The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze ; India, Landscape, and Science, 1800-1856

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The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze considers the European representation and understanding of landscape and nature in early nineteenth-century India. It draws on travel narratives, literary texts, and scientific literature to show the diversity of European (especially British) responses to the Indian environment and the ways in which these contributed to the wider colonizing process. Through its close examination of the correlation between tropicality and "otherness," and of science as a means of colonial appropriation, the book offers a new interpretation of the history of colonial India and a critical contribution to the understanding of environmental history and the tropical world. It will be of interest to historians of the environment, science, and colonialism; South Asianists; and cultural and environmental anthropologists and geographers.

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Classification of bacteria: A realistic scheme with special reference to the classification of Salmonella- and Escherichia-species (Scandinavian university books)
Fritz Kauffmann
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Pocket Guides are designed for leisure and business travelers who want the highlights of a destination. They contain full, rich descriptions of the best a destination has to offer -- the most worthy sights, the best restaurants and lodging in all price ranges, plus shopping, nightlife, and outdoors highlights.
The best of Sydney -- with all the essentials

Top spots in the hottest city Down Under -- Bondi beach, the Opera House, Sydney Harbour,
neighborhoods colonial and up-and-coming
Aboriginal dance, avant-garde drama, drag shows, bel canto
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17 pages of maps locating hotels, restaurants, parks, beaches, and sights
Quick tours -- half day itineraries to help you make the most of your trip

Where to stay and eat, no matter what your budget
Hotels from simple to splendid -- historic inns, high-modern marvels, Victorian mansions and
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Jessica and Lila fight over Lucas.......2005-01-03

On a Skiing trip,The Sweet Valley High schoolers meet Lucas King,a cute Skiing Instructor in which Jessica and Lila both have crushes,but Jessica calls the front desk and cancels Lila's Wake-Up call. Meanwhile,Todd and Cassandra[A divorcee] are trapped in a Avalanche,when a big ball of Snow heads right towards them when Todd and Elizabeth are Skiing.Seperating them.You will never find out who Lucas ends up with.

id give it 0 stars.......2001-08-02

This is so bad..just more guy-bashing crap,that can only hurt.Choose something different.

Very solidly-written........2001-07-02

I am a Sweet Valley High (and University) fan. This one is called 'Falling For Lucas', and it's a Super Sepcial Edition. It's really good. The Sweet Valley High gang are away on a skiing vacation. Jessica and Lila both fall for the same guy - a cute skiing instructor. Then Elizabeth gets worried when she learns Todd has been buried in a huge avalanche! Can Liz save Todd? Will the guy end Jess and Lila's friendship? Find out by reading this book. The ending may surprise you!

Wake Me Up After Fifteen Minutes.......2000-04-22

This book was not the best one in the series. I'm fan of this series but it reeked. Maybe Francine had no inspiration when she wrote this book. The four plots (Elizabeth/Todd, Enid,Jessica/Lila) started to make no sense. They were all tangled up. If you ask me, I would read another book before you make the decision to stop reading the entire series. It does get better than this!

Meeeooooww! Jess and Li are at it again............2000-03-01

This is a great read. It's so amusing to read about Lila and Jessica making fools of themselves over a guy (which, they always seem to do :-) Watch out for the 'surprise' ending.

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This volume looks at the relationship between specific aspects of Third World cities and human health. Rapid and extensive urbanization of the less developed nations is perhaps the most dramatic demographic phenomenon of our times, but its impact on human biology is not well understood. Here, a cross-section of work is presented on this subject allowing human biologists, urban planners, public health workers, and other specialists to assess our knowledge and the current approaches available to increase it. Contributions fall into two groups: studies of urban ecology including the social, economic and physical domains, and studies of biological responses to the urban environment. Health is not merely the absence of specific diseases, but is construed more broadly to include a wide range of biological parameters that are correlated with various states of suboptimal health. These include patterns of child growth and development, frequencies of specific diseases, nutritional status, immunological characteristics and physiological parameters.

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Determination of Organic Structures by Physical Methods

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Determination of organic structures by physical methods
E. A Braude
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DETERMINATION OF ORGANIC STRUCTURES BY PHYSICAL METHODS (volume II)
NACHOD F. C. & W. D. PHILLIPS
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Determination of Organic Structures By Physical Methods - Volume 5

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electron diffraction,spin saturation labeling, chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization, ion cyclotron resonance spectroscopy, nuclear quadrupole resonance in metallorganic chemistry, mossbauer spectra of organometallics

DETERMINATION OF ORGANIC STRUCTURES BY PHYSICAL METHODS.

