Called by the wild [[electronic resource] ] : the autobiography of a conservationist / / Raymond F. Dasmann ; with a foreword by Paul Erhlich |
Autore | Dasmann Raymond F. <1919-2002.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina |
333.7/2/092
B |
Soggetto topico | Conservationists - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
australia autobiography biography biology bioregionalism biosphere california caribbean conservation dasmann ecology ecotourism environment environmental movement environmentalism fieldwork game management kinshasha memoir military service military natural world nature preserve nature nonfiction politics population growth rain forest san francisco soldier south pacific sri lanka sustainability united nations united states veteran wilderness wildlife world war two ww2 |
ISBN |
0-520-92740-0
1-59734-521-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Beginnings: The Lure of Wild Country -- 2. School, the Woods, and War -- 3. Red Arrows Never Glance -- 4. Live Coward or Dead Hero? -- 5. Elizabeth's Story -- 6. Reunion -- 7. Transition -- 8. Deer -- 9. Arcata -- 10. Conservation by Slaughter -- 11. Return to the United States -- 12. Influences and Efforts -- 13. Too Many, Too Much -- 14. Uniting Nations -- 15. Return to Africa -- 16. Ecosystem and Biosphere People -- 17. The Edges of the Sea -- 18. The Incident in Kinshasha -- 19. Return to the South Pacific -- 20. Back to the Land -- 21. Damming Paradise -- 22. Other Ways of Life -- 23. Biosphere Reserves -- 24. Finale -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780378503321 |
Dasmann Raymond F. <1919-2002.> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Enemy lines [[electronic resource] ] : warfare, childhood, and play in Batticaloa / / Margaret Trawick |
Autore | Trawick Margaret |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 954.93032 |
Collana | Philip E. Lilienthal Asian studies imprint |
Soggetto topico |
Children and violence - Sri Lanka - Batticaloa District
Children and war - Sri Lanka - Batticaloa District Children - Sri Lanka - Batticaloa District - Social conditions Tamil (Indic people) - Sri Lanka - Batticaloa District - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropologists
anthropology armed resistance movement batticaloa boys and girls childhood play childhood children of war children childrens studies civil war coming of age conflict stories cultural conflict historians history of violence india military studies nonfiction personal account politics regional conflict societal violence sociologists sociology sri lanka tamil tigers teenagers war history war warfare |
ISBN |
9786612358159
1-282-35815-4 0-520-93887-9 1-4337-0971-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Tamil Transliterations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Past -- 3. March 1996 -- 4. Vasanta And Rosa -- 5. About Vithusa -- 6. What Menan Showed Me -- 7. Girls In The LTTE -- 8. Boys In The LTTE -- 9. Spectacles And Mysteries -- 10. Look For What You Do Not See -- Notes -- References -- General Index -- Index Of People -- Index Of Places |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784406903321 |
Trawick Margaret | ||
Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sites of violence [[electronic resource] ] : gender and conflict zones / / edited by Wenona Giles and Jennifer Hyndman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GilesWenona Mary <1949->
HyndmanJennifer |
Soggetto topico |
Violence
Political violence Social conflict Women - Crimes against Sex role Sex differences Feminist theory |
Soggetto non controllato |
afghanistan
anthology armed conflict conflict zones economy of conflict essay collection ethnographers feminists gender roles gender studies ghana guatemala history of violence human condition international perspective iraq israel kurdistan levels of violence life and death nationalism nonfiction essays palestine personal violence political racial issues social history soldiers somalia sri lanka transnational coalitions war zones |
ISBN |
0-520-93705-8
1-282-35967-3 1-59734-902-X 9786612359675 |
Classificazione | CV 6800 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Gender and Conflict in a Global Context -- 2. The Continuum of Violence: A Gender Perspective on War and Peace -- 3. The Sounds of Silence: Feminist Research across Time in Guatemala -- 4. Like Oil and Water, with a Match: Militarized Commerce, Armed Conflict, and Human Security in Sudan -- 5. No "Safe Haven": Violence against Women in Iraqi Kurdistan -- 6. From Pillars of Yugoslavism to Targets of Violence: Interethnic Marriages in the Former Yugoslavia and Thereafter -- 7. Geographies of Violence: Women and Conflict in Ghana -- 8. Gender, the Nationalist Imagination, War, and Peace -- 9. Refugee Camps as Conflict Zones: The Politics of Gender -- 10. The "Purity" of Displacement and the Reterritorialization of Longing: Muslim IDPs in Northwestern Sri Lanka -- 11. Escaping Conflict: Afghan Women in Transit -- 12. War, Flight, and Exile: Gendered Violence among Refugee Women from Post-Yugoslav States -- 13. The Gendered Impact of Multilateralism in the Post-Yugoslav States: Intervention, Reconstruction, and Globalization -- 14. New Directions for Feminist Research and Politics -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783388103321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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