Author: Emily Mendenhall
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN: 0826504531
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Unmasked is the story of what happened in Okoboji, a small Iowan tourist town, when a collective turn from the coronavirus to the economy occurred in the COVID summer of 2020. State political failures, local negotiations among political and public health leaders, and community (dis)belief about the virus resulted in Okoboji being declared a hotspot just before the Independence Day weekend, when an influx of half a million people visit the town. The story is both personal and political. Author Emily Mendenhall, an anthropologist at Georgetown University, grew up in Okoboji, and her family still lives there. As the events unfolded, Mendenhall was in Okoboji, where she spoke formally with over 100 people and observed a community that rejected public health guidance, revealing deep-seated mistrust in outsiders and strong commitments to local thinking. Unmasked is a fascinating and heartbreaking account of where people put their trust, and how isolationist popular beliefs can be in America's small communities. This book is the recipient of the 2022 Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Prize from Vanderbilt University Press for the best book in the area of art or medicine.
Unmasked
Author: Emily Mendenhall
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN: 0826504531
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Unmasked is the story of what happened in Okoboji, a small Iowan tourist town, when a collective turn from the coronavirus to the economy occurred in the COVID summer of 2020. State political failures, local negotiations among political and public health leaders, and community (dis)belief about the virus resulted in Okoboji being declared a hotspot just before the Independence Day weekend, when an influx of half a million people visit the town. The story is both personal and political. Author Emily Mendenhall, an anthropologist at Georgetown University, grew up in Okoboji, and her family still lives there. As the events unfolded, Mendenhall was in Okoboji, where she spoke formally with over 100 people and observed a community that rejected public health guidance, revealing deep-seated mistrust in outsiders and strong commitments to local thinking. Unmasked is a fascinating and heartbreaking account of where people put their trust, and how isolationist popular beliefs can be in America's small communities. This book is the recipient of the 2022 Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Prize from Vanderbilt University Press for the best book in the area of art or medicine.
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN: 0826504531
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Unmasked is the story of what happened in Okoboji, a small Iowan tourist town, when a collective turn from the coronavirus to the economy occurred in the COVID summer of 2020. State political failures, local negotiations among political and public health leaders, and community (dis)belief about the virus resulted in Okoboji being declared a hotspot just before the Independence Day weekend, when an influx of half a million people visit the town. The story is both personal and political. Author Emily Mendenhall, an anthropologist at Georgetown University, grew up in Okoboji, and her family still lives there. As the events unfolded, Mendenhall was in Okoboji, where she spoke formally with over 100 people and observed a community that rejected public health guidance, revealing deep-seated mistrust in outsiders and strong commitments to local thinking. Unmasked is a fascinating and heartbreaking account of where people put their trust, and how isolationist popular beliefs can be in America's small communities. This book is the recipient of the 2022 Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Prize from Vanderbilt University Press for the best book in the area of art or medicine.
Rethinking Diabetes
Author: Emily Mendenhall
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501738313
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In Rethinking Diabetes, Emily Mendenhall investigates how global and local factors transform how diabetes is perceived, experienced, and embodied from place to place. Mendenhall argues that the link between sugar and diabetes overshadows the ways in which underlying biological processes linking hunger, oppression, trauma, unbridled stress, and chronic mental distress produce diabetes. The life history narratives in the book show how deeply embedded these factors are in the ways diabetes is experienced and (re)produced among poor communities around the world. Rethinking Diabetes focuses on the stories of women living with diabetes near or below the poverty line in urban settings in the United States, India, South Africa, and Kenya. Mendenhall shows how women's experiences of living with diabetes cannot be dissociated from their social responsibilities of caregiving, demanding family roles, expectations, and gendered experiences of violence that often displace their ability to care for themselves first. These case studies reveal the ways in which a global story of diabetes overlooks the unique social, political, and cultural factors that produce syndemic diabetes differently across contexts. From the case studies, Rethinking Diabetes clearly provides some important parallels for scholars to consider: significant social and economic inequalities, health systems that are a mix of public and private (with substandard provisions for low-income patients), and rising diabetes incidence and prevalence. At the same time, Mendenhall asks us to unpack how social, cultural, and epidemiological factors shape people's experiences and why we need to take these differences seriously when we think about what drives diabetes and how it affects the lives of the poor.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501738313
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In Rethinking Diabetes, Emily Mendenhall investigates how global and local factors transform how diabetes is perceived, experienced, and embodied from place to place. Mendenhall argues that the link between sugar and diabetes overshadows the ways in which underlying biological processes linking hunger, oppression, trauma, unbridled stress, and chronic mental distress produce diabetes. The life history narratives in the book show how deeply embedded these factors are in the ways diabetes is experienced and (re)produced among poor communities around the world. Rethinking Diabetes focuses on the stories of women living with diabetes near or below the poverty line in urban settings in the United States, India, South Africa, and Kenya. Mendenhall shows how women's experiences of living with diabetes cannot be dissociated from their social responsibilities of caregiving, demanding family roles, expectations, and gendered experiences of violence that often displace their ability to care for themselves first. These case studies reveal the ways in which a global story of diabetes overlooks the unique social, political, and cultural factors that produce syndemic diabetes differently across contexts. From the case studies, Rethinking Diabetes clearly provides some important parallels for scholars to consider: significant social and economic inequalities, health systems that are a mix of public and private (with substandard provisions for low-income patients), and rising diabetes incidence and prevalence. At the same time, Mendenhall asks us to unpack how social, cultural, and epidemiological factors shape people's experiences and why we need to take these differences seriously when we think about what drives diabetes and how it affects the lives of the poor.