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DETERMINATION OF ORGANIC STRUCTURES BY PHYSICAL METHODS.
E.A & F.C.Nachod. Braude
Manufacturer: Academic Press
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Determination of Organic Structures by Physical Methods. Vol. 2.

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Determination of Organic Structures by Physical Methods. Vol. 2.
F. C., & W. D. Phillips. Nachod
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Determination of Organic Structures by Physical Methods: Two Volumes

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Determination of Organic Structures by Physical Methods: Two Volumes
E.A.; NACHOD, F.C.; PHILLIPS, W.D. BRAUDE
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Determination of Organic Structures By Physical Methods: Volume 4

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Determination of Organic Structures By Physical Methods: Volume 4

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Determination of Organic Structures by Physical Methods vol. 3

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Determination of Organic Structures by Physical Methods vol. 3
J.J. Zuckerman Nachod F.C.
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Mathematical Approaches to Problems in Resource Management and Epidemiology: Proceedings of a Conference Held at Ithaca, Ny, Oct. 28-30, 1987 (Lecture Notes in Biomathematics)
C. Castillo-Chavez , and S. A. Levin
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Mathematical Approaches to Problems in Resource Management and Epidemiology: Proceedings of a Conference, Held at Ithaca, NY, Oct. 28-30, 1987

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The new edition of this definitive collection presents a wide range of documents on Greek social and political history from 800 to 399 BC, from all over the Greek world.

It includes source material on political developments in Greece, including colonization in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, Athenian democracy, the constitution of Sparta and the Peloponnesian War. Detailed chapters focus on social phenomena, such as Greek religion, slavery and labour, the family and the role of women.

The book contains clear, precise translations of documents taken not only from historical sources but also from inscriptions, graffiti, law codes, epitaphs, decrees, drama and poetry, many of which have not previously been translated into English.

Ancient Greece : Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Socrates (Classical Studies)

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Ancient Greece : Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Socrates (Classical Studies)
Matthew; Garland, Lynda Dillon
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A Great "American" Autobiography.......2006-01-28

Geronimo: His Own Story is an endlessly fascinating autobiography that belongs in the pantheon of other great American works of autobiography and memoir. This book should take its place alonside other great works of personal non-fiction such as The Autobiography of Malcom X, A Moveable Feast, The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and (arguably the best of the bunch) The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. This is a strong statement, but after reading this short autobiography it's at least an idea that should be entertained. I found things in this book that I was not expecting, and it ended up being a far more complex and intriguing portrait of Geronimo than I had previously entertained. The most fascinating side of Geronimo that comes across in these two-hundred pages is not Geronimo the warrior but Geronimo the diplomat.

S. M. Barrett's introduction tells us that after Geronimo finished what he wanted to say he would not take questions or add anything more, but merely stated "`Write what I have spoken.'" These are the actions of a man who has a very specific purpose he is pursuing. After reading Geronimo's story I believe his purpose in publishing his tale was to accomplish in peace what he was unable to in war--he wanted to deliver his people back to Arizona.

Geronimo dedicates his story to Theodore Roosevelt, because, in his words, he "knows I speak the truth;...he is fair minded and will cause my people to receive justice in the future; and because he is chief of a great people." Even before his story has started Geronimo strikes a cordial tone. Not only are Geronimo's words flowing with accolades, but they are also giving Roosevelt something to live up to. By stating that Roosevelt is "fair minded and will cause my people to receive justice in the future" he is almost challenging Roosevelt to live up to this description.

Much of the fighting in Geronimo occurs between the Apache's and the Mexicans. Geronimo doesn't try and hide his feelings about the Mexicans, stating not only that he as "no love for the Mexicans," but also that if he was younger, "and followed the warpath," he would "lead into Old Mexico." In fact, his battles with the Mexicans take up a slight majority of the book. He does not make any similarly broad statements when speaking about Americans. Whenever Geronimo criticizes American policy he makes certain that he focuses his criticism on the officer in charge rather than American policy as a whole. Geronimo realizes that merely lashing out at an unfair, but time honored, practice of breaking U.S. treaties would alienate his audience and hurt his cause.

