Daniel Vivian: 8 books
Leisure, Plantations, and the Making of a New South
The Sporting Plantations of the South Carolina Lowcountry and Red Hills Region, 1900–1940
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Leisure, Plantations, and the Making of New South investigates the social, architectural, and environmental history of sporting plantations in the South Carolina lowcountry and the Red Hills region of southeast Georgia and northern Florida. Although plantations figure prominently in histories of the...
A New Plantation World
Sporting Estates in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1900–1940
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
In the era between the world wars, wealthy sportsmen and sportswomen created more than seventy large estates in the coastal region of South Carolina. By retaining select features from earlier periods and adding new buildings and landscapes, wealthy sporting enthusiasts created a new type of plantation....
Schaffen wir das?
Ein Plädoyer für mehr Offenheit in der Flüchtlingspolitik
Language: German
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Deutschland und der Flüchtlingsstrom – "Wir schaffen das", sagt Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel. Die mehr als 20 zumeist prominenten Autoren des Buches setzen sich in nachdenklichen, teils sehr bewegenden und mitfühlenden Texten gedanklich mit dem Neuen und Fremden, den Problemen, Sorgen...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 1
Cultivation techniques, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world’s sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen...
A Multiple Community
Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
The proposal of this second volume of Leituras is to address the debate on the global South from other models of constructing reality and to speculate on the potential impact of alternative forms of organization on current times. To this end, it compiles a series of non-Western cosmologies which,...
by John Law, Kalpana Shankar, David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field.
Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...
Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty
The Return of Tamerlane?
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2018
After twenty-five years of independence, there is little doubt that the five Central Asian states will persist as sovereign, independent states. They increasingly differ from each other, and are making their way in global politics. No longer connected only to Russia, they are now connected in important...
Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans
Effective Activities, Strategies, and Assignments for Classrooms and Communities
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2006
The number of Asian American students in schools and colleges has soared in the last twenty-five years, and they make up one of the fastest growing segments of the student population. However, classroom material often does not include their version of the American experience. Teaching about Asian...