Flowers in the Snow: The Life of Isobel Wylie Hutchison (Women in the West)

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Over the course of a dozen years, Scottish plant collector Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889–1982) explored northern latitudes from the Lofoten Islands of Norway to the far reaches of the American Aleutians. To achieve her goals, she traveled by any means available, from rowboats in Greenland to trading schooners and coast-guard vessels in Alaska. When necessary, she journeyed by snowshoe or sled in pursuit of her botanical specimens, accompanied only by strangers who served as guides. In Flowers in the Snow, Gwyneth Hoyle paints a vivid portrait of a woman gloriously out of the step with the conventions of her time.

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Flowers in the Snow: The Life of Isobel Wylie Hutchison. (Reviews).(Book Review): An article from: Arctic
Suzanne Carriere
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This digital document is an article from Arctic, published by Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary on June 1, 2003. The length of the article is 745 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Flowers in the Snow: The Life of Isobel Wylie Hutchison. (Reviews).(Book Review)
Author: Suzanne Carriere
Publication: Arctic (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2003
Publisher: Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary
Volume: 56 Issue: 2 Page: 199(1)

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Posthumous papers bequeathed to the Honourable the East India company, and printed by order of the government of Bengal: Palms of British East India,
William Griffith
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William Griffith
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San Francisco: The only city in the nation to make a hero of its transport. The cable cars are now a National Monument. San Francisco: Where residents of Chinese origin live in the most densely populated twenty-six square blocks in America. In the heart of its teeming streets Lillie Lum was born and lived to become one of San Franciscos outstanding fashion designers.

San Francisco: At Fishermans Wharf, where steaming curbside crab pots vie for sidewalk space with fishermen mending nets and souvenir hawkers.

San Francisco: Where streetcorner flower vendors display dazzling mounds of flowers year round.

San Francisco: Where sourdough loaves of bread are an attraction for gourmets from all over the world.

And where you will find the most famous tourist attraction in the world The Golden Gate Bridge.

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City by the Bay.......2000-08-08

Tro Harper loves San Francisco. This book reflects a few of the many reasons for his affection and will recall to others who share it, and interest those who have not been there, some of the well-known features of the city and many not so familiar. The author was a book-seller on Powell Street for many years and could watch - and hear - from the open door of his shop the unique-to-San Fracisco cable cars as they rattled back and forth. A chapter in the book deals with this feature, beloved by visitors. Other icons of the city - sourdogh bread, cracked crab, the zoo, Fisherman's Wharf, eccentric characters, a bit of history are covered in brief - sometimes one page - vignettes.

The book is the kind that you can pick up and browse through or setttle down with for an hour or two. It will amuse, entertain, surprise and instruct other "resident" tourists who think they know San Francisco and will certainly stimulate genuine tourists to visit.

City by the Bay.......2000-08-08

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Andre Anderson is an African American teenager with a bright future. He loves to play basketball. He loves to hang out with his friends. He loves to laugh. Andre has skills, brains, and heart. He also has a dream. Then he is viciously attacked. Now everything he ever believed about the world has been called into question. Even his deadly jump shot. How can a man get up when he has been unjustly beaten down? Andre is about to find out. Andre is The Hoopster.

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shamontiel you need ta knock it off.......2006-04-30

this book was written from someone who probably had to experience these things. Im white, im sometimes immature, but that doesnt mean that you bust on every white kid whos friends with a black kid! Hell, im friends with a black kid.

THis is the shizz.......2006-04-01

This is a very original and well thought out book. It has many twists and turns and really makes us look @ our society today and our acceptance of different cultures.
This book is a very daring topic to write about. This book is about racism, and how it nearly stops someone from fulfilling his destiny. It makes us change our minds and rethink sterotypes. It is a awesome book and u wouldthink so too. my favorie part about this book is that it teaches about racism and how people sterotypem others

