Author: Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
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Geological Survey Bulletin
Author: Bulletin
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 1650
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Bulletin
Author: United States. Bureau of MinesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1170
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: California. Department of EducationPublisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Technical Bulletin
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Category : Agricultural extension work
Languages : en
Pages : 1290
Book Description
University of Missouri Bulletin
Author: Horses in Society
Author: Margaret E. DerryPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487511140
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Before crude oil and the combustion engine, the industrialized world relied on a different kind of power - the power of the horse. Horses in Society is the story of horse production in the United States, Britain, and Canada at the height of the species' usefulness, the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century. Margaret E. Derry shows how horse breeding practices used during this period to heighten the value of the animals in the marketplace incorporated a intriguing cross section of influences, including Mendelism, eugenics, and Darwinism. Derry elucidates the increasingly complex horse world by looking at the international trade in army horses, the regulations put in place by different countries to enforce better horse breeding, and general aspects of the dynamics of the horse market. Because it is a story of how certain groups attempted to control the market for horses, by protecting their breeding activities or 'patenting' their work, Horses in Society provides valuable background information to the rapidly developing present-day problem of biological ownership. Derry's fascinating study is also a story of the evolution of animal medicine and humanitarian movements, and of international relations, particularly between Canada and the United States.
Technical News Bulletin
Author: The Medical Bulletin of the Veterans Administration
Author: United States. Veterans AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1390
Book Description
Toxic Communities
Author: Dorceta TaylorPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479861626
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Uncovers the systemic problems that expose poor communities to environmental hazards From St. Louis to New Orleans, from Baltimore to Oklahoma City, there are poor and minority neighborhoods so beset by pollution that just living in them can be hazardous to your health. Due to entrenched segregation, zoning ordinances that privilege wealthier communities, or because businesses have found the ‘paths of least resistance,’ there are many hazardous waste and toxic facilities in these communities, leading residents to experience health and wellness problems on top of the race and class discrimination most already experience. Taking stock of the recent environmental justice scholarship, Toxic Communities examines the connections among residential segregation, zoning, and exposure to environmental hazards. Renowned environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor focuses on the locations of hazardous facilities in low-income and minority communities and shows how they have been dumped on, contaminated and exposed. Drawing on an array of historical and contemporary case studies from across the country, Taylor explores controversies over racially-motivated decisions in zoning laws, eminent domain, government regulation (or lack thereof), and urban renewal. She provides a comprehensive overview of the debate over whether or not there is a link between environmental transgressions and discrimination, drawing a clear picture of the state of the environmental justice field today and where it is going. In doing so, she introduces new concepts and theories for understanding environmental racism that will be essential for environmental justice scholars. A fascinating landmark study, Toxic Communities greatly contributes to the study of race, the environment, and space in the contemporary United States.