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The Midwestern Pastoral

Place and Landscape in Literature of the American Heartland

By: William Barillas

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The Midwestern Pastoral

Place and Landscape in Literature of the American Heartland

By: William Barillas

The midwestern pastoral is a literary tradition of place and rural experience that celebrates an attachment to land that is mystical as well as practical, based on historical and scientific knowledge as well as personal experience. It is exemplified in the poetry, fiction, and essays of writers who express an informed love of the nature and regional landscapes of the Midwest. Drawing on recent studies in cultural geography, environmental history, and mythology, as well as literary criticism, The Midwestern Pastoral: Place and Landscape in Literature of the American Heartland relates Midwestern pastoral writers to their local geographies and explains their approaches. William Barillas treats five important Midwestern pastoralists—Willa Cather, Aldo Leopold, Theodore Roethke, James Wright, and Jim Harrison—in separate chapters. He also discusses Jane Smiley, U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, Paul Gruchow, and others. For these writers, the aim of writing is not merely intellectual and aesthetic, but democratic and ecological. In depicting and promoting commitment to local communities, human and natural, they express their love for, their understanding of, and their sense of place in the American Midwest. Students and serious readers, as well as scholars in the growing field of literature and the environment, will appreciate this study of writers who counter alienation and materialism in modern society.

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280

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Ohio University Press

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0821442015

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9780821442012

What is a Refugee?

By: William Maley

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What is a Refugee?

By: William Maley

With the arrival in Europe of over a million refugees and asylum seekers in 2015, a sense of panic began to spread within the continent and beyond. What is a Refugee? puts these developments into historical context, injecting much-needed objectivity and nuance into contemporary debates over what is to be done. Refugees have been with us for a long time -- although only after the Great War did refugee movements commence on a large scale -- and are ultimately symptoms of the failure of the system of states to protect all who live within it. Providing a terse user's guide to the complex legal status of refugees, Maley argues that states are now reaping the consequences of years of attempts to block access to asylum through safe and 'legal' means. He shows why many mooted 'solutions' to the 'problem' of refugees -- from military intervention to the warehousing of refugees in camps -- are counterproductive, creating environments ripe for the growth of extremism among people who have been denied all hope. In a globalised world, he concludes, wealthy states have the resources to protect refugees. And, as his historical account shows, courageous individuals have treated refugees in the past with striking humanity. States today could do worse than emulate them.

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289

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Oxford University Press

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0190694734

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9780190694739

The Myth of Endless Growth

Exposing Capitalism's Insustainability

By: William Strauss

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The Myth of Endless Growth

Exposing Capitalism's Insustainability

By: William Strauss

This book shows how mainstream economic theory is fundamentally flawed. It shows how the expectation for endless growth is so deeply ingrained into what we expect the future to be that we do not even question the assumption. But this work, rather than follow an ecological path to explore limits to growth, is an "inside job" that shows that when modern economic growth theories are decoupled from assumptions that have no basis in how the real world is developing, but are, for the most part, mathematical conveniences applied for the sake of "stability," then the long-run economic outcome is no longer capitalism. Decision makers assume that changes today will lead to predictable and/or reversible outcomes. This is a myth. There are fallacies throughout the assumptions of predictability, reversibility, and endless growth. When reasoning is based upon a flawed foundation, bad choices can appear reasonable. This work shows that the future is not what it is supposed to be.

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371

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Lulu.com

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0557624967

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9780557624966

Integral Outsiders

The American Colony in Mexico City, 1876-1911

By: William Schell

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Integral Outsiders

The American Colony in Mexico City, 1876-1911

By: William Schell

Marriages between Americans and Mexican society women and membership in such organizations as Masonic brotherhoods brought the foreigners into the most important social circles.".

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310

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0842028382

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9780842028387

Culturally Responsive Schooling for Indigenous Mexican Students

By: William Perez,Rafael Vásquez

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Culturally Responsive Schooling for Indigenous Mexican Students

By: William Perez,Rafael Vásquez

This book uncovers the social and educational experiences of an increasing yet understudied population of young immigrants in the US, focusing on multilingual students who speak one of three Indigenous languages: Zapotec, Mixtec and P’urhépecha. It explores students’ ethnoracial identities, Indigenous language use and transnational practices and the influence of these factors on school adjustment, academic achievement and educational pathways. This three-year mixed-methods study in semi-urban, urban and rural contexts assesses student interviews, teacher interviews and survey data to provide an account of how Indigenous students develop their social identities and examines the influence of their non-Indigenous Mexican peers and teachers. It highlights new developments in Latinx cultural and linguistic heterogeneity and intragroup race/ethnic relations, informing policymakers and educators about Indigenous immigrant students and how to effectively support their multilingualism, ethnic identity development and educational success. It will be of interest to researchers working in related fields such as education, Latin American studies and immigration studies.

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163

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Channel View Publications

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1800417551

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9781800417557

A Dangerous Man:

A Novel of William “Wild Bill” Longley

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

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A Dangerous Man:

A Novel of William “Wild Bill” Longley

By: William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone

William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone are the USA Today bestselling authors whose Western sagas have won a legion of devoted fans. Now, they take up the tale of a legendary outlaw who tore up Texas, and left behind a legacy of terror. Live Wild, Draw Fast, Die Hard Born and bred in the Texas Pandhandle town of Comanche Crossing, William "Wild Bill" Longley gunned down a dozen of its men in cold blood before he got around to the sheriff and deputy--so he could take over the job himself. Then he found the perfect sidekick in a vicious career criminal named Booker Tate. With his remorseless heart set on a beautiful young woman, Wild Bill and Booker take the whole town hostage until the young lady agrees to marry a man she despises. That's when a cold-eyed stranger comes to town with a dead man strapped to his saddle. In a town where violence and murder rule the day, a terrifying battle is about to explode--between ruthless Wild Bill Longley and a bounty hunter named Tam Sullivan, who's done a whole lot of killing of his own. . .

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384

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Pinnacle Books

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0786033517

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9780786033515

The Highlands of Ethiopia

By: William Cornwallis Harris

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The Highlands of Ethiopia

By: William Cornwallis Harris

Reproduction of the original: The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris

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750

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752381426

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9783752381429

The Midwestern Pastoral

Place and Landscape in Literature of the American Heartland

By: William Barillas

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The Midwestern Pastoral

Place and Landscape in Literature of the American Heartland

By: William Barillas

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Ohio University Press

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0821442015

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The Midwestern Pastoral

The Midwestern Pastoral

What is a Refugee?

What is a Refugee?

The Myth of Endless Growth

The Myth of Endless Growth

Integral Outsiders

Integral Outsiders

Culturally Responsive Schooling for Indigenous Mexican Students

Culturally Responsive Schooling for Indigenous Mexican Students

A Dangerous Man:

A Dangerous Man:

The Highlands of Ethiopia

The Highlands of Ethiopia

The Midwestern Pastoral

The Midwestern Pastoral

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