Top 5 reasons to buy The Hoopster!.......2006-03-20

5. The Plot:
This is a very original and well thought out plot. It has many twists and turns and really makes us contemplate our society today and our acceptance of different cultures. My favorite line in this book is "If a black person is caught walkin' 'round 'da street at night....he's up to no good. If a white man pays for a cup of coffee with a twenty dolla' bill...he's wealthy. If a hispanic don't speak english while shopping in a store... they're illegal."
4. The imagery:
The way the author uses words to depict an image in your mind is extodinary.You can hear, feel, see, taste, and smell the basketball games. It is an amazing book filled with tons of imagery.
3.The characters:
If you are a very multi-cultural person this book is perfect for you. If you are not very interested in other cultures this book is pefect for you. These characters are people who anyone can relate to. These characters are so true to life. When you read this book it's almost as if you known these people for a long time. The characters are phonmonal.
2.The layout:
The way this book is formated is so something can be happenning one moment, and then in the next paragraph it's two years later.
This is a good layout because it leaves in air of mystery. But don't worry, there is a very complete ending.
1. The reality to our generation:
This book is a very daring topic to write about. This book is about racism, and how it nearly stops Andre from fulfilling his destiny. It makes us change our minds and rethink sterotypes. It is a very well-written book.

The hoopster.......2005-12-16

The Hoopster is a good well rounded book about love, family, sports, racism, and finding yourself. Andre Anderson is a good basketball and also a good writer and he writes for his local magazine but when his boss assigns a project to write about racism he writes his report but then he gets beat up by some racist white people he learns alot about himself and life i think this book is really good

(RAW Rating: 4.5) - It Won't Happen to Me.......2005-08-26

In Alan Lawrence Sitomer's novel we meet Andre Anderson, an African-American teen nicknamed, "The Hoopster." Andre is athletic, does well in school, and is an aspiring writer. He has landed the internship of his dreams, working for a small local magazine. His next door neighbor Shawn, although white, is like a brother to him, and at the open of the book, they are enjoying a happy and relatively uneventful summer.

When Andre is asked to write a feature story about racism for the magazine, initially he is put off by the topic. He doesn't think he has experienced racism personally, and feels that a lot of people use race as a crutch instead of assuming personal responsibility. When his boss refuses to let him off the hook, Andre works hard and creates a heartfelt article that gains him a lot of attention. Unfortunately, his article catches the eye of a local hate group and he becomes the victim of a senseless and brutal hate crime that threatens to change his life forever. He must rely on his family, friends (Shawn in particular), and all of his strength to overcome his physical and emotional wounds.

THE HOOPSTER is the first of a planned trilogy of books. The story is well-written, with believable characters and a good pace. As I read, I found myself thinking over and over, how nice it would be to see this book played out on the silver screen. The book has an urban feel, yet it doesn't buy into the prevalent stereotypes and includes young people with positive dreams and goals, who live in two-parent households with caring adults. While the main character is black, the supporting characters come from diverse backgrounds, making this a story that will attract a diverse audience of readers. While girls may enjoy this book, boys, even those who tend to be more reluctant to read, will especially like this engrossing and realistic story.

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This volume deals with various aspects of the biology and aquaculture of the sea urchin.

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Offers an up-to-date account of fundamental and applied research and points to future directions in inorganic fluorine chemistry. Reviews the major advances in fluorine-containing substituent groups. Provides a critical examination of coordination numbers greater than six among fluorides and oxofluorides. Discusses attempts to control chemical reactivity and stability through the use of more nucleophilic sources of fluoride or, conversely, more weakly coordinating anions. Features chapters on new fluorine-containing ligands in organometallic, transition metal, solid state, lanthanide and actinide chemistry.

Inorganic Chemistry: Toward the 21st Century (ACS Symposium Series)

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Inorganic Chemistry: Toward the 21st Century (ACS Symposium Series)

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Strange to relate, it was not till my Viking, with a rueful face, reminded me of the fact, that I bethought me of a circumstance somewhat alarming at the first blush. We must push off without chart or quadrant; though, as will shortly be seen, a compass was by no means out of the question. The chart, to be sure, I did not so much lay to heart; but a quadrant was more than desirable. Still, it was by no means indispensable.

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A strange allegorical tale of the South Seas.......2006-01-06

Although on its surface it appears to be a travelogue like his first two books (TYPEE and OMOO), MARDI is actually much more than that: it's a commentary on the age in which it was written, it's a quest story, it's an allegory, it's a love story. It's about many strange things and is not an easy book to follow, mainly because of Melville's use of allusions and digressions. Like Joyce's ULYSSES it almost requires a guide to help interpret what's in the book. As always with Melville its strength is in its language: the descriptions that are almost like poetry and the "borrowings" from favorite authors such as Shakespeare and Swift.