The rhetorical technique Geronimo uses in telling his story is rather matter of fact. This is in stark contrast to some of the more melodramatic works that were popular around the turn of the century. Certainly this highlights a difference in two cultures, but it is also indicative of how Geronimo goes about trying to achieve his goal. Instead of histrionically telling his story he presents it in what seems to be an objective and reasonable voice. When Geronimo gave himself up to the U.S. Army one of the conditions was that his band of Apaches would be sent to Florida with the rest of their families. When the U.S. breaks this condition Geronimo flatly states that this "treatment was in direct violation of our treaty made at Skeleton Canon." He lets the action speak for itself. If he railed against the injustice committed then he would have turned off a mostly white audience. After all, it was their government who was responsible for breaking the treaty.

I won't make this into a thesis (although I probably could). Geronimo: His Own Story is a wonderful portrait of one of American History's most courageous heroes. In the book I was surprised to find out just as much about Geronimo the diplomat as I did about Geronimo the warrior. I'll end this with Geronimo's words: "There is no climate or soil which, to my mind, is equal to that of Arizona. We could have plenty of good cultivating land, plenty of grass, plenty of timber and plenty of minerals in that land which the Almighty created for the Apaches. It is my land, my home, my fathers' land, to which I now ask to be allowed to return. I want to spend my last days there, and be buried among those mountains. If this could be I might die in peace, feeling that my people , placed in their native homes, would increase in numbers, rather than diminish as at present, and that our name would not become extinct."

A warrior's words.......2004-12-10

"Geronimo: His Own Story" has been revised and edited, with an introduction and notes, by Frederick Turner. This book is the autobiography of the legendary Apache warrior, as told to S. M. Barrett. The copyright page notes that the main text was originally published as "Geronimo's Story of His Life" in 1906.

The revised edition includes the 1906 preface by Barrett; a 33 page introduction by Turner; a "Note on the Text," which describes the genesis of the book; a map, "Apache Country, 1865-1886"; a bibliography; and a generous collection of photographs showing both Geronimo at various stages in his life, and other people of his times. Barrett's introduction tells how the text was delivered orally by Geronimo, and how translator Asa Daklugie helped Barrett turn it into book form. Indeed, in his introduction Turner notes that Geronimo's story is "a preliterate and essentially a prewhite narrative." Altogether the text and supplemental features are about 200 pages long.

Geronimo's fascinating story begins with an Apache creation myth. He discusses his early life, his family, his battles against the Mexicans, his conflict with United States forces, and his life as a prisoner-of-war under U.S. military control. I was especially interested by his descriptions of the military tactics he used. Geronimo also discusses Apache life: religion, hunting, cultural taboos, etc. The book includes some really remarkable accounts, such as Geronimo's visit to the St. Louis World's Fair. The text is quite poignant when Geronimo reflects upon his hope for the survival of his people and their culture.

I would recommend this book to all who are interested in Native American studies, 19th century American history, military autobiography, and the relationship between oral and written literature. But above all, this book is an encounter with an extraordinary human being whose voice remains passionate and compelling after all these decades.

The story in his words..........2001-09-14

Mr. Barrett interviewed Geronimo after several years of his captivity and this is his version of what happened in the Apache Wars. Definately an interesting read and a great story. Not what you should read if interested in a complete history of the Apache Wars and the part Geronimo had, but still worthwhile as it tells it from his prespective in his old age.

Once I moved about like the wind..........2001-09-06

This was a pretty good book and a fast read. The book has an introduction with some history about the Apache conflict and then goes into the part that is Geronimos own words, translated in the early 1900's. The book does point out places in the text that are disputed as being the words of Geronimo. He talks about things that happened to him as a child and as a young man.
However some things that are discussed in detail in traditional history books are barely mentioned here. There are some good pictures in the book. It's very interesting to hear it from his point of view, but I would also recommend other sources to get the complete story from both sides. I would compare the way the text reads to the book "Black Elk Speaks".

