1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958451003321

Autore

Meine Curt

Titolo

Aldo Leopold : his life and work / / Curt Meine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, 1988

ISBN

9786612738814

9781282738812

128273881X

9780299249038

0299249034

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (655 p.)

Disciplina

508.32/4

Soggetti

Naturalists - Wisconsin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: c1988. With new front matter.

"With a new preface by the author and an appreciation by Wendell Berry"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Midwest -- Part II. East -- Part III. Southwest -- Part IV. Wisconsin.

Sources (1843-1887) -- Prospect Hill (1887-1904) -- Lawrenceville (1904-1905) -- New Haven (1905-1906) -- Forest School (1906-1909) -- Apache: The Breaks of the Blue (1909-1911) -- Carson: A Delightful Turmoil (1911-1913) -- On Top (1913-1915) -- “To Promote the Protection and Enjoyment of Wild Things … ” (1915-1919) -- Chief of Operations (1919-1922) -- Pioneers and Gullies (1923-1924) -- A Fish out of Water (1924-1928) -- “Game Methods: The American Way” (1928-1932) -- Consulting Forester (1932-1933) -- The Professor (1933-1934) -- The Value of Wilderness (1934-1935) -- Toward a Biotic View of Land (1936-1939) -- Digging Deeper (1939-1941) -- Land Use and Democracy (1942-1945) -- A Portent of a Different Future (1945-1947) -- Finale (1947-1948).

Sommario/riassunto

This biography of Aldo Leopold follows him from his childhood as a precocious naturalist to his profoundly influential role in the development of conservation and modern environmentalism in the United States. This edition includes a new preface by author Curt Meine



and an appreciation by acclaimed Kentucky writer and farmer Wendell Berry.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962401703321

Titolo

Southeast Asian perspectives on power / / edited by Liana Chua ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

1-136-33717-2

1-280-66222-0

9786613639158

0-203-12312-3

1-136-33718-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

The modern anthropology of Southeast Asia

Altri autori (Persone)

ChuaLiana

Disciplina

303.30959

Soggetti

Ethnology - Southeast Asia

Power (Social sciences) - Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia Social life and customs

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

7. The anthropology of a necessary mistake: The unsettled dead and the imagined state in contemporary Singapore8. Privateers, politicians, prowess and power; 9. Bureaucratic migrants and the potential of prosperity in upland Laos; 10. Living on the horizon of the everlasting present: Power, planning and the emergence of baroque forms of life in urban Malaysia; 11. Apparitions of sapiocracy: Vietnam's emergent welfare state and the restless dead of Thanh Ha; 12. From the power of prayer to prayer power: On religion and revolt in the modern Philippines; Filmography; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Over the last half-century, Southeast Asia has undergone innumerable, far-reaching changes that have consequences not only for large-scale institutions and processes, but also for everyday life. This book focuses on the topic of power in relation to these transformations, and looks at



its various social, cultural, religious, economic and political forms. Consisting of empirically rich case studies, the book works from the ground up, seeking to capture Southeast Asians' own perspectives, conceptualizations and experiences of power. It discusses the machinations of Indonesian politicians and the aspirations and struggles of marginal Lao bureaucrats, as well as looking at the mass 'Prayer Power' rallies in the Philippines and the self-cultivation practices of individual Thai Buddhists. Drawing on these diverse ethnographies, the book lays out a new framework for the analysis of power in Southeast Asia, one which traces how people become orientated towards or away from certain models, practices and configurations of power. It reveals how power cannot be pinned down to a single definition, but is woven into Southeast Asian lives in many complex, subtle, and often surprising ways. Integrating theoretical debates with empirical evidence drawn from the contributing authors' own research, this book is of particular interest to scholars and students of anthropology and Asian Studies."--Publisher's description.