Muslim spaces of hope : geographies of possibility in Britain and the West / / edited by Richard Phillips

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823896503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2009; [London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021
• ISBN: 1-350-22145-7; 1-84813-739-7; 1-282-45354-8; 9786612453540; 1-84813-302-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Disciplina: 942
• Soggetti: Islam and politics - Western countries; Islamic fundamentalism - Western countries; Muslims - Western countries - Politics and government; Sociology
• 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: About the editor; Illustrations; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Muslim geographies -- spaces of hope?; Muslim geographies; Spaces of hope?; References; Part One Spaces of Hope?; 1 Spaces of hope: interventions; 2 Muslims in the West: deconstructing geographical binaries; 3 The hopeful and exclusionary politics of Islam in Australia: looking for alternative geographies of 'Western Islam'; Part Two Convivial Cities; 4 Veils and sales: Muslims and the spaces of post-colonial fashion retail; 5 Citizenship and faith: Muslim scout groups.
• Sommario/riassunto: Debates about contemporary Islam and Muslims in the West have taken some negative turns in the depressing atmosphere of the war on terror and its aftermath. This book argues that we have been too preoccupied with problems, not enough with solutions. It acknowledges but challenges what has come to be viewed as the 'Islamic problem' - the ; widespread perception or construction of Muslims as a troubled and troublesome minority - by asking what Muslims have to be hopeful about today, and how others might share this hope.

The retreat of the elephants : an environmental history of China / / Mark Elvin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910963381503321
• Autore: Elvin Mark
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2004
• ISBN: 9786611723026; 9781281723024; 1281723029; 9780300133530; 0300133537
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (593 p.)
• Classificazione: AR 13962
• Disciplina: 304.2/0951
• Soggetti: Human ecology - China - History; Elephants - Migration - China; Deforestation - China - History; Environmental degradation - China - History; China Environmental conditions
• 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. [530]-547) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Conventions -- Introductory Remarks -- 1. Landmarks and Time-marks -- 2. Humans v. Elephants: The Three Thousand Years War -- 3. The Great Deforestation: An Overview -- 4. The Great Deforestation: Regions and Species -- 5. War and the Logic of Short-term Advantage -- 6. Water and the Costs of System Sustainability -- 7. Richness to Riches: The Story of Jiaxing -- 8. Chinese Colonialism: Guizhou and the Miao -- 9. The Riddle of Longevity: Why Zunhua? -- 10. Nature as Revelation -- 11. Science and Superfauna -- 12. Imperial Dogma and Personal Perspectives -- ; Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first environmental history of China during the three thousand years for which there are written records. It is also a treasure trove of literary, political, aesthetic, scientific, and religious sources, which allow the reader direct access to the views and feelings of the Chinese people toward their environment and their landscape. Elvin chronicles the spread of the Chinese style of farming that eliminated the habitat of the elephants that populated the country alongside much of its original wildlife; the destruction of most of the forests; the impact of war on the environmental transformation of the landscape; and the re-engineering of the countryside through water-control systems, some of gigantic size. He documents the histories of three contrasting localities within China to show how ecological dynamics defined the lives of the inhabitants. And he shows that China in the eighteenth century, on the eve of the modern era, was probably more environmentally degraded than northwestern Europe around this time. Indispensable for its new perspective on long-term Chinese history and its explanation of the roots of China's present-day environmental crisis, this book opens a door into the Chinese past.