historic American trees, including the oak, the apple, the cherry, and the oldest of the world's trees, the bristlecone pine. These stories speak of our attachment to the land, of our universal and eternal need to leave a legacy, and demonstrate that the landscape is a gift, to be both received and, sometimes, tragically, to be destroyed. Each chapter of this book focuses on a specific tree or group of trees and its relationship to both natural and human history, while exploring themes of community, memory, time, and place. Readers learn that colonial farmers planted marker trees near their homes to commemorate auspicious events like the birth of a child, a marriage, or the building of a house. They discover that Benjamin Franklin's Newtown Pippin apples were made into a pie aboard Captain Cook's Endeavour while the ship was sailing between Tahiti and New Zealand. They are told the little-known story of how the Japanese flowering cherry became the official tree of our nation's capital--a tale spanning many decades and involving an international cast of characters. Taken together, these and many other stories provide us with a new ways to interpret the American landscape. "It is my hope," the author writes, "that this collection will be seen for what it is, a few trees selected from a great forest, and that readers will explore both--the trees and the forest--and find pieces of their own stories in each."

Author : Simone Weil
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000082791

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The Need for Roots by Simone Weil Pdf

Hailed by Andre Gide as the patron saint of all outsiders, Simone Weil's short life was ample testimony to her beliefs. In 1942 she fled France along with her family, going firstly to America. She then moved back to London in order to work with de Gaulle. Published posthumously The Need for Roots was a direct result of this collaboration. Its purpose was to help rebuild France after the war. In this, her most famous book, Weil reflects on the importance of religious and political social structures in the life of the individual. She wrote that one of the basic obligations we have as human beings is to not let another suffer from hunger. Equally as important, however, is our duty towards our community: we may have declared various human rights, but we have overlooked the obligations and this has left us self-righteous and rootless. She could easily have been issuing a direct warning to us today, the citizens of Century 21.

Author : Erica Ball,Kellie Carter Jackson
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780820350837

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Reconsidering Roots by Erica Ball,Kellie Carter Jackson Pdf

These essays--from scholars in history, sociology, film, and media studies--interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery, labor, and the black family; reflected on the promise of freedom and civil rights; and engaged discourses of race, gender, violence, and power.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105007468288

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Scribner's Magazine ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : James W. Nickel
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0520059948

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Making Sense of Human Rights by James W. Nickel Pdf

This fully revised and extended edition of James Nickel's classic study explains and defends the contemporary conception of human rights. Combining philosophical, legal and political approaches, Nickel explains international human rights law and addresses questions of justification and feasibility. New, revised edition of James Nickel's classic study. Explains and defends the conception of human rights found in the" Universal Declaration of Human Rights" (1948) and subsequent treaties in a clear and lively style. Covers fundamental freedoms, due process rights, social rights, and minority rights. Updated throughout to include developments in law, politics, and theory since the publication of the first edition. New features for this edition include an extensive bibliography and a chapter on human rights and terrorism.

Author : Dr. Douglas M. Baker
Publisher : Baker eBooks Publishing
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781625690111

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Esoteric Healing – Part 3 by Dr. Douglas M. Baker Pdf

Esoteric Healing – Part 3: Flower Remedies and Medical Astrology It was the Tibetan Master D.K. who pointed out that there was a very real link between Man and his unconscious through the Plant Kingdom. The work of Carl Jung has brought into being what is now called psychosomatic medicine and has established the reality of an unconscious in each man which he shares, in part, collectively with all mankind, and from which stems much of his disease.' Using drugs, such as those inflicted by orthodox medicine on the public at large, is not the way that medicine will take in the future. It is a temporary expedient which wreaks havoc through its side effects and one which must be progressively set aside as the use of Flower Remedies becomes more universal. The angiosperms, or flowering plants, which include many trees, underwent an immense initiation about 70 million years ago on this planet, just about the time that man began to materialise his physical form. And humanity owes much of its structure to what it has drawn from those flowering plants in its evolution. What better way to correct his imbalances than through the finest essences of that from which he was derived. The cause of 90% of man's disease lies in planes other than the physical, and it is on those planes that symptoms manifest first, before they work through to show as gross physical disorders. In using the Flower Remedies the attempt is made, via the Plant Kingdom, to reach the innermost structures producing the origins of the diseased condition. This masterly written text/reference manual is a must-have for all those interested or practicing alternative healing or esoteric astrology! This valuable writing is enhanced by over 120 images (many in color), lists, astrological charts and, reference and correlation charts. A special section deals with dosage, obtaining and producing your own flower remedies

Author : Dr. Douglas M. Baker
Publisher : Baker eBooks Publishing
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-22
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781625691774

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LIBRA by Dr. Douglas M. Baker Pdf

INTRODUCTION TO THE ZODIAC SERIES: Special English Edition Personality and Soul Characteristics plus Rising Signs Discover your own myth and revitalise your life with the power of ESOTERIC astrology! Astrology comes of age with this remarkable set of 12 zodiac books (Each sign sold separately) that explore the inner person, the secret Self, as well as the personality that the Self presents to the world. You will be astounded to discover how far reaching the influence of the signs are on our lives, especially our sun (birth) and rising signs, and how much you are a product of the stars. These easy-to-read books are far more than a representation of the same old characteristics and qualities of the signs. With over 55 years of practical experience in astrology, research, teaching and interpretation, Dr. Douglas M. Baker is in a unique position to fully appreciate just what it is people want to know about themselves. In these works he shares his knowledge with us all, covering such subjects as: · The personality and psychology of the signs. · Helpful hints on raising the children of each sign. · Health and the zodiac. · Flower remedies and tissue salts related to each sign. · How your own sign is reflected in the world around you. · The talents and potential genius of the signs. · The Rising Sign – an indication of the life’s purpose. · The spiritual path of your sign. · The qualities and influences of your sign’s ruling planet. · Sample charts and their detailed interpretation. These books will help you tap into reservoirs of energy that are linked to your own sign. Energy that will help you cope with the stresses and strains of modern life and bring you into closer contact with the real you, your inner self! This is your birthright because you were born in that particular sign. ARIES: March 21st to April 20th TAURUS: April 21st to May 21st GEMINI: May 22nd to June 21st CANCER: June 22nd to July 23rd LEO: July 24th to August 23rd VIRGO: August 24th to September 23rd LIBRA: September 24th to October 23rd SCORPIO: October 24th to November 22nd SAGITTARIUS: November 23rd to December 21st CAPRICORN: December 22nd to January 20th AQUARIUS: January 21st to February 19th PISCES: February 20th to March 20th

