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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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9781597268486

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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330

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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0585479917

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9780585479910

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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238

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Springer

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1349115681

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9781349115686

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

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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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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9780691210148

Book's by Jonathan P Kusel

Community Forestry in the United States

Community Forestry in the United States

Forest Communities, Community Forests

Forest Communities, Community Forests

Rural Protest in the Weimar Republic

Rural Protest in the Weimar Republic

Rhineland Radicals

Rhineland Radicals

Intelligent Tinkering

Intelligent Tinkering

How the Classics Made Shakespeare

How the Classics Made Shakespeare

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