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Book Description
In Cultivating California, David Vaught shows how fruit and nut growers were neither industrialists nor agrarians. From the very outset, he explains, these "horticulturists" saw themselves as guardians of California's unique culture--raising crops for market while self-consciously building healthy and prosperous communities. Every grower was not, in fact, like every other, Vaught argues, whether one examines their labor systems, recruiting methods, harvest needs, marketing strategies, farm size, or their relationships with their communities, unions, and the state. The hard work, foresight, and devotion to detail required to nurture an orchard or vineyard made them, they insisted, cultivators of a better society. Over time, however, labor relations, market imperatives, and changing political conditions undermined the growers' horticultural ideal.
Customer Reviews:
Accessibly revealed in the course of this involving account.......2003-02-10
Students of California history and agricultural development will find Cultivating California an intriguing story of growers, specialty crops, and labor developments in the state from 1875-1920, revealing how politicians, growers, and organizations interacted in the process of cultivating California's crops. Labor relations and agricultural development planning are all accessibly revealed in the course of this involving account.
From the publisher's website.......2002-12-30
"This is an important book because it dares to take on -- with considerable success -- a paradigm that has prevailed since the publication of Carey McWilliams's Factories in the Field in 1939. Cultivating California is a crisply written, fast-paced narrative based upon extraordinary research. It is also a courageous effort to clarify the history of agriculture in California by making room for the high ideals of the turn-of-the-century horticultural generation." -- Kevin Starr, Business History Review
"This detailed history of four central and northern California agricultural communities is developed around pivotal issues of race, gender, market forces, and entrepreneurial vision. It is local history at its best." -- Harry C. McDean, Western Historical Quarterly
"Cultivating California is expertly researched and gracefully written... [It] is an extremely important book that will be read by scholars in agricultural, labor, and California history." -- David Igler, Agricultural History
"Vaught... is a good writer, but an even more valuable trait... is his dedication to research. This book tells an intriguing story, and it should thus rank very high on the reading list of any historian interested in the history of agriculture and labor in the American West." -- Carlos A. Schwantes, Journal of American History
"A must for scholars interested in the Golden State's controversial history." -- Paul Rhode, Agricultural History Review
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Animals, water, wind, and people flow at different rates according to spatial patterns common to almost all landscapes and regions. This up-to-date synthesis explores the ecology of heterogeneous land areas, where natural processes and human activities interact to produce an ever changing mosaic. The subject has great relevance to contemporary society and this book reflects the breadth of this importance: there are many ideas and applications for planning, conservation, design, management, sustainability and policy. Spatial solutions are provided for society's land-use objectives. Students and professionals alike will be drawn by the attractive and informative illustrations, the conceptual synthesis, the wide international perspective, and the range of topics and research covered.
Customer Reviews:
Basic concepts.......2003-11-12
This is an introductory level text for those interested in landscape ecology. The authors do a nice job of defining jargon common to the field and provide some equations for various chapter subjects in chapter appendices. The references cited section of the book is comprehensive and useful. Personally, I found the appendices and the reference list at the end of the book to be more useful than the text itself.
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Bloodcurdling encounters between the big cats and their most reluctant prey-humans.
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Great Book!.......2007-06-12
I read this book after having read Cat Attacks. This one in my opinion is much better. Goes into more detail overall on attacks throughout history. Exhaustive work. I would rate this book with Herrero's book on Bear Attacks. The author did a lot of research on this book. She really did her homework. It brings out more cues about initial attacks and how they happen from moment to moment than Cat Attacks does. I really can't see where it could have been improved upon. Great Book! When you see a couger in the wild, you won't look upon it as a big kitty after reading this book!
Know thy neighbor!.......2007-05-07
As a resident of the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in SoCal, news of cougar sightings within blocks of home is not unusual. However, the info I had about these animals came from Disney wildlife movies of my childhood...major changes in wildlife habitat since then.
This book should be required reading for anyone living in or near cougar habitat, especially for those who run, hike or bike wilderness trails. It could insure that a chance encounter or sighting of this predator be an exciting memory, not another grisly news story.
And it is an excellent read...ample facts, professional observations and insights, compassion and common sense about the animals as well as the humans involved.