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Geronimo: His Own Story
S.M. Geronimo ; Barrett
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Geronimo His Own Story
Barrett
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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GERONIMO HIS OWN STORY
S. M. (Ed.) Barrett
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Geronimo,his Own Story
S.M. Barrett
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Geronimo; His Own Story
GERONIMO
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Geronimo His Own Story
Barrett
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Our Indian heritage: An instructor's manual to Rabbit Boss, The Lost universe, Indian oratory, The Way to Rainy Mountain, Geronimo: his own story

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Our Indian heritage: An instructor's manual to Rabbit Boss, The Lost universe, Indian oratory, The Way to Rainy Mountain, Geronimo: his own story
Gerald Messner
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In this colorful book, rich photographs and oral histories of 29 Southern quilts that survived the Civil War offer perspectives on life in the South during the most turbulent time in American history. Sadly, we do not have Annie Dardent's Disunion Quilt, but among those featured areâ€¦

Confederate Cradle Quilt - a work of red and white silk and black velvet made by Mrs. Robert E. Lee, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, and friends in 1863 in Richmond, Virginia
Alabama Gunboat Quilt - an appliqued, embroidered, and stuffed quilt produced and sold as part of a campaign to raise funds to build Confederate gunboats
Irish Chain with Applique - a prewar quilt given to a wounded Northern soldier by a kindly Southern Lady who nursed him back to health

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Wonderful tales featuring quilts in the Civil War.......2002-11-22

Ramsey and Waldvogel begin "Southern Quilts" with a discussion about the tradition and techniques of quilt making in the antebellum South, and then a review of how these efforts changed during the Civil War. The core of the book, however, is the oral history behind the varied and absolutely gorgeous quilts depicted in the book.

We hear about Barbara Broyles of Tennessee who had the unusual experience of having soldiers "unkind enough" to return quilts that she sent for their use in a nearby camp. (Usually quilts were not returned in these circumstances.) Why unkind? The quilts were infected with typhus from the diseases in camp and Broyles and her husband died four days later. Her perhaps-fatal trapunto-style white whole cloth quilt is one of the most beautiful in the book.

Also depicted is an Irish chain and applique quilt given to a wounded Union soldier who was stranded behind lines. The maker draped it over his shoulders to cover his blue uniform while he made his way back through Confederate-held territory.

My absolutely favorite story is the about Cave Hill Farm Quilt. During the war, a sickly Confederate soldier, who had escaped from a group of prisoners, showed up at Kinkead family's door, asking to be hidden from the Yankees. The mother directed him to a nearby cave, and gave him a feathered star quilt to keep warm. The family wondered whether he made it safely to the cave--until sometime after the war when the quilt was discovered in the cave. "Southern Quilts" illustrates this story not just with a "glamour shot" of the quilt but closeups of the damage done in the cave, and photographs of the Kinkead mother and daughters who created the quilt.

Among other quilts depicted are ones made to raise money for gunboats, quilts buried with the family silver, a quilt turned into a poncho for a soldier, quilts sent off to war, quilts similar to those covering the beds of generals on campaign, and commemoration quilts made after the war.

Especially interesting for me was a chance to see good close-up pictures of homespun and linsey-woolsey--fabrics to which southerners resorted due to the blockade.

Between the color photographs of quilts dating mostly from the 1840s to 1860s and interesting tales of individual experiences during the war, "Southern Quilts" is a book that I enjoy looking through again and again.

Not Stellar, but Interesting.......2001-12-13

I was somewhat disappointed in this book -- lots of pictures of beautiful quilts, but not much else. I would have been happier just checking it out of the library, instead of adding it to my personal library. Plus, I failed to notice that it was soft cover; I prefer hardcover books.

Beautiful history and photographs.......1999-06-03

Very interesting history of particular quilts during the Civil War. Many color photos of each quilt. Worth buying just for the beautiful photographs. After seeing the photos, the history of each quilt was just icing on the cake. Many of the quilts that were stolen or sold are traced to the original maker. Viewing what these Southern ladies made has inspired me to put more effort in my quilts!

Good historical account of quilts.......1999-05-20

Good historical account of the role quilts played in the Civil War. Stories about quilts from both sides of the War are portrayed and showed the determination womem had to the side they were on. Quilts were used to for warmth as well as, to express art or a political statement.

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A Top Book, One of Three in English

Higher menu

It's a textbook, what else is there to say.

Not Meant to be Used Alone

This book is really hard to understand !!!