Basically, the story involves a shipwreck in the South Pacific, an attack by native islanders, and the falling in love of the narrator (Taji) with one of the native woman (Yillah). The make their way to the island of Mardi where they live happily for a while, until Yillah disappears. Taji searches for her throughout the islands with some companions; during this search they discuss many topics (here Melville satirizes life in America and England - slavery, politics, Indian policy, the war with Mexico, and also the failures of Christians to follow the love of Christ), until they find Yillah on an island transformed into a handmaiden. Implored to stay there with her, Taji decides to sail on in his endless quest for . . . truth?

The novel sold poorly during Melville's day (the London publisher lost money on it), with the public put off by its utter strangeness. Language lovers will appreciate this novel, however, and perhaps those who enjoy interpreting symbols and allusions. Not an easy book, but worth the effort to get a better picture of what Melville was all about as a great novelist.

The Many Marvels of Mardi.......2001-06-15

Anyone who loves Moby Dick and is looking for another Melvillean challenge, buy a copy of "Mardi and a Voyage Thither". Alas! many marvels await thee whosoever has the time and fortitude to muse through this early Melville Masterpiece! Reading this novel is like watching Melville's genius grow, while you voyage through his mystical, metaphysical world. The following are some excerpts of what to expect on this joyous journey:

"We are off! The courses and topsails are set: the coral-hung anchor swings from the bow; and together, the three royals are given to the breeze, that follows us out to sea like the baying of a hound. Out spreads the canvas -- alow, aloft -- boom-stretched, on both sides, with many a stun' sail; till like a hawk, with pinions poised, we shadow the sea with our sails, and reelingly cleave the brine."

"But how fleeting our joys. Storms follow bright dawnings. -Long memories of short-lived scenes, sad thoughts of joyous hours -how common are ye to all mankind. When happy, do we pause and say - "Lo, thy felicity, my soul?" No: happiness seldom seems happiness, except when looked back upon from woes. A flowery landscape, you must come out of, to behold."

"For there is more likelihood of being overrated while living, than of being underrated when dead. And to insure your fame, you must die."

"My cheek blanches white while I write; I start at the scratch of my pen; my own mad brood of eagles devours me; fain would I unsay this audacity; but an iron-mailed hand clenches mine in a vice, and prints down every letter in my spite. Fain would I hurl off this Dionysius that rides me; my thoughts crush me down till I groan; in far fields I hear the song of the reaper, while I slave and faint in this cell. The fever runs through me like lava; my hot brain burns like a coal; and like many a monarch, I am less to be envied, than the veriest hind in the land."

"Of the highest order of genius, it may be truly asserted, that to gain the reputation of superior power, it must partially disguise itself; it must come down, and then it will be applauded for soaring...that there are those who falter in the common tongue, because they think in another; and these are accounted stutterers and stammerers."

"The catalogue of true thoughts is but small; they are ubiquitous; no man's property; and unspoken, or bruited, are the same. When we hear them, why seem they so natural, receiving our spontaneous approval? why do we think we have heard them before? Because they but reiterate ourselves; they were in us, before we were born. The truest poets are but mouth-pieces; and some men duplicates of each other;"

"Faith is to the thoughtless, doubts to the thinker."

"Some joys have thousand lives; can never die; for when they droop, sweet memories bind them up."

"Now, I am my own soul's emperor; and my first act is abdication! Hail! realm of shades!" -- and turning my prow into the racing tide, which seized me like a hand omnipotent, I darted through. Churned in foam, the outer ocean lashed the clouds; and straight in my white wake, headlong dashed a shallop, three fixed specters leaning o'er its prow: three arrows poising. And thus, pursuers and pursued flew on, over an endless sea."

Stunning and poetic........1999-10-25

Mardi, the forgotten child ,is yet entirely singular and needs to be read by those who have fallen under the spell of Melville. An encyclopaedic romp through an almost fantastical landscape of isles and warriors; Melville attempts to pull off one the most extraordinary acts of metaphysical fiction ever. He doesn't quite rein it all in but the experience of reading Mardi is utterly disorientating in the best way. Coming after Typee and before Moby Dick, it is somewhat of a nutty middle ground. The anthropological concerns of Typee are stretched to the limit. Like the stars in the sky, Mardi is vast; (the word is Polynesian for the world)--and as full of wonder.