READS LIKE A LAUNDRY LIST.......2006-02-17
Several compelling and hard-to-put-down books have been written about this subject. This isn't one of them. It can't be faulted on facts, but the writing is dry; it creates no atmosphere and never makes the people involved in these tragedies seem like real people and so evokes no compassion at all. "(VICTIM'S NAME)was attacked by a (MALE/FEMALE) cougar while he was (CAMPING/HIKING/PICKING HIS NOSE) in (LOCATION) on (DATE). (NUMBER) stitches were required. The cougar (WAS SHOT/GOT AWAY/IS SITTING ON YOUR DOORSTEP AS YOU READ THIS)."
For people interested in facts, compassion and good writing on this subject, I recommend TRUE STORIES AND HARD LESSONS FROM COUGAR COUNTRY and THE BEAST IN THE GARDEN. They are almost impossible to put down, without being sensationalist.
Cougar Attacks.......2005-09-26
Cougar Attacks: Encounters of the Worst Kind is a good read. It gives a good history of cougar attacks in the US and also talks about some of the controversey associated with cougar attacks and hunting cougars in some states. Overall, it was a great read and really suppliments the book, The Beast in the Garden.
Truer words...............2004-02-22
In reference to another reviewer in this listing, this specific book does a fine job of giving the reader a realistic view of the true nature of the cougar and it's interactions with humans in the present day. I live in a section of central coastal Oregon where the season is extended past the normal dates due to the amount of activity and damage from Cougars. We have to close down school yards, drive kids to school and essentially alter our daily routines (running,biking,walking pets etc..) to protect ourselves. There are "Cougar Drills" in our classrooms. While I understand the image folks have of "the bad hunters", were it not not for legislation limiting hunting these magnificent animals, we would in all probability, not be forced to deal with the current resurgence and growing numbers of mountain lions in such a negative way.
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Historical Value Mostly.......2007-07-10
This book is highly technical and somewhat dated. It is not the best book on judo if you are expecting general coverage, but it has a niche and I am very glad to see it re-published. When it was one of the few books available on judo we all had it, but there are now many more comprehensive guides to basic judo. Still, if you want to know about the mechanics of various throws this has the analysis and details that could be very interesting.
Technical, Sometimes Dry. Always Good.......2005-09-16
Let me preface this by saying I love physics. Especially mechanics. The book explains how techniques work and why.
Some of us learn better this way. If you know why a technique works, you will probably learn to apply it better. This book can help you understand the hows and whys, if you can concentrate on the descriptions. They can be dry and technical.
If you're missing something in a technique, this book may be able to help you.
Great.......2005-08-31
This book great for people who want to get better at the philosophy of Judo. It really breaks the art down in to a physics class that might be a little hard for some to understand but if you can follow along it will bring your game up to the next level and put you in the right direction.
Amazing.......2005-01-20
As a student of many of the martial sciences, I was amazed at the evidence that this book uses to support its tactics. It can be difficult at times to read, specifically if you have never taken a physics class, but it is insightful and exceptionally well done. A must for all those interested in Kodokan.
Accurate, but reads like a Physics book.......2004-09-04
This book to me was ok, becuase I like math and Physics and the like, but to the Judoka that is challenged by these subjects, they might find this book a little dry. The information is accurate though a little dated, and it did help me understand what Sensi was tring to explain.
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Excellent Book.......2007-03-02
Great book that gives very good advice for thinking critically while reading and writing. A big portion of the book is reprints of articles used as examples, but these reprints are good to read as exercises.
critical thinking, reading, and writing.......2007-01-09
the book came in great time and was in excellent condition. thanks
Absolutely worth your every second!.......2006-11-19
This is very comprehensive book for those serious in getting into critical thinking, reading and writing. Mr Sylvan Barnet lived up to his name by patiently guiding the reader through the fundamental of critical thoughts and common fallacies.
For those in research writing or working towards being a writer, Mr Sylvan Barnet provides step by step guidance on how to reference your works and highlighted what is really meant by plagarism.
There were excerpts from Utopia and Martin Luther King and many others which will definitely enlighten the readers and provide much thought and insight into relooking at our society!
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Senator Paul Wellstone was, "the first 1960s radical elected to the U.S. Senate." In Senate Race 2002, the White House made defeating Wellstone priority #1. Karl Rove hand-picked arch Republican Norm Coleman to run against him. Despite massive funding, Coleman was trailing the popular Wellstone two weeks before election day.
Then, tragedy struck. On the morning of October 25th, 2002, Wellstone was killed after a mysterious communication cut-out and crash of his small aircraft. He died alongside his wife Sheila, their daughter Marcia, three staff members, and two pilots, while trying to land at Minnesota's Eveleth airfield. CNN's Wolf Blitzer insisted to his reporter at the scene that foul weather was the lethal factor in the crash, despite the statements to the contrary from the CNN correspondent. To this day, the public tends to blame the weather.
