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Community Forestry in the United States

Learning from the Past, Crafting the Future

By: Mark Baker,Jonathan Kusel

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Community Forestry in the United States

Learning from the Past, Crafting the Future

By: Mark Baker,Jonathan Kusel

Across the United States, people are developing new relationships with the forest ecosystems on which they depend, with a common goal of improving the health of the land and the well-being of their communities. Practitioners and supporters of what has come to be called community forestry are challenging current approaches to forest management as they seek to end the historical disfranchisement of communities and workers from forest management and the all-too-pervasive trends of long-term disinvestment in ecosystems and human communities that have undermined the health of both. Community Forestry in the United States is an analytically rigorous and historically informed assessment of this new movement. It examines the current state of community forestry through a grounded assessment of where it stands now and where it might go in the future. The book not only clarifies the state of the movement, but also suggests a trajectory and process for its continued development.

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Island Press

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1597268488

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Forest Communities, Community Forests

Struggles and Successes in Rebuilding Communities and Forests

By: Jonathan Kusel

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Forest Communities, Community Forests

Struggles and Successes in Rebuilding Communities and Forests

By: Jonathan Kusel

Forest Communities, Community Forests is a collection of stories about twelve communities in the United States and their efforts to protect and restore their community forests. It explores the struggles and opportunities faced by people as they work to invest in natural capital, reverse decades of poor forest practices, tackle policy gridlock, and address community as well as ecological health. The case studies are organized by the dominant themes in American community forestry today, with the basic premise that healthy ecosystems depend on healthy communities, and vice-versa. Unlike most studies of contemporary forestry, Forest Communities, Community Forests focuses on community well-being and, more generally, community concerns. While some recent studies have examined the environmental benefits of place-based resource management or collaborative processes, few have looked at community needs and concerns-beyond the question of how to entice locals to comply with 'new' forestry. It is our hope that these case studies will convey the importance of community-based forestry, and contribute to the understanding and development, and ultimately the success of new community-based initiatives in the U.S.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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0585479917

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9780585479910

Jewish Gold Country

By: Jonathan L. Friedmann

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Jewish Gold Country

By: Jonathan L. Friedmann

The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma on January 24, 1848, initiated one of the largest migrations in US history. Between 1849 and 1855, hundreds of thousands of migrants arrived in Northern California hoping to find gold in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The rapid population growth and economic prosperity led to boomtowns, banks, and railroads, making California eligible for statehood in 1850. An international cast of gold-seekers, merchants, and tradespeople arrived by land and through the port of San Francisco, which was transformed from a small village to a cosmopolitan metropolis. Jewish pioneers, many of whom had been merchants in Europe, opened stores and businesses in small towns and mining camps in and around the Mother Lode. They established benevolent societies and cemeteries, founded synagogues and companies, held public office and positions of influence, and contributed greatly to the multicultural fabric of the Gold Country.

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128

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439669422

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9781439669426

Rural Protest in the Weimar Republic

The Free Peasantry in the Rhineland and Bavaria

By: Jonathan Osmond

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Rural Protest in the Weimar Republic

The Free Peasantry in the Rhineland and Bavaria

By: Jonathan Osmond

This is a study of the radical peasant trade union which thrived in parts of south and west Germany in the 1920s. The Free Peasantry, as it was known, challenged the authority of the state through food delivery strikes, a separatist putsch which ended in bloodshed.

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Springer

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1349115681

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Rhineland Radicals

The Democratic Movement and the Revolution of 1848-1849

By: Jonathan Sperber

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Rhineland Radicals

The Democratic Movement and the Revolution of 1848-1849

By: Jonathan Sperber

This major interpretation of the Revolution of 1848-1849 in Germany stresses its character as a mass political phenomenon. Building skillfully on the theme of the interaction of self-conscious radicalism and spontaneous popular movements, Jonathan Sperber analyzes the social and religious antagonisms of pre-1848 German society and shows how they were politicized by the democratic political opposition.

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Princeton University Press

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0691233217

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9780691233215

Unsolved London Murders

The 1920s and 1930s

By: Jonathan Oates

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Unsolved London Murders

The 1920s and 1930s

By: Jonathan Oates

Unsolved crimes have a special fascination, none more so than unsolved murders. The shock of the crime itself and the mystery surrounding it, the fear generated by the awareness a killer on the loose, the insight the cases give into outdated police methods, and the chance to speculate about the identity of the killer after so many years have passed - all these aspects of unsolved murder cases make them compelling reading. In this companion volume to his best-selling Unsolved Murders of Victorian and Edwardian London, Jonathan Oates has selected over 20 haunting, sometimes shocking cases from the period between the two world wars. Included are the shooting of PC James Kelly in Gunnersbury, violent deaths associated with Fenian Conspiracies, the stabbing of the French acrobat Martial Lechevalier in Piccadilly, the strychnine poisoning of egg-seller Kusel Behr, the killing by arsenic of three members of a Croydon family, and, perhaps most gruesome of all, the case of the unidentified body parts found at Waterloo Station. Jonathan Oates describes each of these crimes in precise, forensic detail. His case studies shed light on the lives of the victims and summon up the ruthless, sometimes lethal character of London itself.