Author : Cesar Grana
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351502382

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On Bohemia by Cesar Grana Pdf

Bohemia has been variously defined as a mythical country, a state of mind, a tavern by the wayside on the road of life. The editors of this volume prefer a leaner definition: an attitude of dissent from the prevailing values of middle-class society, one dependent on the existence of caf life. But whatever definition is preferred, this rich and long overdue collective portrait of Bohemian life in a large variety of settings is certain to engage and even entrance readers of all types: from the student of culture to social researchers and literary figures n search of their ancestral roots. The work is international in scope and social scientific in conception. But because of the special nature of the Bohemian fascination, the volume is also graced by an unusually larger number of exquisite literary essays. Hence, one will find in this anthology writings by Malcolm Cowely, Norman Podhoretz, Norman Mailer, Theophile Gautier, Honore de Balzac, Mary Austin, Stefan Zweig, Nadine Gordimer, and Ernest Hemingway. Social scientists are well represented by Cesar Grana, Ephraim Mizruchi, W.I. Thomas, Florian Znaniecki, Harvey Zorbaugh, John R. Howard, and G. William Domhoff, among others.The volume is sectioned into major themes in the history of Bohemia: social and literary origins, testimony by the participants, analysis by critics of and crusaders for the bohemian life, the ideological characteristics of the bohemians, and the long term prospect as well as retrospect for bohemenianism as a system, culture and ideology. The editors have provided a framework for examining some fundamental themes in social structure and social deviance: What are the levels of toleration within a society? Do artists deserve and receive special treatment by the powers that be? And what are the connections between bohemian life-styles and political protest movements?This is an anthology and not a treatise, so the reader is free to pick and choose not only wha

Author : Andrew Christian Isenberg
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 801 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195324907

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The Oxford Handbook of Environmental History by Andrew Christian Isenberg Pdf

This book explores the methodology of environmental history, with an emphasis on the field's interaction with other historiographies such as consumerism, borderlands, and gender. It examines the problem of environmental context, specifically the problem and perception of environmental determinism, by focusing on climate, disease, fauna, and regional environments. It also considers the changing understanding of scientific knowledge.

Author : Richard Schechner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134379446

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Performance Theory by Richard Schechner Pdf

Few have had quite as much impact in both the academy and in the world of theatre production as Richard Schechner. For more than four decades his work has challenged conventional definitions of theatre, ritual and performance. When this seminal collection first appeared, Schechner's approach was not only novel, it was revolutionary: drama is not just something that occurs on stage, but something that happens in everyday life, full of meaning, and on many different levels. Within these pages he examines the connections between Western and non-Western cultures, theatre and dance, anthropology, ritual, performance in everyday life, rites of passage, play, psychotherapy and shamanism.

Author : Lawrence M. Friedman,Robert V. Percival
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469639789

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The Roots of Justice by Lawrence M. Friedman,Robert V. Percival Pdf

Focusing on a single county at a time when the population grew from 24,000 to 246,000, the authors combine statistical analysis of documentary sources, contemporary newspaper accounts, and exploration in criminal case files to give a detailed reconstruction of the operations of the county's entire criminal justice system. By tracing the process from arrest to trial, sentencing, and punishment, this study will have a profound effect on our perception of American criminal justice. Originally published in 1981. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Author : Mary Ellen Hombs
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216118602

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Modern Homelessness by Mary Ellen Hombs Pdf

This in-depth examination reviews fundamental changes of the past decade that have reduced homelessness in the United States and other Western democracies. Focusing on the last decade, Modern Homelessness: A Reference Handbook examines the issue in the United States and in other nations that have adopted new strategies to address homelessness—and achieved notable results in preventing and ending it. The handbook covers the unprecedented reductions first announced in 2007 and the crucial shifts in strategy and investment, and the results that brought them about. These fundamental changes are analyzed to identify the factors that proved most effective in altering the national and local dialogue and response relative to this daunting issue. In addition to a brief history of homelessness in contemporary times, the handbook examines key developments of the past decade in research, policy, housing models, and service delivery that have been shown to decrease homelessness. These include active partnership among the governments of the United States, Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand, and others that moved the discussion in a new direction. The story is brought up to date with a consideration of the effects of the 2008 economic crisis.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309452960

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Communities in Action by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States Pdf

In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

Author : Alan Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135997069

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Policing: An introduction to concepts and practice by Alan Wright Pdf

This book provides a highly readable introduction to the role and function of the police and policing, examining the issues and debates that surround this. It looks at the 'core functions' of the police, the ways in which police functions have developed, their key characteristics, and the challenges they face. From the outset questions are asked about the conceptual contestability and ambiguity of policing, and different views of police roles are addressed in turn: policing as social control, crime investigation, managing risk, policing as community justice, and as a public good.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1799
Category : Literature, Modern
ISBN : UOM:39015031336731

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The Anti-Jacobin Review and Protestant Advocate by Anonim Pdf