Ph.D. Professors James Fetzer and Don "Four Arrows" Jacobs present the harrowing truth. The plane was exceptionally airworthy. The weather didn't bring down Senator Wellstone. Nor were the two pilots incompetent, as the report of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) would eventually claim.
The facts point elsewhere. The FBI arrived at the remote rural crash scene less than two hours after the crash. Could they have known about it in advance? The FBI forbade the ambulance and fire teams to take photos. Even the AP photographer on hand was intimidated, delayed and then highly monitored. For some reason, a member of the U.S. Capitol Police Dignitary Protection Division was also present.
Why did the FBI state that they were treating the site as a "crime scene" although there were "no indications of any criminal activity"? How could the FBI so very swiftly conclude and state publicly, before NTSB arrived, that there was "no evidence of terrorism" involved? Why did the NTSB search for a "black box" for a day and a half and then conclude that there hadn't been one, after all?
AMERICAN ASSASSINATION confirms the worst fears of a nation. Senator Paul Wellstone was murdered.
Both authors are decorated university professors. A Native American, Four Arrows (a.k.a. Dr. Don Jacobs) teaches educational leadership and is a staunch critic of US foreign policy. Dr. Jim Fetzer is a published expert on U.S. political assassinations and the logic of science.
Although no one can prove exactly what happened in the events leading to Wellstone's death, these two Ph.D.s point out the official story's inconsistencies and deliberate omissions. With a methodical argument, they present evidence of an official cover-up, a compelling motive for Wellstone's assassination and advance a more likely explanation for how Senator Wellstone's plane was taken down. Their findings include new evidence and alternative hypotheses that were never considered by the NTSB:
• There was never any distress call from the pilots. Communication was somehow cut off shortly before the crash.
• NTSB's Carol Carmody handled the Wellstone case. A former CIA official, Carmody is a damage-control expert who handled the NTSB's investigation of the suspicious aircraft crash of Democratic Senatorial candidate Mel Carnahan, exactly two years earlier.
• NTSB is legally mandated to take jurisdiction over a crash scene, yet it allowed the FBI to control the scene--and then neglected to cite the FBI's involvement in presence in the NTSB's final report.
• Some witnesses heard the engines cutting out, a phenomenon not consistent with a stall.
• Others reported odd cell-phone and garage-door phenomena that were taking place about the same time the plane lost both communications and control.
• The NTSB's own simulations, which replicated properties like those of King Air A-100s under similar conditions, were unable to bring the plane down—even when conducted under abnormally slow speeds!
• One of the members who actually signed the report, Richard Healing, admitted that they really had no idea what had caused the plane to crash.
Since becoming active in this issue, local residents have contacted Professor Fetzer and related strange electronic interference in the area at the time of the crash. One experienced an odd cell-phone phenomenon with a form of static he had never heard before. Its auditory pattern appears to be similar to that of "electro-magnetic pulse" (EMP) weapons recently developed by the Pentagon to jam the computer-assisted controls of enemy aircraft.
Reports of garage doors that mysteriously opened in the immediate vicinity are surfacing. And radar images from the time of the plane crashes of Senator Carnahan and of Senator Wellstone are suggestive of EMP imprints. These weapons not only jam a plane's electronics but also disable its radio communications.
In the wake of the crash, 69% of Minnesoteans blamed a "GOP Conspiracy" for Wellstone's death. This book makes the case that, in this case, at least, the people had it right.
In appendices to AMERICAN ASSASSINATION, Paul Wellstone's courageous stands against the rich and powerful continue to inspire us. It presents highlights from Wellstone's platform and includes his important speech, "On Iraq."
His opposition to the Bush administration helps the reader to understand why the Senator was a likely target for assassination. When the reader meets Wellstone in his own words, his vision is kept alive and lives on in each of us.
