Land Use
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Development in Latin AmericaToward a New Future |
In Development in Latin America, Maristella Svampa explores the contemporary development and resistance dynamics of capitalist development — the workings (on people and societies) of the … | Maristella Svampa | 122 | 2019 | View |
 PowerLimits and Prospects for Human Survival |
Weaving together findings from a wide range of disciplines, Power traces how four key elements developed to give humans extraordinary power: tool making ability, language, social complexity, and … | Richard Heinberg | 416 | 2021 | View |
 The Culture of NatureNorth American Landscape from Disney to the Exxon Valdez, Second Edition |
Since it was first published in 1991, few books have come close to capturing the depth and breadth of Alexander Wilson’s innovative ecocultural compendium The Culture of Nature. His work … | Alexander Wilson | 352 | 2019 | View |
 The Political Economy of Agrarian ExtractivismLessons from Bolivia |
Around the world, plantation economies are on the rise. Increasing concerns over food, energy and financial security, combined with a geopolitical restructuring of the global agro-food system, … | Ben M. McKay | 172 | 2020 | View |
 Unearthing JusticeHow to Protect Your Community from the Mining Industry |
The mining industry continues to be at the forefront of colonial dispossession around the world. It controls information about its intrinsic costs and benefits, propagates myths about its … | Joan Kuyek | 408 | 2019 | View |
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From AcknowledgementsFrom: The Culture of Nature |
Author’s acknowledgements | Alexander Wilson | 2 | 2019 | $0.20 Add |
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From Critical Development Studies Series |
- | Maristella Svampa | 2 | 2019 | $0.20 Add |
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From Foreword |
Foreword by Cristóbal Kay, The Hague, 2019. | Ben M. McKay | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From ForwardFrom: Unearthing Justice |
John Cutfeet discusses the significance of the book in bringing attention to the impact of the mining industry and the role that the author has played as an activist. | Joan Kuyek | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: Power |
In the introduction, Heinberg suggests that while there is not a single solution to the converging crises of the 21st century, there is a single causative agent. That causative agent is … | Richard Heinberg | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From Foreword to the second editionFrom: The Culture of Nature |
The foreword highlights how Wilson’s environmental activism was ahead of his time and explores how his ideas and practices are still relevant today. | Greg Garrard | 6 | 2019 | $0.60 Add |
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From IntroductionMining and Community Resistance in Canada From: Unearthing Justice |
In this chapter the author gives a brief summary of the objective of the book, then provides an overview of the structure of the book. | Joan Kuyek | 7 | 2019 | $0.70 Add |
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From IntroductionAgrarian Change and the Politics of Control |
The Politics of Control: An Analytical Framework Agrarian Dynamics in Bolivia: A Brief Overview Organization of the Argument | Ben M. McKay | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From Power in NatureFrom Mitochondria to Emotion and Deception From: Power |
In this chapter, the author takes a look at some of the powers that arose in living things long before humans emerged. | Richard Heinberg | 46 | 2021 | $4.60 Add |
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From Series Editors |
- | Maristella Svampa | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
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From Chapter 1The Physical Footprint of a Mine From: Unearthing Justice |
This chapter examines the scale of a typical open-pit mine, as well as the enormous amount of infrastucture that is required to support its operation. | Joan Kuyek | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
