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The Durable Slum

Dharavi and the Right to Stay Put in Globalizing Mumbai

By: Liza Weinstein

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The Durable Slum

Dharavi and the Right to Stay Put in Globalizing Mumbai

By: Liza Weinstein

In the center of Mumbai, next to the city’s newest and most expensive commercial developments, lies one of Asia’s largest slums, where as many as one million squatters live in makeshift housing on one square mile of government land. This is the notorious Dharavi district, best known from the movie Slumdog Millionaire. In recent years, cities from Delhi to Rio de Janeiro have demolished similar slums, at times violently evicting their residents, to make way for development. But Dharavi and its residents have endured for a century, holding on to what is now some of Mumbai’s most valuable land. In The Durable Slum, Liza Weinstein draws on a decade of work, including more than a year of firsthand research in Dharavi, to explain how, despite innumerable threats, the slum has persisted for so long, achieving a precarious stability. She describes how economic globalization and rapid urban development are pressuring Indian authorities to eradicate and redevelop Dharavi—and how political conflict, bureaucratic fragmentation, and community resistance have kept the bulldozers at bay. Today the latest ambitious plan for Dharavi’s transformation has been stalled, yet the threat of eviction remains, and most residents and observers are simply waiting for the project to be revived or replaced by an even grander scheme. Dharavi’s remarkable story presents important lessons for a world in which most population growth happens in urban slums even as brutal removals increase. From Nairobi’s Kibera to Manila’s Tondo, megaslums may be more durable than they appear, their residents retaining a fragile but hard-won right to stay put.

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452941122

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Compact Clinical Guide to Critical Care, Trauma, and Emergency Pain Management

An Evidence-Based Approach for Nurses

By: Liza Marmo, MSN, RN, CCRN,Yvonne D'Arcy, MS, APN-C, CNS, FAANP

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Compact Clinical Guide to Critical Care, Trauma, and Emergency Pain Management

An Evidence-Based Approach for Nurses

By: Liza Marmo, MSN, RN, CCRN,Yvonne D'Arcy, MS, APN-C, CNS, FAANP

This is an excellent resource for nurses practicing in critical care units, emergency departments, and trauma units, as well as for midlevel providers who manage these patients.--Doody's Medical Reviews "Compact ClinicalGuide to Critical Care,Trauma, and EmergencyPain Management is aconcise, easy-to-readresource for nurses whowant to reinforce theirfoundational knowledgein this area."--Critical Care Nurse This addition to Springer Publishingís Compact Clinical Guide to Pain Management Series presents evidence-based national guidelines and treatment algorithms for managing pain in patients in the critical care, trauma, and emergency room settings. Such patients often present with co-morbid and complex conditions which often make accurate pain assessment and treatment a challenge. In an easy-to-use, bulleted format, the book provides the most current information on assessing and managing pain in a variety of critical conditions. Both pharmacological management therapies and non-pharmacologic interventions are included along with information about pain assessment screening tools for special populations. Topics covered include the basics of pain physiology in critical, emergency, and operative care patients, assessing pain in the critically ill, medications and advanced pain management techniques useful with this population, and commonly occurring conditions in the various care environments. Also addressed are the management of particularly challenging patients (elderly, obese) and conditions (chronic pain, renal failure, chemically dependent patients, and burn patients). The book contains tables that efficiently summarize information and figures to illustrate key concepts. Pain rating scales and a helpful equi-analgesic conversion table are included in the Appendix. Key Features: Provides evidence-based information on treating pain in critical care, trauma, and emergency room patients for all practice levels Organized for quick access to pertinent clinical information on treatment options and pain types Provides cross-referenced indexing and easy-to-use assessment and screening tools Includes information for treating especially challenging and difficult to manage patient pain scenarios

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Springer Publishing Company

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0826108083

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9780826108081

Identity-Conscious Educator

Building Habits and Skills for a More Inclusive School (Create a Research-based Learning Environment That Allows Students of all Backgrounds to Learn and Grow Together.)

By: Liza A. Talusan

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Identity-Conscious Educator

Building Habits and Skills for a More Inclusive School (Create a Research-based Learning Environment That Allows Students of all Backgrounds to Learn and Grow Together.)