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Casemate Publishers

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1845630750

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9781845630751

How the Classics Made Shakespeare

By: Jonathan Bate

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How the Classics Made Shakespeare

By: Jonathan Bate

This book grew from the inaugural E. H. Gombrich Lectures in the Classical Tradition that I delivered in the autumn of 2013 at the Warburg Institute of the University of London, under the title, "Ancient Strength: Shakespeare and the Classical Tradition"--Preface, page ix.

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Princeton University Press

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0691210144

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Intelligent Tinkering

Bridging the Gap between Science and Practice

By: Robert Jonathan Cabin

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Intelligent Tinkering

Bridging the Gap between Science and Practice

By: Robert Jonathan Cabin

Robert J. Cabin uses the restoration of tropical dry forestland in Hawaii as an in-depth case study to investigate the scientific, practical, and philosophical issues associated with performing ecological restoration in the messy real world. Interweaving entertaining narratives of his own on-the-ground experiences as a practicing restorationist with reflections about his scientific training and background, Cabin explores the relationship between science and practice in ecological restoration. He observes that because restoration can be complex and value-driven, its implementation often turns out to be as much interdisciplinary art as hard science. Despite the often distinct cultures and methodologies of scientists and practitioners, Cabin shows how each has a vital role in effective restoration and offers suggestions for improving working relationships. One approach he advocates is what he calls "intelligent tinkering," after the work of Aldo Leopold. In this model, practitioners employ the same kind of careful but informal trial-and-error strategy followed by such groups as indigenous peoples and hobbyist mechanics. Cabin illustrates the power of intelligent tinkering using examples from his own work and other restoration projects. The gap between science and practice is not unique to ecological restoration; it is a widespread problem across all fields of applied science. Written in a clear and engaging style, Intelligent Tinkering offers an insightful look at the underlying causes of the problem, along with invaluable suggestions for addressing it.

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Island Press

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1610910400

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9781610910408

Forest Communities, Community Forests

Struggles and Successes in Rebuilding Communities and Forests

By: Jonathan Kusel

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Struggles and Successes in Rebuilding Communities and Forests

By: Jonathan Kusel

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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0585479917

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Understanding Community-Based Forest Ecosystem Management

By: Jonathan P Kusel,Gerald J Gray,Maia J Enzer

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Understanding Community-Based Forest Ecosystem Management

By: Jonathan P Kusel,Gerald J Gray,Maia J Enzer

Develop ecosystem management policies and processes that benefit your community and its environment! Understanding Community-Based Forest Ecosystem Management examines the emergence of community-based ecosystem management (CBEM) in the United States. This comprehensive book blends diverse perspectives, enabling you to draw on the experience and expertise of forest-based practitioners, researchers, and leaders in community-based efforts in the ecosystem management situations that you deal with in your community. Understanding Community-Based Forest Ecosystem Management delves into the major topics that will help build common understanding of CBEM, including: linking stewardship to the unique role that local communities and workers can play in its implementation developing social and institutional processes that are more open, democratic, and civil empowering communities to strengthen their participation in natural resource management addressing power imbalances improving understanding of worker issues and promoting an ecosystem workforce advancing laws and policies that promote the collaboration and coordination that are needed for long-term stewardship . . . and more! Healthy ecosystems and community well-being go hand in hand. The interdependence between the two is the focal point of community-based ecosystem management. Take advantage of this state-of-the-art reference and information source for scientists, community groups and their leaders, resource managers, and ecosystem management practitioners. The information you'll find in Understanding Community-Based Forest Ecosystem Management will be invaluable in your effort to manage and maintain the ecosystems in your community.

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CRC Press

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1560220813

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9781560220817

Book's by Jonathan Kusel

Community Forestry in the United States

Community Forestry in the United States

Forest Communities, Community Forests

Forest Communities, Community Forests

Jewish Gold Country

Jewish Gold Country

Rural Protest in the Weimar Republic

Rural Protest in the Weimar Republic

Rhineland Radicals

Rhineland Radicals

Unsolved London Murders

Unsolved London Murders

How the Classics Made Shakespeare

How the Classics Made Shakespeare

Intelligent Tinkering

Intelligent Tinkering

Forest Communities, Community Forests

Forest Communities, Community Forests

Understanding Community-Based Forest Ecosystem Management

Understanding Community-Based Forest Ecosystem Management

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