Customer Reviews:
Questions Begging for Answers.......2006-11-07
The number of light plane crashes involving key House and Senate members is chilling. The author details several fatal crashes that tipped the balance (or prevented a change in) the House or Senate. Many questions raised about the pilots, the lackluster NTSB investigation, and almost immediate FBI presence, certainly adds up to enough for a skilled
investigative journalist to explore; the official investigations are
obvious rubber stamps. If someone told you that one of these pilots had
been a fight trainer for a 9/11 hijacker, you would not believe it...but
the book clearly documents this as a fact, which can easily be confirmed
by anyone. Where are you, Sixty Minutes? The details of the crash, which
is always attributed to snow, are far more complex, as the weather was
actually not a problem. The authors postulate EMP interference with the
aircraft, which is something I was only vaguely aware of, but it is a
difficult charge to prove. I was most puzzled at the odd connection
between a 9/11 hijacker and the co-pilot...a very strange connection that
I've never seen mentioned in mainstream media, yet is very well documented here. Overall, the book made me aware that there IS a puzzle worth investigating, and a book worth reading.
Research for more.......2006-06-29
This book for me was very good. There seems to be some "connecting of the dots" with other topics during a certain administration and other 'strange occurences'. Not a conspiracty theorist, but some things are more than obvious.
As author I agree with A. Abruzzese's criticism .......2006-06-15
I am Four Arrows, the lead author of this book.(See also my newest text from the Univesity of Texas, "Unlearning the Language of Conquest: Scholars Expose Anti-Indianism in America).
I recently read Abruzzese's review and find it to be fairly on target, in spite of its negativity. I'm at least happy he recommended that people read it "as a starting point," for this is all we intended it to be. We express state that the questions, inconsistencies and logic of our arguments should be sufficient for a more in-depth investigation.
As for the book being too short, our motive for writing this book was to get it published before the 2004 presidential elections in hopes that it would at least offer a prima facia case sufficient to raise the kind of questions that MIGHT dissuade people to vote for Bush. We only had a few short months to turn the "new evidence" that sparked our writing the book to get in published in time. Perhaps such hopes were unwarranted in spite of rigged elections and an relatively apathetic, hegemonized public, but it was our long-shot hope nonetheless.
In our book we have some substantial "evidence" from interviews and analysis, but mostly we simply show enough inconsistencies and provide enough motive to make a good enough case to stimulate further investigation, which we ALMOST got from Senator Barbara Boxer, who has a copy of the book.
I agree that some of the language about JFK comparisons and "scientific rigor" were unnecessary, but three people being involved with the content, such things, as unfortunate as they might have been to our message, might be persuasive for other readers. In any case, the bottom line is there needs to be further investigations and on this Abruzzese agrees.
In our new book from Elsevier, "The Hidden History of 9/11," I think this reviewer would find more "evidence" but still realize that it as well is a call for more investigation.
For example, how can "we" continue to ignore all of the testimony relating to bombs going off in the WTC or to the physics of falling buildings?
At any rate, it is past time to allow a fear of being a "conspiracy theorist" keep us from discussing the probability that our corporation, military and government institutions have reached a point where assassinations, false flag operations and rigged elections must be taken seriously as a fact of life.
Four Arrows, aka Don Trent Jacobs
A Strange Death Indeed.......2005-11-17
"American Assassination: The Strange Death of Senator Paul Wellstone" expands the report filed by the NTSB with the information received from eyewitnesses, U.S. government log files, local government reports and interviews with people related to those who died in the crash. Using this information and deductive reasoning/logic to sort through the gathered evidence, the authors display their conclusion: Wellstone, his family and friends, and the pilots were killed through sabotage. Conspiracy theories generally don't hold my interest too long unless there's proof, but I found this book to be well-written and strong in the use of logic. The book was extremely interesting to me, as I had suspected that the Senator's death by plane crash (another plane crash death) to be very peculiar, to a very suspicious degree. Read the book with an open mind, and see what kind of death you believe this to be.
Bully Boys Don't Like It.......2005-10-28
America has its share of facist wannabes who in this case, write negative reviews of this and other similar books (often without even reading them) in order to debunk any progressive thought that may arise within the general public. Exposure to a variety of thought is anathema to these people. While these would-be brownshirts are being hoodwinked by the corporate propagandists that they follow without question, those same corporate interests are busy conducting a slaughter of civilians in Iraq in order to secure access to the world's supply of oil, as well as murdering an inspirational progressive politician like Paul Wellstone.
Unllike many of the "reviewers" of this book, I've actually read it, and what is offered here seems entirely plausible.
Having lived through the previous assassinations of both Kennedys, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X., among others, the apparent fact that wealthy, right-wing, corporate interests in this country sometimes kill their perceived enemies comes as no surprise to me. Unfortunately, it does happen here. Read the book for yourself and draw your own conclusions.
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