South Flows The Pearl

Author : Mavis Gock Yen
Publisher : Sydney University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781743327234

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South Flows the Pearl by Mavis Gock Yen Pdf

South Flows the Pearl is a fascinating journey through the history of Chinese Australia. Taking the reader from Shanghai and the Pearl River Delta to Sydney, Perth, Cairns, Darwin, Bendigo and beyond, it explores the struggles and successes of Chinese people in Australia since the 1850s, as told in their own words. This unique book was written by an insider. Mavis Yen was born in Perth in 1916, the daughter of a Chinese father and an Australian mother. She lived in both countries and understood what it meant to navigate two worlds, to live through war and revolution, and to experience racial discrimination. In the 1980s she began interviewing elderly Chinese Australians, recording hours of conversations. Her intimate understanding of their languages and life experiences encouraged them to share their stories. Published here for the first time, they will change how you think about Australian history. “This is a book that offers a new way to be Australian in this country, and casts Chinese Australians as the protagonists in their own stories... When people agree to tell their stories, they speak to the future. Whether or not we listen is up to us.” — Dr Sophie Loy-Wilson, University of Sydney

Author : Victoria Rawlings,James Flexner,Lynette Riley
Publisher : Sydney University Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781743327586

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Community-Led Research by Victoria Rawlings,James Flexner,Lynette Riley Pdf

The concept of community-led research has taken off in recent years in a variety of fields, from archaeology and anthropology to social work and everything in between. Drawing on case studies from Australia, the Pacific and Southeast Asia, this book considers what it means to participate in community-led research, for both communities and researchers. How can researchers and communities work together well, and how can research be reimagined using the knowledge of First Nations peoples and other communities to ensure it remains relevant, sustainable, socially just and inclusive?

Author : Lobb, Joshua
Publisher : Sydney University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781743322659

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The Flight of Birds by Lobb, Joshua Pdf

The Flight of Birds is a novel in twelve stories, each of them compelled by an encounter between the human and animal worlds. The birds in these stories inhabit the same space as humans, but they are also apart, gliding above us. The Flight of Birds: A Novel in Twelve Stories explores what happens when the two worlds meet. Joshua Lobb’s stories are at once intimate and expansive, grounded in an exquisite sense of place. The birds in these stories are variously free and wild, native and exotic, friendly and hostile. Humans see some of them as pets, some of them as pests, and some of them as food. Through a series of encounters between birds and humans, the book unfolds as a meditation on grief and loss, isolation and depression, and the momentary connections that sustain us through them. Underpinning these interactions is an awareness of climate change, of the violence we do to the living beings around us, and of the possibility of transformation. The Flight of Birds will change how you think about the planet and humanity’s place in it.

Author : Emily Brugman
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781761063633

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The Islands by Emily Brugman Pdf

A moving and original debut novel. Observant, warm and extraordinary. 'There is an other-worldly quality about the Abrolhos which is beyond the reach of ordinary storytelling. Emily Brugman has captured them, staked them to the page in all their isolation and aridity and scoured indifference, because her storytelling is extraordinary.' Jock Serong, bestselling author of Preservation 'Strongly written, deeply felt, original.' Tegan Bennett Daylight 'Beautiful, fresh, wise and true - startlingly good.' - Robert Drewe, award-winning author of Whipbird In the mid-1950s, a small group of Finnish migrants set up camp on Little Rat, a tiny island in an archipelago off the coast of Western Australia. The crayfishing industry is in its infancy, and the islands, haunted though they are by past shipwrecks, possess an indefinable allure. Drawn here by tragedy, Onni Saari is soon hooked by the stark beauty of the landscape and the slivers of jutting coral onto which the crayfishers build their precarious huts. Could these reefs, teeming with the elusive and lucrative cray, hold the key to a good life? The Islands is the sweeping story of the Saari family: Onni, an industrious and ambitious young man, grappling with the loss of a loved one; his wife Alva, quiet but stoic, seeking a sense of belonging between the ramshackle camps of the islands and the dusty suburban lots of the mainland; and their pensive daughter Hilda, who dreams of becoming the skipper of her own boat. As the Saari's try to build their future in Australia, their lives entwine with those of the fishing families of Little Rat, in myriad and unexpected ways. A stunning, insightful story of a search for home. 'A beautiful, breathtaking, salty book about finding home on the far reaches of the continental shelf.' Marele Day, author of bestselling Lambs of God

Author : Siobhan O'Sullivan,Michael McGann,Mark Considine
Publisher : Sydney University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781743328361

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Buying and Selling the Poor by Siobhan O'Sullivan,Michael McGann,Mark Considine Pdf

Buying and Selling the Poor ventures behind the scenes of the multibillion-dollar welfare-to-work system, offering new insights into how Australia responds to unemployment and disadvantage. As the authors tell the story of four local employment offices, they paint a vivid picture of a critically important social service which many people are aware of but which few properly understand. They also reveal the wider impacts that processes of marketisation and welfare reform have had on these frontline services over decades, and how the work of frontline staff and service providers has been transformed. Buying and Selling the Poor looks closely at how these services operate, why some succeed where others fail, and what can be learned from the stories of staff and clients who have navigated the system. Three decades into this market experiment, how well are we doing in supporting our most vulnerable citizens to get back to work? 'This revealing, often heart-wrenching work will prove enlightening for not only those within the policy field, but also anyone with an interest in or experience dealing with a system that often feels like a race to the bottom.' - Kim Thomson, Books+Publishing

Author : Jason Hannan
Publisher : Sydney University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781743327081

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Meatsplaining by Jason Hannan Pdf

