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Nature Protests

The End of Ecology in Slovakia

By: Edward K. Snajdr

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Nature Protests

The End of Ecology in Slovakia

By: Edward K. Snajdr

As societies around the world are challenged to respond to ever growing environmental crises, it has become increasingly important for activists, policy makers, and environmental practitioners to understand the dynamic relationship between environmental movements and the state. In communist Eastern Europe, environmental activism fueled the rise of democratic movements and the overthrow of totalitarianism. Yet, as this study of environmentalism in Slovakia shows, concern for the environment declined during the post-communist period, an ironic victim of its own earlier success. Through ethnographic interviews and archival materials, Edward Snajdr explains why Slovakia's ecology movement, so strong under socialism, fell apart so rapidly despite the persistence of serious environmental problems in the region. Synthesizing theory in anthropology and political ecology, he suggests that the fate of environmentalism in Slovakia marks the beginning of a global post-ecological age, where nature is culturally maginalized in new ways. In addition to its significance for policy makers, this book will be a valuable resource for anthropologists, sociologists, political ecologists, and scholars of East European and post-Soviet studies.

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University of Washington Press

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0295800542

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9780295800547

What the Signs Say

Language, Gentrification, and Place-Making in Brooklyn

By: Shonna Trinch,Edward Snajdr

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What the Signs Say

Language, Gentrification, and Place-Making in Brooklyn

By: Shonna Trinch,Edward Snajdr

Although we may not think we notice them, storefronts and their signage are meaningful, and the impact they have on people is significant. What the Signs Say argues that the public language of storefronts is a key component to the creation of the place known as Brooklyn, New York. Using a sample of more than two thousand storefronts and over a decade of ethnographic observation and interviews, the study charts two very different types of local Brooklyn retail signage. The unique and consistent features of many words, large lettering, and repetition that make up Old School signage both mark and produce an inclusive and open place. In contrast, the linguistic elements of New School signage, such as brevity and wordplay, signal not only the arrival of gentrification, but also the remaking of Brooklyn as distinctive and exclusive. Shonna Trinch and Edward Snajdr, a sociolinguist and an anthropologist respectively, show how the beliefs and ideas that people take as truths about language and its speakers are deployed in these different sign types. They also present in-depth ethnographic case studies that reveal how gentrification and corporate redevelopment in Brooklyn are intimately connected to public communication, literacy practices, the transformation of motherhood and gender roles, notions of historical preservation, urban planning, and systems of privilege. Far from peripheral or irrelevant, shop signs say loud and clear that language displayed in public always matters.

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Vanderbilt University Press

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0826522793

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9780826522795

Birds of the Sierra Nevada

Their Natural History, Status, and Distribution

By: Edward C. Beedy,Edward R. Pandolfino

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Birds of the Sierra Nevada

Their Natural History, Status, and Distribution

By: Edward C. Beedy,Edward R. Pandolfino

This beautifully illustrated and user-friendly book presents the most up-to-date information available about the natural histories of birds of the Sierra Nevada, the origins of their names, the habitats they prefer, how they communicate and interact with one another, their relative abundance, and where they occur within the region. Each species account features original illustrations by Keith Hansen. In addition to characterizing individual species, Birds of the Sierra Nevada also describes ecological zones and bird habitats, recent trends in populations and ranges, conservation efforts, and more than 160 rare species. It also includes a glossary of terms, detailed maps, and an extensive bibliography with over 500 citations.

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Univ of California Press

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0520274946

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9780520274945

Nature Protests

The End of Ecology in Slovakia

By: Edward K. Snajdr

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The End of Ecology in Slovakia

By: Edward K. Snajdr

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What the Signs Say

Language, Gentrification, and Place-Making in Brooklyn

By: Shonna Trinch,Edward Snajdr

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Language, Gentrification, and Place-Making in Brooklyn

By: Shonna Trinch,Edward Snajdr

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Nature Protests

Nature Protests

What the Signs Say

What the Signs Say

Birds of the Sierra Nevada

Birds of the Sierra Nevada

Nature Protests

Nature Protests

What the Signs Say

What the Signs Say

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