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Environmental Winds

Making the Global in Southwest China

By: Michael J. Hathaway

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Environmental Winds

Making the Global in Southwest China

By: Michael J. Hathaway

Environmental Winds challenges the notion that globalized social formations emerged solely in the Global North prior to impacting the Global South. Instead, such formations have been constituted, transformed, and propelled through diverse, site-specific social interactions that complicate and defy divisions between 'global' and 'local.' The book brings the reader into the lives of Chinese scientists, officials, villagers, and expatriate conservationists who were caught up in environmental trends over the past 25 years. Hathaway reveals how global environmentalism has been enacted and altered in China, often with unanticipated effects, such as the rise of indigenous rights, or the reconfiguration of human/animal relationships, fostering what rural villagers refer to as “the revenge of wild elephants.”

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University of California Press

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0520276205

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9780520276208

What a Mushroom Lives For

Matsutake and the Worlds They Make

By: Michael J. Hathaway

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Matsutake and the Worlds They Make

By: Michael J. Hathaway

How the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China—and providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worlds What a Mushroom Lives For pushes today’s mushroom renaissance in compelling new directions. For centuries, Western science has promoted a human- and animal-centric framework of what counts as action, agency, movement, and behavior. But, as Michael Hathaway shows, the world-making capacities of mushrooms radically challenge this orthodoxy by revealing the lively dynamism of all forms of life. The book tells the fascinating story of one particularly prized species, the matsutake, and the astonishing ways it is silently yet powerfully shaping worlds, from the Tibetan plateau to the mushrooms’ final destination in Japan. Many Tibetan and Yi people have dedicated their lives to picking and selling this mushroom—a delicacy that drives a multibillion-dollar global trade network and that still grows only in the wild, despite scientists’ intensive efforts to cultivate it in urban labs. But this is far from a simple story of humans exploiting a passive, edible commodity. Rather, the book reveals the complex, symbiotic ways that mushrooms, plants, humans, and other animals interact. It explores how the world looks to the mushrooms, as well as to the people who have grown rich harvesting them. A surprise-filled journey into science and human culture, this exciting and provocative book shows how fungi shape our planet and our lives in strange, diverse, and often unimaginable ways.

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Princeton University Press

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0691225907

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9780691225906

Load Assumption for Fatigue Design of Structures and Components

Counting Methods, Safety Aspects, Practical Application

By: Michael Köhler,Sven Jenne,Kurt Pötter,Harald Zenner

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Load Assumption for Fatigue Design of Structures and Components

Counting Methods, Safety Aspects, Practical Application

By: Michael Köhler,Sven Jenne,Kurt Pötter,Harald Zenner

Understanding the fatigue behaviour of structural components under variable load amplitude is an essential prerequisite for safe and reliable light-weight design. For designing and dimensioning, the expected stress (load) is compared with the capacity to withstand loads (fatigue strength). In this process, the safety necessary for each particular application must be ensured. A prerequisite for ensuring the required fatigue strength is a reliable load assumption. The authors describe the transformation of the stress- and load-time functions which have been measured under operational conditions to spectra or matrices with the application of counting methods. The aspects which must be considered for ensuring a reliable load assumption for designing and dimensioning are discussed in detail. Furthermore, the theoretical background for estimating the fatigue life of structural components is explained, and the procedures are discussed for numerous applications in practice. One of the prime intentions of the authors is to provide recommendations which can be implemented in practical applications.

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237

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Springer

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364255248X

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9783642552489

The Genesis of Rebellion

Governance, Grievance, and Mutiny in the Age of Sail

By: Steven Pfaff,Michael Hechter

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The Genesis of Rebellion

Governance, Grievance, and Mutiny in the Age of Sail

By: Steven Pfaff,Michael Hechter

Reveals how poor governance and everyday forms of organization resulted in mutiny amongst seamen during the Age of Sail.

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355

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Cambridge University Press

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1107193737

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9781107193734

The Social Psychology of Everyday Life

By: Michael Argyle

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The Social Psychology of Everyday Life

By: Michael Argyle

Is psychology good for our health? What is the effect of class on social behaviour? In this comprehensive and fully up-to-date accoung of the psychology of everyday life, Michael Argyle looks at the most interesting and practically important areas of social psychology. He takes social psychology out of the laboratory into real-life settings and helps us to understand the world in which we live. He covers many of the pressing concerns of the day - conflict and aggression, racial prejudice, social class, relationships, health, happiness - and emphasisies the practical applications of social psychology.

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Routledge

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1134961731

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Handbook of Religion and Health

By: Harold G. Koenig,Michael E. McCullough,David B. Larson

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Handbook of Religion and Health

By: Harold G. Koenig,Michael E. McCullough,David B. Larson

What effect does religion have on physical and mental health? In answering this question, this book reviews and discusses research on the relationship between religion and a variety of mental and physical health outcomes, including depression and anxiety; heart disease, stroke, and cancer; and health related behaviors such as smoking and substance abuse. The authors examine the positive and negative effects of religion on health throughout the life span, from childhood to old age. Based on their findings, they build theoretical models illustrating the behavioral, psychological, social, and physiological pathways through which religion may influence health. The authors also review research on the impact of religious affiliation, belief, and practice on the use of health services and compliance with medical treatment. In conclusion, they discuss the clinical relevance of their findings and make recommendations for future research priorities. Offering the first comprehensive examination of its topic, this volume is an indispensable resource for research scientists, health professionals, public policy makers, and anyone interested in the relationship between religion and health.

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725

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Oxford University Press

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0199727643

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The Psychology of Religious Behaviour, Belief and Experience

By: Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi,Michael Argyle

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The Psychology of Religious Behaviour, Belief and Experience

By: Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi,Michael Argyle

Because society is increasingly secular, it may seem irrelevant to consider the psychology of religion. But the diversity of our multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society in fact makes religion more important to the social sciences than it has ever been before. What are the social consequences of religion? Every day the news is full of events that can be blamed on religion perpetrated by a range of groups from whole societies to individuals. Beit-Hallami and Argyle are renowned for their clear, analytical approach to topics and this new, state-of-the-art study of psychology and religion is no exception. It will be welcomed as an update to their previous work in the area by social psychologists, sociologists and theologians worldwide.

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331

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Routledge

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1317799046

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9781317799047

Law in Perspective

Ethics, Society and Critical Thinking

By: Michael Head,Scott Mann

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Law in Perspective

Ethics, Society and Critical Thinking

By: Michael Head,Scott Mann

Chiefly written as a textbook for 1st year university law students, this book encourages critical, responsible and creative thinking about law as a system of ideas and a social institution. Explore the realtionship between law, logic and science.

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UNSW Press

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1921410809

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9781921410802

What a Mushroom Lives For

Matsutake and the Worlds They Make

By: Michael J. Hathaway

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Matsutake and the Worlds They Make

By: Michael J. Hathaway

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Book's by Michael J. Hathaway

Environmental Winds

Environmental Winds

What a Mushroom Lives For

What a Mushroom Lives For

Load Assumption for Fatigue Design of Structures and Components

Load Assumption for Fatigue Design of Structures and Components

The Genesis of Rebellion

The Genesis of Rebellion

The Social Psychology of Everyday Life

The Social Psychology of Everyday Life

Handbook of Religion and Health

Handbook of Religion and Health

The Psychology of Religious Behaviour, Belief and Experience

The Psychology of Religious Behaviour, Belief and Experience

Law in Perspective

Law in Perspective

What a Mushroom Lives For

What a Mushroom Lives For

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