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Each year, thousands of pilgrims visit the celebrated New Orleans tomb where Marie Laveau is said to lie. They seek her favors or fear her lingering influence. Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau is the first study of the Laveaus, mother and daughter of the same name, who were two legendary leaders of religious and spiritual traditions many still label as evil.

The Laveaus were free women of color and prominent French-speaking Catholic Creoles. From the 1820s until the 1880s when one died and the other disappeared, gossip, fear, and fierce affection swirled about them. From the heart of the French Quarter, in dance, drumming, song and spirit possession, they ruled the imagination of New Orleans.

How did the two Maries apply their "magical" powers and uncommon business sense to shift the course of love, luck, and the law? The women understood the real crime?they had pitted their spiritual forces against the slave system of the United States. Moses-like, they led their people out of bondage and offered protection and freedom to the community of color, rich white women, enslaved families, and men condemned to hang.

The curse of the Laveau family, however, followed them. Both loved men they could never marry. Both faced down the press and police who stalked them. Both countered the relentless gossip of curses, evil spirits, murders, and infant sacrifice with acts of benevolence.

The book is also a detective story---who is really buried in the famous tomb in the oldest "city of the dead" in New Orleans? What scandals did the Laveau family intend to keep buried there forever? By what sleight of hand did free people of color lose their cultural identity when Americans purchased Louisiana and imposed racial apartheid upon Creole creativity? The book brings the improbable testimonies of saints, spirits, and never-before printed eyewitness accounts of their ceremonies and magical crafts to the lives of the two Marie Laveaus, leaders of a major, indigenous American religion.

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voodoo queen the spirited lives of marie laveau.......2006-07-04

Great book , loved it, thought it was wonderful

A book full of spirit.......2006-06-22

Many people have fallen in love with the women who is known as Marie Laveau. Not much is truely known about her, but Martha Ward does an excellent job in giving it's readers an inside look at the "Spirited Life of Marie Laveau". This book is a must for anyone interested in the subject of New Orleans folklore.

The BEST Book you will ever read on "The Widow Paris".......2006-03-07

Martha Ward deserves great kudos for this incredible work of love and devotion, Finally bringing the enigma of "Marie Laveau", BOTH of the Marie Laveau's to us in this day and age where she is so very much needed again to Bless her 21st Century Children now as a bona fide "Lwa"! Excellent!!! May the Good Mother Bless Martha Ward, And ALL of Us! So Be It!

Disappointingly Unreliable and Insensitive.......2006-02-09

I have always taken great interest in the history of my home town, New Orleans. I read whatever I can find about the corky characters that made this city so unique, and Marie Laveau has always been one of my favorites. Unfortunately, this book was a terrible disappointment.

Much of the insights about Marie Laveau in this book are not new but drawn from other sources that Martha Ward, the author, often fails to acknowledge and what is actually new here contains considerable mistakes on nearly every other page or is blurred with unsubstantiated fiction. Ward also displays little familiarity with Voodoo practices and Catholicism. To make matters worse, Ward makes painfully racist statements such as the best hotels in town "held tasteful slave auctions in their carpeted lobbies" (p.80). In my view, there is nothing "tasteful" about a horrendous ordeal like that, at least not for the men, women, and children who ended up on the auction block. Sadly, Ward, a white woman from Oklahoma, identifies here with the perspective of the slave buyers who indeed must have considered fine hotels to be a more "tasteful" environment than the dingy slave pens filled with stench.

The abundance of fiction and incorrect data makes me wonder whether Ward should have considered writing a historical novel instead, because her passion seems to be in the fiction not in caring about complex historical data. That way it would have been more honest and less confusing for the reader. As it is, Ward's book is both entertaining and an easy read, but should not be mistaken for a meticulously researched serious academic work despite the fact that it appeared in a scholarly press. Even major plots in this volume cannot be backed up historically. For more reliable sources on Marie Laveau see for instance Carolyn Long, Spiritual Merchants, and Ina Fandrich, The Mysterious Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveaux.