By: Liza A. Talusan

Learn powerful, practical strategies for creating an inclusive school community. The Identity-Conscious Educator provides a framework for building awareness and understanding of five identity categories: race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, and disability. Connect with vignettes and personal stories from the author that illuminate how to address identity topics in your personal and professional life. Then, develop skills in engaging in meaningful interactions with students and peers. Discover how identity affects both personal and professional lives. Review a framework for building habits and skills of identity-conscious teaching and learning. Build knowledge of five different identity categories and experiences --race, social class, sexual orientation, gender, and disability --and then act for positive change. Reflect with end-of-chapter questions. Review practical, research-based strategies, and activities for having difficult conversations and creating more inclusive communities. Contents: Preface Introduction Part I: Getting Ready for Identity Work Chapter 1: The Journey to Identity Awareness Chapter 2: The Shift From Avoiding Conflict to Inviting Challenge Part II: Building Your Identity-Conscious Practice Chapter 3: Race Chapter 4: Class Chapter 5: Sexual Orientation Chapter 6: Gender Chapter 7: Disability Part III: Turning Planning Into Action Chapter 8: From Ally to Abolitionist Chapter 9: The Role of Failure in Identity Work Chapter 10: Tools for Extending Your Learning Chapter 11: From Practitioner to Facilitator Chapter 12: Beyond The Identity-Conscious Educator Epilogue References and Resources Index

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307

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Solution Tree Press

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1952812720

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9781952812729

Restoration London

From Poverty to Pets, from Medicine to Magic, from Slang to Sex, from Wallpaper to Women's Rights

By: Liza Picard

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Restoration London

From Poverty to Pets, from Medicine to Magic, from Slang to Sex, from Wallpaper to Women's Rights

By: Liza Picard

Making use of every possible contemporary source - diaries, almanacs, newspapers, advice books, government papers, even the Register of Patents - Liza Picard shows us exactly how the denizens of seventeenth-century London lived: the streets, houses, and gardens; cooking, housework, laundry, and shopping; clothes and jewelry; cosmetics and hairdressing; medicine, sex, education, hobbies, and etiquette; law and crime; religion and popular beliefs. The London of three hundred years ago is brought wonderfully (and sometimes horrifyingly) to life. In her exact and vivid descriptions of London before and after the Great Fire, the busy everyday activities, and the intellectual horizons and language of ordinary people, Liza Picard brings back to us the living echoes of our seventeenth-century ancestors.

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377

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Macmillan

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0312186592

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9780312186593

Dr. Johnson's London

Coffee-Houses and Climbing Boys, Medicine, Toothpaste and Gin, Poverty and Press-Gangs, Freakshows and Female Education

By: Liza Picard

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Dr. Johnson's London

Coffee-Houses and Climbing Boys, Medicine, Toothpaste and Gin, Poverty and Press-Gangs, Freakshows and Female Education

By: Liza Picard

An enthralling review of an exhilarating era, Dr. Johnson's London brilliantly records the strangeness and individuality of the past--and continually reminds us of parallels with the present day. The practical realities of everyday life are rarely described in history books. To remedy this, and to satisfy her own curiosity about the lives of our ancestors, Liza Picard immersed herself in contemporary sources - diaries and journals, almanacs and newspapers, government papers and reports, advice books and memoirs - to examine the substance of life in mid-18th century London. The fascinating result of her research, Dr. Johnson's London introduces the reader to every facet of that period: from houses and gardens to transport and traffic; from occupations and work to pleasure and amusements; from health and medicine to sex, food, and fashion. Stops along the way focus on education, etiquette, public executions as popular entertainment, and a melange of other historical curiosities. This book spans the period from 1740 to 1770--very much the city of Dr. Samuel Johnson, who published his great Dictionary in 1755. It starts when the gin craze was gaining ground and ends just before America ceased being a colony.

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475

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St. Martin's Press

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146686348X

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9781466863484

Newsgirl

By: Liza Ketchum

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Newsgirl

By: Liza Ketchum

It's the spring of 1851 and San Francisco is booming. Twelve-year-old Amelia Forrester has just arrived with her family and they are eager to make a new life in Phoenix City. But the mostly male town is not that hospitable to females and Amelia decides she'll earn more money as a boy. Cutting her hair and donning a cap, she joins a gang of newsboys, selling Eastern newspapers for a fortune. And that's just the beginning of her adventures. Participating in the biggest news stories of the day, Amelia is not a girl to let life pass her by - even and especially when it involves danger!

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274

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Penguin

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1101657839

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9781101657836

International Disaster Management Ethics

By: Liza Ireni Saban

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International Disaster Management Ethics

By: Liza Ireni Saban

Responds to the demanding political and ethical challenges faced by the international disaster management community.

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192

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SUNY Press

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1438461712

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9781438461717

Everything Conceivable

How the Science of Assisted Reproduction Is Changing Our World

By: Liza Mundy

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Everything Conceivable

How the Science of Assisted Reproduction Is Changing Our World

By: Liza Mundy

Award-winning journalist Liza Mundy captures the human narratives, as well as the science, behind the controversial, multibillion-dollar fertility industry, and examines how this huge social experiment is transforming our most basic relationships and even our destiny as a species.Skyrocketing infertility rates and dizzying technological advances are revolutionizing American families and changing the way we think about parenthood, childbirth, and life itself. Using in-depth reporting and riveting anecdotal material from doctors, families, surrogates, sperm and egg donors, infertile men and women, single and gay and lesbian parents, and children conceived through technology, Mundy explores the impact of assisted reproduction on individuals as well as the ethical issues raised and the potentially vast social consequences. The unforgettable personal stories in Everything Conceivable run the gamut from joyous to tragic; all of them raise questions we dare not ignore.

