The Pomo Indians have a long and troubled past. They adapted to the coastal climate of Northern California, but faced many challenges once Europeans began arriving. Their population shrank and they lost control of much of their land. Today, the Pomo continue to fight for civil rights and fair treatment. This book takes an in-depth look at the history of the Pomo culture over the past several thousand years. Readers will enjoy learning about the traditions, beliefs, and arts of the Pomo people. Primary sources enhance this engaging, curricular topic.
The Pomo Indians have a long and troubled past. They adapted to the coastal climate of Northern California, but faced many challenges once Europeans began arriving. Their population shrank and they lost control of much of their land. Today, the Pomo continue to fight for civil rights and fair treatment. This book takes an in-depth look at the history of the Pomo culture over the past several thousand years. Readers will enjoy learning about the traditions, beliefs, and arts of the Pomo people. Primary sources enhance this engaging, curricular topic.
Ice fishing is not just cold, it’s also cool! This book introduces readers to the sport of ice fishing. Children will learn about the special equipment needed to reel in fish on a frozen lake, including the clothing and shelter needed to stay warm. Safety practices and conservation issues are also discussed. This book features colorful images on every page. Age-appropriate text and fun facts help readers prepare for their first ice fishing adventure.
Drawing a horse might seem hard, but this step-by-step guide makes it easy, even for young children. Using colorful rectangles of various sizes, readers can draw their very own horse. Close picture-text correlation helps children identify colors as they move through the instructions on each page. A full-color photograph and fun fact about horses opens the book, drawing reluctant readers in. Children will practice drawing rectangles in each step and a have handsome horse to display at the end.
The end of the Pinochet regime in Chile saw the emergence of an organized feminist movement that influenced legal and social responses to gender-based violence, and with it new laws and avenues for reporting violence that never before existed. What emerged were grassroots women's rights organizations, challenging and engaging the government and NGOs to confront long-ignored problems in responding to marginalized victims. In Traumatic States, anthropologist Nia Parson explores the development of methods of care and recovery from domestic violence. She interviews and contextualizes the lives of numerous individuals who have confronted these acts, as victims, authorities, and activists. Ultimately, Traumatic States argues that facing the challenges of healing both body and mind, and addressing the fundamental inequalities that make those challenges even more formidable, are part of the same battle.
This book examines the security arrangements of the Persian Gulf, with a particular focus on Iran's security plans since the beginning of the Islamic Revolution and follows it during Hassan Rouhani presidency. The book provides responses to the questions regarding the security plans of the Islamic Republic of Iran vis a vis the Persian Gulf and why the plans of the Rouhani government in this regard have not been welcomed by the countries of the region. It also analyses the security approach to establish comprehensive and lasting security in this region. Highlighting the importance of Iran's plans during Rouhani's presidency, the author indicates that it provides a codified and clear solution for achieving security in the region from the viewpoint of Iran. These plans have come closer to the logic of realism and has moved away from the idealism of the past plans. Seeking to create a balance against other actors in the region, Iran's plans are not welcomed by the region`s countries, because it seeks to bring other actors such as Russia and China to the Persian Gulf in order to balance against the United States. The book designs a security model for sustainable security in the Persian Gulf and how to achieve a model for regional dialogue. Comparing the transition to realistic logic in relation to other Iranian plans regarding the Persian Gulf, this book offers an innovative analysis of Iran's plans for the security of the Persian Gulf. It will be of interest to researchers in political science, International Relations, political geography, regional studies, security studies and Middle East Studies.
The health care reform debate in the United States raises many complex issues including those of coverage, accessibility, cost, accountability, and quality of health care. Underlying these policy considerations are issues regarding the status of health care as a constitutional or legal right. This book series analyses the constitutional and legal issues pertaining to the right of health care and the power of Congress to enact and fund health care programs. Other topics discussed in this volume include health care price transparency; private health insurance and estimates of individuals with pre-existing conditions which range from 36 million to 122 million; expiration of the health coverage tax credit and how it will affect participants' costs and coverage choices as health reform provisions are implemented; trends, vulnerabilities and recommendations in personal care services; and traditional versus benchmark benefits under medicaid.
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