1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464862303321

Autore

Radomski Paul J

Titolo

Lakeshore living : designing lake places and communities in the footprints of environmental writers / / Paul J. Radomski and Kristof Van Assche, authors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-62895-014-5

1-60917-408-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AsscheKristof Van

Disciplina

577.63

Soggetti

Lake ecology

Environmental literature

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

North American lakes -- Scientist, writer, and activist -- Lakeshore development and redevelopment -- Making good things happen around us.

Sommario/riassunto

In this remarkable and remarkably accessible synthesis of ecology, landscape design, and social sciences, the authors present an approach to lakeshore living that addresses the need to create rich, sustainable places and communities on the water, where both the loon and the family find a place, and where the cabin can be handed down with integrity to the grandchildren. Fragile shorelands require care, and that caring comes from knowledge, experience, and an environmental ethic. Radomski and Van Assche argue that an environmentally sensitive lakeshore place and community design is the w



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459824003321

Autore

George Abosede A.

Titolo

Making modern girls : a history of girlhood, labor, and social development in colonial Lagos / / Abosede A. George

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8214-4501-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

New African Histories

Disciplina

305.2308209669/1

Soggetti

Girls - Nigeria - Lagos - History - 20th century

Child labor - Nigeria - Lagos - History - 20th century

Peddlers - Nigeria - Lagos - History - 20th century

Public welfare - Nigeria - Lagos - History - 20th century

Social change - Nigeria - Lagos

Electronic books.

Lagos (Nigeria) Social conditions 20th century

Great Britain Colonies Social policy

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

Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Making Modern Girls, Abosede A. George examines the influence of African social reformers and the developmentalist colonial state on the practice and ideology of girlhood as well as its intersection with child labor in Lagos, Nigeria. It draws from gender studies, generational studies, labor history, and urban history to shed new light on the complex workings of African cities from the turn of the twentieth century through the nationalist era of the 1950's.   The two major schemes at the center of this study were the modernization project of elite Lagosian women and the salvationist project