Gant Family Genealogy - Second Edition
Author: Mary Gant Bell
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359389384
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Discover the Gant family in this journey through time. The story begins with the James and Dina Gant and documents each generation through today. You will also learn about the families related to the Gant clan, including the Allen, Bickers, Bix, Carmichael, Cooper, Cox, Dixon, Frank, Gade, Hadley, Halverson, Jackson, Lightfoot, Mendenhall, Miller, Moellenberndt, Newlin, Nissalka, Richards, Starr, Stewart, Wasley, White, and many others. If you are related to any Gant's or are a history buff, this book is for you! The whole family will enjoy reading this family's history through the generations. Visit http: //MaryGantBell.com for more titles by this author.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359389384
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Discover the Gant family in this journey through time. The story begins with the James and Dina Gant and documents each generation through today. You will also learn about the families related to the Gant clan, including the Allen, Bickers, Bix, Carmichael, Cooper, Cox, Dixon, Frank, Gade, Hadley, Halverson, Jackson, Lightfoot, Mendenhall, Miller, Moellenberndt, Newlin, Nissalka, Richards, Starr, Stewart, Wasley, White, and many others. If you are related to any Gant's or are a history buff, this book is for you! The whole family will enjoy reading this family's history through the generations. Visit http: //MaryGantBell.com for more titles by this author.
Story of My Childhood Written for My Children
Author: Alice Mendenhall George
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781973854982
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The childhood memoir of Alice Mendenhall George may invoke in the reader reflections on their own childhood as she describes her ancestors, their move when she was an infant from Indiana to Le Sueur County, Minnesota, and reminisces about her childhood in the villages of Ottawa and Le Sueur, where her father became a partner in a family-owned sawmill. She recalls her chores, early experiences with Indians and describes the Dakota War of 1862. Her recollection of school during the 1860's, friends, insect plagues and more are relatable tales for all readers despite the technology of the day.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781973854982
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The childhood memoir of Alice Mendenhall George may invoke in the reader reflections on their own childhood as she describes her ancestors, their move when she was an infant from Indiana to Le Sueur County, Minnesota, and reminisces about her childhood in the villages of Ottawa and Le Sueur, where her father became a partner in a family-owned sawmill. She recalls her chores, early experiences with Indians and describes the Dakota War of 1862. Her recollection of school during the 1860's, friends, insect plagues and more are relatable tales for all readers despite the technology of the day.
Natchez Area Family History Book
Author:
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1618584936
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
Description of Natchez flag, general history of Adams County, Mississippi, general overveiw of Natchez history, overview of businesses, organizations, churches as well as local residents bios. Many photos.
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1618584936
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
Description of Natchez flag, general history of Adams County, Mississippi, general overveiw of Natchez history, overview of businesses, organizations, churches as well as local residents bios. Many photos.
The Mendenhall Family
Author: Thomas A. Valentine
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1068
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1068
Book Description
Joseph & Hyrum
Author: Mark E. Mendenhall
Publisher: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center
ISBN: 9780842527545
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This book pays tribute to Joseph and Hyrum's shared leadership-and challenges us to carry on their legacy. The stories and examples of shared leadership illustrate how they honored agency and exerted righteous influence, grew through adversity, forged bonds of obligation and love, governed conflict, and organized through councils.