She made a human being out of an enigma.......2005-10-21

Madame Marie Laveau's name has been mentioned at various times every since I became involved with African spiriituality, so naturally I have an interest in her story. She has been portrayed as both sinner and saint, goddess and devil worshipper. Thanks to Martha Ward's book, we all can now see that she was neither, but a woman who lived her life as freely as she could within the confines of her time period. As a free woman of color, New Orleans wasn't either the worst place or the best place to be, it was simply Madame's life. She used her religion to help those less fortunate and tried to ease their burdens as best she could.

Ms Ward paints a vivid depiction of Madame's New Orleans and the restrictions that were on her and her family. The writing draws you into the history, giving you the feeling that you were really there. There is true empathy in the writing, as it illuminates what society was like in those times. You can also tell that the press of that era only saw Madame as something to either be laughed at or feared, as they tried to hide her name and destroy all evidence of her existence. Ah, but everything done in the dark, shall come to the light, and Ms Ward has brought her story to the forefront, showing a woman of courage, love and truth. To those of us who serve the gods of our ancestors, Madame Marie Laveau holds a revered place in our hearts and on our altars. She is Mary, Mother of the Spirits, one of the old ones who maintained our traditions in a hostile enviroment, passing it down through the generations. If no one else has said it, let me be the first to say, Modupe, Martha Ward, and, Modupe, Madame Laveau.

Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau.(Book Review) : An article from: Journal of Southern History

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Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau.(Book Review) : An article from: Journal of Southern History
Emily Clark
Manufacturer: Southern Historical Association
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Release Date: 2005-07-25

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Title: Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau.(Book Review)
Author: Emily Clark
Publication: Journal of Southern History (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2005
Publisher: Southern Historical Association
Volume: 71 Issue: 2 Page: 443(3)

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In this inaugural volume of the Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures, political scientist James Ceaser traces the way certain ideas, including nature, history, and religion--which he calls foundational ideas--have been understood and used by statesmen and public intellectuals over the course of American history, from the Puritans to the current day. Ceaser treats these ideas not as pure concepts of philosophy or theology, but rather as elements of political discourse that provide the ground or ultimate appeal for other political ideas, such as liberty or equality. At times, they have critically influenced the course of American political development, offering various opportunities and constraints for political leaders. Ceaser traces the histories of these ideas and their relation to other ideas, to practices, and to the fortunes of successive partisan regimes.

Three critical commentators--historian Jack Rakove and political theorists Nancy Rosenblum and Rogers Smith--challenge Ceaser's arguments in several ways. They suggest that other ideas may be considered foundational, and they prod him to clarify further how foundational ideas work politically. Ceaser responds with vigor, and the result is a spirited debate about large and enduring questions in American politics.

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This provocative book documents how national and global politics intersected to bring about changes in Brazil's environmental preservation laws. Luiz Barbosa argues that global forces coupled with two decades of military rule in Brazil led to policies that promoted deforestation for the sake of development, ultimately having devastating consequences for Amaz(tm)nia's ecosystem and its native populations. By the mid-1980s, changes in global ecopolitics and the onset of democracy in Brazil paved the way for new environmental preservation laws. Barbosa's study is unique in showing the impact of global processes on third-world environmental degradation and in its claim that democracy can facilitate preservation. The latter point is further emphasized in a comparative chapter in which Barbosa demonstrates the importance of democracy for environmental preservation in Costa Rica, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Sociologists and anthropologists interested in issues surrounding economic development as well as environmental activists will find much to their liking in this work.

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GOOD HISTORY OF AMAZON RELATED EVENTS, ONLY OK ANALYSIS.......2006-01-05

In this book, the author intends to initially describe the history of major projects and dreams for the Amazon through military and civilian rule in Brazil. The facts are indeed interesting and likely correct. The author describes in good detail the grand dreams of the military government to develop the region. Then he describes the sea change that occured when democracy returned. With democracy, there was a renewed interest in preservation.

However, the analysis is difficult to swallow from a few perspectives:
1. Much of the analysis is written from a traditional marxist point of view, with a veil of class conflict, which in this case means poor indians and farmers vs international interests. It often feels like he simplifies scenarios by bringing in the marxist class conflict perspective to explain situations that are in fact more complex than that.
2. Along with the marxist perspective, any explorer in search of profit is poorly portrayed in the book. The author focuses on government action and plays down private enterprise in the Amazon as basically undesirable. It becomes clear quite quickly that the author does not believe in capitalism.
3. There is a main thesis, that democracy brings about preservation. Though it seems to be true, the book forcefully tries to fit every single fact to match the thesis. Some conclusions do not seem warranted.