The animal agriculture industry, like other profit-driven industries, aggressively seeks to shield itself from public scrutiny. To that end, it uses a distinct set of rhetorical strategies to deflect criticism. These tactics are fundamental to modern animal agriculture but have long evaded critical analysis. In this collection, academic and activist contributors investigate the many forms of denialism perpetuated by the animal agriculture industry. What strategies does the industry use to avoid questions about its inhumane treatment of animals and its impact on the environment and public health? What narratives, myths and fantasies does it promote to sustain its image in the public imagination? ‘powerful, timely and essential’ – David Nibert, author of Animal Oppression and Human Violence: Domesecration, Capitalism, and Global Conflict ‘Meatsplaining equips us to identify the lies at the heart of animal agriculture. It’s an excellent and timely compilation on an exceedingly vexing problem.’ – Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat and Burger ‘Meatsplaining is the first book to give an apt name to the animal agriculture industry’s relentless campaign of disinformation and denialism ... Written in a clear, lively, and accessible style, Meatsplaining will surely educate the public about the horrors of animal agriculture.’ – Marc Bekoff, author of The Animals’ Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age ‘Cruelty thrives in secrecy, and the meat industry is highly skilled at concealing the routine abuse and misery that flourishes on modern farms. Meatsplaining cuts through the spin, and exposes the meat industry's massive PR machine. It explores how Big Meat uses language, obfuscation, and denial to misdirect the public's attention away from its commodification of sentient animals, environmental devastation, and the looming health crisis caused by eating animals. This book is a must-read for animal advocates, and anyone else who no longer wants to be lied to.’ – Camille Labchuk, Executive Director, Animal Justice ‘This book ... provides a necessary corrective to the fantasy world created by meat industry propaganda. As we grapple with a global zoonotic pandemic and biodiversity crisis, it is urgent for us to ... start thinking clearly about who and what is on our plates.’ – John Sorenson, Brock University

Author : Pedro Machado,Steve Mullins,Joseph Christensen
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780821446935

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Pearls, People, and Power by Pedro Machado,Steve Mullins,Joseph Christensen Pdf

Pearls, People, and Power is the first book to examine the trade, distribution, production, and consumption of pearls and mother-of-pearl in the global Indian Ocean over more than five centuries. While scholars have long recognized the importance of pearling to the social, cultural, and economic practices of both coastal and inland areas, the overwhelming majority have confined themselves to highly localized or at best regional studies of the pearl trade. By contrast, this book stresses how pearling and the exchange in pearl shell were interconnected processes that brought the ports, islands, and coasts into close relation with one another, creating dense networks of connectivity that were not necessarily circumscribed by local, regional, or indeed national frames. Essays from a variety of disciplines address the role of slaves and indentured workers in maritime labor arrangements, systems of bondage and transoceanic migration, the impact of European imperialism on regional and local communities, commodity flows and networks of exchange, and patterns of marine resource exploitation between the Industrial Revolution and Great Depression. By encompassing the geographical, cultural, and thematic diversity of Indian Ocean pearling, Pearls, People, and Power deepens our appreciation of the underlying historical dynamics of the many worlds of the Indian Ocean. Contributors: Robert Carter, William G. Clarence-Smith, Joseph Christensen, Matthew S. Hopper, Pedro Machado, Julia T. Martínez, Michael McCarthy, Jonathan Miran, Steve Mullins, Karl Neuenfeldt, Samuel M. Ostroff, and James Francis Warren.

Author : Bertil Lintner
Publisher : Hurst & Company
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849049962

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The Costliest Pearl by Bertil Lintner Pdf

After being absent for 600 years, China is re-entering the Indian Ocean with its ""Belt and Road"" mega- project. This book shows how China is in the Indian Ocean for the long haul and what that means for regional and international power struggles.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031002629

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Pearl River in the Vicinity of Walkiah Bluff [MS,LA] by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Jennings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Chinese poetry
ISBN : HARVARD:32044060349537

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The Shi King, the Old "Poetry Classic" of the Chinese by William Jennings Pdf

Author : V. Lee
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780230307186

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East Asian Cinemas by V. Lee Pdf

This book is an original volume of essays that sheds new and critical light on current and emerging filmmaking trends and practices in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. A timely and important contribution to existing scholarship in the field.

Author : Jianyu Hu,Chung-ru Ho,Lingling Xie,Quanan Zheng
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811206924

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Regional Oceanography Of The South China Sea by Jianyu Hu,Chung-ru Ho,Lingling Xie,Quanan Zheng Pdf

This book aims to share newly obtained results and information on regional oceanography of the South China Sea by leading experts in fields such as water mass, circulation, mesoscale eddies, near-inertial motion, upwelling, mixing, continental shelf waves, internal waves and fronts. These comprehensive results can provide new insights on global and regional climate change.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Hydrology
ISBN : MINN:31951P00161453U

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Water-resources Investigations Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lindy Clemson,Megan Swann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Exercise for older people
ISBN : 1743326866

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Stepping on by Lindy Clemson,Megan Swann Pdf

The Stepping On program is a community-based falls-prevention program that shows participants how to reduce falls, increase confidence and maintain personal independence. Originally developed in Australia, based on research and scientifically proven to work, the Stepping On program is now internationally recognised as best practice in falls prevention.

Author : Richard BROOKES (M.D.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1823
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017806040

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Darby's Edition of Brookes' Universal Gazetteer; or, a New geographical dictionary ... Illustrated by a ... map of the United States. The third American edition, with ample additions and improvements: by William Darby by Richard BROOKES (M.D.) Pdf