Publisher: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center
ISBN: 9780842527545
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This book pays tribute to Joseph and Hyrum's shared leadership-and challenges us to carry on their legacy. The stories and examples of shared leadership illustrate how they honored agency and exerted righteous influence, grew through adversity, forged bonds of obligation and love, governed conflict, and organized through councils.
The Cultural and Religious Creativity of Ancient Israel
Author: George E. Mendenhall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781575067094
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
A collection of essays on the history of the biblical tradition by George E. Mendenhall (1916-2016). Includes studies on law, covenant, and the Hebrew conquest of Palestine, as well as excerpts from Mendenhall's own autobiography.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781575067094
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
A collection of essays on the history of the biblical tradition by George E. Mendenhall (1916-2016). Includes studies on law, covenant, and the Hebrew conquest of Palestine, as well as excerpts from Mendenhall's own autobiography.
Orchards of Eden
Author: Nancy M. Mendenhall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967884226
Category : Fruit growers
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
America's early 1900's dream of greening the western desert through irrigation drew hundreds of would-be farmers to the Columbia River hamlet of White Bluffs in Washington State. Yearning for a healthy, possibly lucrative life in the wild desert setting, they struggled with nature, railroads, power companies, commission houses, water systems and the ever-disappointing market. Through oral histories, letters, photographs and meticulous research, author Nancy Mendenhall tells the story of how, despite all the adversities, the orchardists built a remarkable, thriving community until it was cut short by events of World War Two. At times reading like an epic novel, this rich social history shows in detail the hard roles of pioneer women, children and their men, and delves deeply into their emotional and intellectual lives.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967884226
Category : Fruit growers
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
America's early 1900's dream of greening the western desert through irrigation drew hundreds of would-be farmers to the Columbia River hamlet of White Bluffs in Washington State. Yearning for a healthy, possibly lucrative life in the wild desert setting, they struggled with nature, railroads, power companies, commission houses, water systems and the ever-disappointing market. Through oral histories, letters, photographs and meticulous research, author Nancy Mendenhall tells the story of how, despite all the adversities, the orchardists built a remarkable, thriving community until it was cut short by events of World War Two. At times reading like an epic novel, this rich social history shows in detail the hard roles of pioneer women, children and their men, and delves deeply into their emotional and intellectual lives.
Love Fast Live Slow
Author: Nick Mendenhall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735035703
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
You don't have to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. Just love fast and live slow. NO MORE WONDERING IF YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH. NO MORE QUESTIONING GOD'S PURPOSE FOR YOU. NO MORE OVERTHINKING EVERY DECISION. Humanity is overwhelmed with feelings of distress now more than ever. The world is looking for a solution to the angst. A trending solution to this overarching misalignment is to fill our lives with more. More stuff. More money. More exercise. More volunteering. More prestige. We look outward to satisfy our hunger for happiness. When the pendulum swings too far in our pursuit for more, it leads us to counter that busyness with a desperate evacuation: having less, doing less, spending less, conquering less. However, owning less or doing less is still an external solution to an internal problem. Have you ever come to God begging for rest and clarity? I have. And He's told me (multiple times), "I'll let you know what you need to know, when you need to know it. In the meantime, do what I've already told you." And what we know we should be doing, rain or shine, clear or foggy, is to live like Jesus did. That is why Love Fast Live Slow exists.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735035703
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
You don't have to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. Just love fast and live slow. NO MORE WONDERING IF YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH. NO MORE QUESTIONING GOD'S PURPOSE FOR YOU. NO MORE OVERTHINKING EVERY DECISION. Humanity is overwhelmed with feelings of distress now more than ever. The world is looking for a solution to the angst. A trending solution to this overarching misalignment is to fill our lives with more. More stuff. More money. More exercise. More volunteering. More prestige. We look outward to satisfy our hunger for happiness. When the pendulum swings too far in our pursuit for more, it leads us to counter that busyness with a desperate evacuation: having less, doing less, spending less, conquering less. However, owning less or doing less is still an external solution to an internal problem. Have you ever come to God begging for rest and clarity? I have. And He's told me (multiple times), "I'll let you know what you need to know, when you need to know it. In the meantime, do what I've already told you." And what we know we should be doing, rain or shine, clear or foggy, is to live like Jesus did. That is why Love Fast Live Slow exists.