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Anchor

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1400095379

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9781400095377

The Sisterhood

The Secret History of Women at the CIA

By: Liza Mundy

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The Sisterhood

The Secret History of Women at the CIA

By: Liza Mundy

A “rip-roaring” (Steve Coll), “staggeringly well-researched” (The New York Times) history of three generations at the CIA, “electric with revelations” (Booklist) about the women who fought to become operatives, transformed spycraft, and tracked down Osama bin Laden, from the bestselling author of Code Girls A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • A FOREIGN POLICY AND SMITHSONIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR In development as a series from Lionsgate Television, executive produced by Scott Delman (Station Eleven) Created in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency relied on women even as it attempted to channel their talents and keep them down. Women sent cables, made dead drops, and maintained the agency’s secrets. Despite discrimination—even because of it—women who started as clerks, secretaries, or unpaid spouses rose to become some of the CIA’s shrewdest operatives. They were unlikely spies—and that’s exactly what made them perfect for the role. Because women were seen as unimportant, pioneering female intelligence officers moved unnoticed around Bonn, Geneva, and Moscow, stealing secrets from under the noses of their KGB adversaries. Back at headquarters, women built the CIA’s critical archives—first by hand, then by computer. And they noticed things that the men at the top didn’t see. As the CIA faced an identity crisis after the Cold War, it was a close-knit network of female analysts who spotted the rising threat of al-Qaeda—though their warnings were repeatedly brushed aside. After the 9/11 attacks, more women joined the agency as a new job, targeter, came to prominence. They showed that data analysis would be crucial to the post-9/11 national security landscape—an effort that culminated spectacularly in the CIA’s successful effort to track down bin Laden in his Pakistani compound. Propelled by the same meticulous reporting and vivid storytelling that infused Code Girls, The Sisterhood offers a riveting new perspective on history, revealing how women at the CIA ushered in the modern intelligence age, and how their silencing made the world more dangerous

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513

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Random House

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0593238192

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9780593238196

Handbook Of Leftist Guerrilla Groups In Latin America And The Caribbean

By: Liza Gross

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Handbook Of Leftist Guerrilla Groups In Latin America And The Caribbean

By: Liza Gross

This book systematizes available information on leftist guerrilla groups in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It offers a multitude of vital statistics for each country, including the year the insurgency coalesced, its principal leadership, and its core ideology.

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196

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Routledge

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0429722877

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9780429722875

Picturing Indians

Native Americans in Film, 1941-1960

By: Liza Black

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Picturing Indians

Native Americans in Film, 1941-1960

By: Liza Black

Standing at the intersection of Native history, labor, and representation, Picturing Indians presents a vivid portrait of the complicated experiences of Native actors on the sets of midcentury Hollywood Westerns. This behind-the-scenes look at costuming, makeup, contract negotiations, and union disparities uncovers an all-too-familiar narrative of racism and further complicates filmmakers' choices to follow mainstream representations of "Indianness." Liza Black offers a rare and overlooked perspective on American cinema history by giving voice to creators of movie Indians--the stylists, public relations workers, and the actors themselves. In exploring the inherent racism in sensationalizing Native culture for profit, Black also chronicles the little-known attempts of studios to generate cultural authenticity and historical accuracy in their films. She discusses the studios' need for actual Indians to participate in, legitimate, and populate such filmic narratives. But studios also told stories that made Indians sound less than Indian because of their skin color, clothing, and inability to do functions and tasks considered authentically Indian by non-Indians. In the ongoing territorial dispossession of Native America, Native people worked in film as an economic strategy toward survival. Consulting new primary sources, Black has crafted an interdisciplinary experience showcasing what it meant to "play Indian" in post-World War II Hollywood. Browse the author's media links.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496223756

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9781496223753

The Watts Riot

By: Liza N. Burby

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The Watts Riot

By: Liza N. Burby

Describes the 1965 riot in the Black neighborhood of Watts that shook Los Angeles and the nation.

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1560063009

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The Durable Slum

Dharavi and the Right to Stay Put in Globalizing Mumbai

By: Liza Weinstein

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The Durable Slum

Dharavi and the Right to Stay Put in Globalizing Mumbai

By: Liza Weinstein

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Restoration London

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Dr. Johnson's London

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International Disaster Management Ethics

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Everything Conceivable

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Handbook Of Leftist Guerrilla Groups In Latin America And The Caribbean

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