World Politics: The Menu for Choice
Bruce Russett , Harvey Starr , and David Kinsella
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Get the tools you need to understand the vast and complex subject of international relations with WORLD POLITICS: THE MENU FOR CHOICE. This textbook incorporates current scholarship and insightful analysis and provides an introduction to game theory as a model for analyzing international relations.

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A Top Book, One of Three in English.......2007-06-30

I buy books from three sources: Amazon online (80%), airport bookstores (15%), and selected university bookstores (5%). This one came to me from a visit to the University of Colorado bookstore, where I was quite impressed by the breadth and depth of the selection across all topics.

I bought this book because the table of contents is one of the very best I have seen, and even if only the table of contents were memoized, one would be well-prepared for a senior undergraduate or master's degree final examination.

While grotesquely over-priced, as most textbooks are (it cost the publisher $5.70, at most, to print this book, a penny a page), I will leave that to the side, but it is a factor in the loss of one star.

This book could and should be completely re-designed to add more white space, dramatically improve the coverage of the ten threats, twelve policies, and eight challenges, dramatically improve the coverage of decision-support both secret and non-secret, and introduce a complete new section on national, regional, and global budgets as they represent our actual priorities, together with a completely new section on sub-state (vice non-governmental) tribes, clans, families, and neighborhoods. In my view, this book has the potential to be a "keeper" for every student that buys it, and I would design it--and price it--accordingly.

The books lacks a more revisionist appreciation of the damage that the United Kingdom and the USA have done in their combined two centuries of colonialism, unilateral militarism including horrendous war crimes against most indigenous cultures, and predatory capitalism (not ignoring the same crimes by Spain and Portugal, France, Germany, and Russia).

Were I teaching today, I would lean toward assigning this as the text to one third of the class, with the two books below being assigned to the other two thirds of the class, and everyone having to also buy the third book. See my comment for a URL where anyone can receive, for free, a weekly report, "GLOBAL REALITY: The Week in Review," covering in less than 8 pages, the ten threats, twelve policies, and eight major players other than the EU and US.

The two books below are better than this book, but this book is most definitely in my top three. See my lists for many other books regarding the information society, intelligence, emerging threats, strategy & force structure, anti-Americanism, blowback, and dissent, and the negative impact of domestic politics on sound foreign policy.

Security Studies for the 21st Century
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Higher menu.......2006-12-09

I have used this book in the World Politics class that I have been teaching at the local community college. In many ways, it seems more in line with an advanced undergraduate or even graduate level introductory text on various conceptual issues and frameworks possible for the analysis of international relations.

The idea of the `menu' of choices is introduced early, and this menu draws upon the different levels of analysis available from schemes such as that by James Rosenau (which identifies six levels: individual decisionmakers, decisionmaker roles, government structures, society, relations between state and international actors, and world system). These are options within the menu, but then there are elements of opportunity and willingness that are coupled with other elements for a more complex analysis.

From this beginning, different paradigms are given, including realist (realpolitick), idealist/liberal (idealpolitick), and radical (Marxist and other) paradigms. The same events, actors and issues can be explored in each of these paradigms, yielding different results. There are a few other paradigms referenced, but these are not generally used through the text.

The overall structure of the book then goes to looking at world politics and international relations both from a world systems view to comparative and foreign policy standpoints. Following this is a section on international conflict and cooperation, including international law and issues of war and peace. Next is a section on international political economy, which looks at issues of defense, resources, developmental gaps, integration and globalization issues. The final section address future possibilities in three modes, as well as pressing problems facing the world on a major scale at present.

The authors use game theory quite extensively throughout the text (which was sometimes confusing for my first-year and second-year undergraduate students - this is where the idea that this should be a graduate student text arises for me). As the authors state, this book uses game theory `more, indeed, than most other books of this sort. Rational choice analysis is an increasingly common approach to the study of world politics.' Game theory is an effective way of doing this, but presupposes a certain level of comfort with the concepts (often mathematically or logically based) that some of my students did not have.

I do appreciate the extra resources available for students via their website. There is also a good number of maps, charts, graphs and other pieces beyond the simple narrative text that are helpful to students. However, this book does presume some level of familiarity with the international system, governments in general, and some degree of history that many beginning undergraduates do not possess. I would gladly use this text again for an advanced undergraduate text, possibly for a course that follows a comparative politics course.

