1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456059203321

Titolo

Trees on the farm [[electronic resource] ] : assessing the adoption potential of agroforestry practices in Africa / / edited by S. Franzel, S.J. Scherr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, c2002

ISBN

1-280-82965-6

9786610829651

0-85199-884-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FranzelSteven Charles

ScherrSara J

Disciplina

634.9/9/096

Soggetti

Agroforestry systems - Africa

Agroforestry - Technology transfer - Africa

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Methods for Assessing Agroforestry Adoption Potential; 3 Assessing the Adoption Potential of Improved Fallows in Eastern Zambia; 4 The Adoption Potential of Short Rotation Improved Tree Fallows: Evidence from Western Kenya; 5 Assessing the Adoption Potential of Hedgerow Intercropping for Improving Soil Fertility, Western Kenya; 6 Farmer-designed Agroforestry Trials: Farmers' Experiences in Western Kenya; 7 Calliandra calothyrsus: Assessing the Early Stages of Adoption of a Fodder Shrub in the Highlands of Central Kenya

8 Promoting New Agroforestry Technologies: Policy Lessons from On-farm Research9 Assessing Adoption Potential: Lessons Learned and Future Directions; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This title assesses the adoption of selected agroforestry practices developed with African farmers, describing methods, and drawing out the implications for research, development, and policy.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455401503321

Titolo

Changes in law and society during the Civil War and Reconstruction [[electronic resource] ] : a legal history documentary reader / / edited by Christian G. Samito

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-13891-X

9786613808219

0-8093-8643-7

1-4416-2366-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Collana

Legal History of the Civil War Era

Altri autori (Persone)

SamitoChristian G

Disciplina

342.7308/73

Soggetti

African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - History - 19th century

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States Armed Forces African Americans History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-326) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The status of African Americans before the Civil War -- The expansion of governmental power and the nationalization of the Union -- African Americans, emancipation, and military service -- Rights during the Civil War and Reconstruction : potential, change, and opposition -- Judicial interpretation and limitation of the Civil War amendments and civil rights legislation.

Sommario/riassunto

The first comprehensive collection of legal history documents from the Civil War and Reconstruction, this volume shows the profound legal changes that occurred during the Civil War era and highlights how law, society, and politics inextricably mixed and set American legal development on particular paths that were not predetermined. Editor Christian G. Samito has carefully selected excerpts from legislation, public and legislative debates, court cases, investigations of white supremacist violence in the South, and rare court-martial records, added his expert analysis, and illu