Overall, I would not recommend this to someone just getting acquainted with the region. If you are knowledgeable of the economics and sociology of the Amazon, then this is a good book to give you a different non-mainstream somewhat biased perspective.

Human Carrying Capacity of the Brazilian Rainforest

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Human Carrying Capacity of the Brazilian Rainforest
Philip M. Fearnside
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Sustainable Settlement in the Brazilian Amazon (A World Bank Publication)

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Sustainable Settlement in the Brazilian Amazon (A World Bank Publication)
Anna Luiza Ozorio de Almeida , and Joao S. Campari
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This study is based on field surveys conducted in the Brazilian Amazon and covers twenty years of settlement experience. Its findings reveal that much of the Amazonian frontier land deforested by pioneers in the 1970s is becoming agriculturally unproductive. In response to the Brazilian economic crisis of the 1980s, a growing urban middle class began buying such land and holding it as a store of value, causing original settlers to leave and migrate to new frontiers within the Amazon. The authors conclude that for small farmers to be prevented from moving on and clearing new frontiers, they must be rewarded for staying in the old ones. This requires promoting good farming, punishing speculation, and directly penalizing deforestation, through the innovative use of economic policies and new forms of cooperation between environmental and economic agencies at the local, national, and international levels, including the World Bank. Paradoxically, sustainable farming in the Amazon world would not likely attract migrants from outside the region, but unsustainable farming is sure to continue fueling intra-regional migration, even if the general economic crisis were to subside during the 1990s. Consequently, there is increasing urgency to devise policies that protect the forest by providing poor farmers with economic alternatives to encroachment.

Company-community non-timber forest product deals in the Brazilian Amazon: A review of opportunities and problems [An article from: Forest Policy and Economics]

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Company-community non-timber forest product deals in the Brazilian Amazon: A review of opportunities and problems [An article from: Forest Policy and Economics]
C. Morsello
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This digital document is a journal article from Forest Policy and Economics, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Company-community partnerships represent a new forestry mechanism prompted by increased devolution of forest control and growing demand for socio-environmentally responsible products. In the Brazilian Amazon, general economic and cultural trends, combined with the appeal of the rainforests and its peoples, have led to the growing implementation of partnerships for non-timber forest products (NTFP) trade. However, despite the fanfare some companies have given these partnerships, evidence suggests that their impacts on communities, companies and forests are mixed. Communities and forests are more likely to experience problems, especially in a context of weakening government power. The complexities involved in company-community deals call for a changed research focus, advancing new theories that consider community forestry as part of broader economic systems.

Rainforest Cities: Urbanization, Development, and Globalization of the Brazilian Amazon.(Review) (book review): An article from: Journal of the American Planning Association

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Rainforest Cities: Urbanization, Development, and Globalization of the Brazilian Amazon.(Review) (book review): An article from: Journal of the American Planning Association
Hemalata C. Dandekar
Manufacturer: American Planning Association
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This digital document is an article from Journal of the American Planning Association, published by American Planning Association on June 22, 2001. The length of the article is 988 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Rainforest Cities: Urbanization, Development, and Globalization of the Brazilian Amazon.(Review) (book review)
Author: Hemalata C. Dandekar
Publication: Journal of the American Planning Association (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2001
Publisher: American Planning Association
Volume: 67 Issue: 3 Page: 349

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Rainforest Cities: Urbanization, Development, and Globalization of the Brazilian Amazon.(Review): An article from: The Geographical Review

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Rainforest Cities: Urbanization, Development, and Globalization of the Brazilian Amazon.(Review): An article from: The Geographical Review
Nigel J.H. Smith
Manufacturer: American Geographical Society
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ASIN: B00098RW8G
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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Title: Rainforest Cities: Urbanization, Development, and Globalization of the Brazilian Amazon.(Review)
Author: Nigel J.H. Smith
Publication: The Geographical Review (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1998
Publisher: American Geographical Society
Volume: 88 Issue: 2 Page: 310(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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