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UNINA9910460036903321 |
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Autore |
Carle David <1950-> |
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Introduction to earth, soil, and land in California [[electronic resource] /] / David Carle |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
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1-282-73250-1 |
9786612732508 |
0-520-94732-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (252 p.) |
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California natural history guide series ; ; no. 101 |
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Soil ecology - California |
Soil animals - California |
Land use - California |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Soil Profiles and Categories -- Cities in the Soil -- Decomposers, Partners, and Parasites -- Shredders, Grazers, and Predators -- Higher-Level Predators -- Burrowers for Shelter and Food -- Lines on the Land -- Harvesting Wealth from the Earth -- Fire and Soil -- Wildland Management -- UNTAMED LAND -- Why Farmlands Matter -- Dirt First! -- Death by a Thousand Cuts -- Mount Trashmores -- Ecological Footprints -- Compassionate Numbers -- From Earthworms to Earth Day -- Online Soil and Land Resources -- References -- Art Credits -- Additional Captions -- Index -- About the author |
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Following his acclaimed guides to air, fire, and water, David Carle now offers a fascinating exploration of one more primary element of the natural world-the land beneath our feet. From earthworms and earthquakes to Earth Day, this concise, engaging guide is a multifaceted primer on the literal foundation of California's environment. Carle tells how soil ecosystems function, discusses what lives in the soil, and examines various soil types. He then turns to the relationship between humans and the land, and investigates the various |
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uses and abuses that land in California endures: large scale agriculture, mining, and development, as well as fires, floods, and erosion. The guide also details the history of land use in the state, making it an essential resource for understanding our total reliance on soil, the marvelous substrate that is the basis of life.• Covers the entire state, including California's wildlands, farmland, cities, and landfills• Assesses California's ecological footprint on planet Earth• Discusses many different life forms found in soil, including bacteria, fungi, insects, and mammals• Features 92 color photographs and 18 maps A book in the Californians and Their Environment subseries, dedicated to understanding human influences on the state's ecology and natural resources |
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UNINA9910961730403321 |
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Autore |
Robinson Cabeiri deBergh |
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Body of victim, body of warrior : refugee families and the making of Kashmiri jihadists / / Cabeiri deBergh Robinson |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (353 p.) |
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South Asia Across the Disciplines |
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Islam and politics - Pakistan - Azad Kashmir |
Jihad |
Kashmiri (South Asian people) - Pakistan - Azad Kashmir |
Refugees - India - Jammu and Kashmir |
Refugees - Pakistan - Azad Kashmir |
Religious militants - Pakistan - Azad Kashmir |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Names, Transliteration, and Photographs -- Preface: The Kashmir Dispute and the Conflicts within Conflict Ethnography -- |
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Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Social Production of Jihād -- ONE. Between War and Refuge in Jammu and Kashmir. Displacement, Borders, and the Boundaries of Political Belonging -- TWO. Protective Migration and Armed Struggle. Political Violence and the Limits of Victimization in Islam -- THREE. Forging Political Identities, 1947-1988. The South Asian Refugee Regime and Refugee Resettlement Villages -- FOUR. Transforming Political Identities, 1989-2001. Refugee Camps in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the International Refugee Regime -- FIVE. Human Rights and Jihād. Victimization and the Sovereignty of the Body -- SIX. The Mujāhid as Family-Man. Sex, Death, and the Warrior's (Im)pure Body -- CONCLUSION. From Muhājir to Mujāhid to Jihādī in the Global Order of Things -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
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This book provides a fascinating look at the creation of contemporary Muslim jihadists. Basing the book on her long-term fieldwork in the disputed borderlands between Pakistan and India, Cabeiri deBergh Robinson tells the stories of people whose lives and families have been shaped by a long history of political conflict. Interweaving historical and ethnographic evidence, Robinson explains how refuge-seeking has become a socially and politically debased practice in the Kashmir region and why this devaluation has turned refugee men into potential militants. She reveals the fraught social processes by which individuals and families produce and maintain a modern jihad, and she shows how Muslim refugees have forged an Islamic notion of rights-a hybrid of global political ideals that adopts the language of human rights and humanitarianism as a means to rethink refugees' positions in transnational communities. Jihad is no longer seen as a collective fight for the sovereignty of the Islamic polity, but instead as a personal struggle to establish the security of Muslim bodies against political violence, torture, and rape. Robinson describes how this new understanding has contributed to the popularization of jihad in the Kashmir region, decentered religious institutions as regulators of jihad in practice, and turned the families of refugee youths into the ultimate mediators of entrance into militant organizations. This provocative book challenges the idea that extremism in modern Muslim societies is the natural by-product of a clash of civilizations, of a universal Islamist ideology, or of fundamentalist conversion. |
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