It's a textbook, what else is there to say. .......2006-09-03

This particular book happens to be a very good textbook, but in tradtional textbook fashion, i'm not keeping myself up at night reading it for fun til the wee hours of the mornin. If your school requires you to have this book, then you will get it. If not, you won't. It is really that simple. My opinion of it is irrelevant. That said, It is a tolerable book on a moderately interesting subject, so if you are forced to read it, then don't despare.

Not Meant to be Used Alone.......2005-03-14

This is one of two texts used in Rice's International Relations class. While the bulk of our reading comes from this text, after a month, I figured out this book was definitely not meant to be a stand-alone. Thus, the second text (Case Histories in International Politics by Kendall W. Stiles). Allow me to explain.

This book essentially talks extensively about various key concepts in international politics. Let's use power as an example. This book devotes an entire chapter to a discussion of power in international politics. It goes on to discuss how, for example, various elements of a state leads to the perception of the state's relative power. Then it talks about how the state uses its image in the world (based on this perception of power) to get what it wants. Bottom line, the book is mostly conceptual. It is true that it has included countless examples from the real world to illustrate its points, but this is the reason why it cannot be a stand-alone.

Case Histories in International Politics by Kendall W. Stiles makes a great complement to this book in that it involves more extensive case studies of various international conflicts in a more or less unbiased tone (the author's intention, as stated in the foreword, is to remain as unbiased as humanly possible). At the end of each case study is a list of exploration/discussion questions. This is where the concepts from Russett, Starr, and Kinsella come in handy. The idea is that you learn about concepts in international relations from World Politics, and apply them to international conflicts to try and explore why certain conflicts took place.

I believe the whole point of this book is to remain as conceptually-minded as possible, which is also its weakness. If you are looking for a way to appreciate international politics better, this is probably not the best book for you. But if you are looking to find a way to run a more extensive study on international politics and are willing to go for a supplemental text to achieve that goal, this book can be helpful in strengthening the conceptual side of international politics.

This book is really hard to understand !!!.......2005-02-23

When I bought this book I thought it would develop my interest in politics. Instead I found that this book does not make sense at all sometimes and assumes that the reader knows all the events it is talking about. I don't recommend this book at all !!

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World Politics: The Menu for Choice
Bruce Russett , Harvey Starr , and David Kinsella
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Bruce Russett and Harvey Starr
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Bruce Russett and Harvey Starr
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Mexico, the home of countless animal and plant species, is the third most biologically diverse nation on the planet. Yet even with growing international concern for biodiversity and habitat preservation, Simon writes, Mexico's environmental crisis continues to worsen. The most obvious problem is air pollution; on windless days, Simon notes, ten thousand tons of "toxic gunk"--made up of car exhaust, industrial particulates, blowing dirt from deforested hillsides, and fecal dust--choke Mexico City's 30 million residents. Other problems are less well known: the continuing destruction of farmland through overgrazing and the devastation of old-growth forests. If matters do not improve, Simon suggests, then Mexicans will continue to flee the site of so much loss for safer, cleaner places--namely, the United States. Environmentalists have much to ponder in Simon's pages.

Customer Reviews:

Very Good.......2005-11-03

This book was recommended to me by the BBC correspondent for Central America, Nick Miles. I was extremely impressed by the careful research and documentation undertaken by Simon. I consider this book essential reading for any student of Latin American environmental affairs. Simon's exploration of the much mythologized Cardenas land reforms and its relationship to the current desperate situation faced by much of Mexico's agrarian sector is without equal. His analysis of Mexico's failed oil extraction industry is eye opening.

This work, so critical of Mexican federal policy, might easily be ignored except for Simon's impressive cridentials. Here is a writer who clearly respects Mexico, people and country.

I give the work four stars instead of five only because it is now slightly dated. I hope Simon will consider a second edition soon.

Endangered Mexico, well informed and well written.......2000-02-14

I think that the search required to write this book can be considered deep and risky, because it implied to go to dangerous places where drug dealers are trafficking or powerful people in the government who won't like some of the things that are said in the book. So I consider this is a very valiant work. But not only that, it is very well written, very clear with current information about environment in different areas of México, like Cancún coral reefs, Michoacán, México City, forestland in Chihuahua, pollution caused by twin plants (maquiladoras)and in addition it includes very valuable historic information related with all of the mentioned cases.

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