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Amber is a remarkable substance that originates from the resin of
trees that lived millions of years ago. Anything that became
trapped in this sticky resin was fossilized and perfectly
preserved. The insects and other inclusions found in amber today
are providing scientists with unique insights into the history of
life on Earth. In this new edition of "Amber", Andrew Ross provides
an engaging overview of this prehistoric substance and its
fossilized inclusions. The book explains how amber is formed, where
it is found and how to distinguish genuine amber from fakes. It
describes its many uses, both in art and science, and recounts the
elusive search for DNA from fossilized insects. Detailed keys and
stunning photographs, including previously unseen pieces of Burmese
amber from the Museum's collections, guide the reader in the
identification of species of insects and other amber inclusions.
"Amber" is essential reading for all those with an interest in this
natural time capsule.
A brilliantly reported true-life thriller that goes behind the
scenes of the financial crisis on Wall Street and in Washington.
In one of the most gripping financial narratives in decades,
Andrew Ross Sorkin-a "New York Times" columnist and one of the
country's most respected financial reporters-delivers the first
definitive blow- by-blow account of the epochal economic crisis
that brought the world to the brink. Through unprecedented access
to the players involved, he re-creates all the drama and turmoil of
these turbulent days, revealing never-before-disclosed details and
recounting how, motivated as often by ego and greed as by fear and
self-preservation, the most powerful men and women in finance and
politics decided the fate of the world's economy.
"Racism is like a Cadillac, they bring out a new model every year."
- Malcolm X (a former auto worker) Written in a lively, accessible
fashion and drawing extensively on interviews with people who were
formerly incarcerated, Cars and Jails examines how the costs of car
ownership and use are deeply enmeshed with the U.S. prison system.
American consumer lore has long held the automobile to be a
"freedom machine," consecrating the mobility of a free people. Yet,
paradoxically, the car also functions at the cross-roads of two
great systems of entrapment and immobility- the American debt
economy and the carceral state. Cars and Jails investigates this
paradox, showing how auto debt, traffic fines, over-policing, and
automated surveillance systems work in tandem to entrap and
criminalize poor people. The authors describe how racialization and
poverty take their toll on populations with no alternative, in a
country poorly served by public transport, to taking out loans for
cars and exposing themselves to predatory and often racist
policing. Looking skeptically at the frothy promises of the
"mobility revolution," Livingston and Ross close with
thought-provoking ideas for a radical overhaul of transportation.
The science-policy interface is critical to the design and
implementation of water policies. In theory, scientists provide
policy makers with robust facts and data that can help guide
decision making, and lessons from the political economy of reforms
can push scientific boundaries further to trigger further research
for wise solutions. While evidence-based policy is obviously
desirable, in practice such a connection is not always
straightforward. Another assumption behind the science-policy gap
is the discrepancy between scientists and policy makers in terms of
culture, process, timing, language and expected outcome. This book
tries to reconcile this discrepancy through a multi-stakeholder
approach to authoring its different articles. This joint initiative
between the OECD - particularly its Water Governance Initiative -
and the International Water Resources Association seeks to provide
a canvas for grounding water policy in science, and vice versa. The
objective of this book, devoted to the OECD Principles on Water
Governance, is to use the OECD Principles as a common thread across
the articles to draw lessons from theoretical work and practical
experiences in water governance reforms; but also to only feature
papers authored by groups of diverse stakeholders from different
institutional backgrounds. This book was originally published as a
special issue of Water International.
The science-policy interface is critical to the design and
implementation of water policies. In theory, scientists provide
policy makers with robust facts and data that can help guide
decision making, and lessons from the political economy of reforms
can push scientific boundaries further to trigger further research
for wise solutions. While evidence-based policy is obviously
desirable, in practice such a connection is not always
straightforward. Another assumption behind the science-policy gap
is the discrepancy between scientists and policy makers in terms of
culture, process, timing, language and expected outcome. This book
tries to reconcile this discrepancy through a multi-stakeholder
approach to authoring its different articles. This joint initiative
between the OECD - particularly its Water Governance Initiative -
and the International Water Resources Association seeks to provide
a canvas for grounding water policy in science, and vice versa. The
objective of this book, devoted to the OECD Principles on Water
Governance, is to use the OECD Principles as a common thread across
the articles to draw lessons from theoretical work and practical
experiences in water governance reforms; but also to only feature
papers authored by groups of diverse stakeholders from different
institutional backgrounds. This book was originally published as a
special issue of Water International.
In a world increasingly beset by ethnocultural conflicts, the
pursuit of cultural rights has taken on new urgency. Claims for
cultural justice affect economic distribution as much as they
address demands for recognition from marginalized groups. It is
this vital connection between economic life and cultural expression
that Andrew Ross explores in this text. From the consequences of
cyberspace for work and play to the uses and abuses of genetics in
the O.J. trial, from world scarcity to world music, Ross
interrogates the cultural forms through which economic forces take
their daily toll upon our communities and environment.
In Real Love, Andrew Ross, one of our preeminent social critics,
explores the vital connection between economic life and cultural
expression. From the consequences of cyberspace for work and play
to the uses and abuses of genetics in the O.J. trial, from world
scarcity to world music, Ross interrogates the cultural forms
through which economic forces take their daily toll upon our
communities and environment.
Examining the effects of debates about race, technology, ecology,
and the arts on social and legal change, Ross focuses in particular
on how demands for certain forms of cultural justice often go hand
in hand with injustices of other sorts, and shows why cultural
politics are a real and inescapable part of any argument for social
change.
The intellectual and the popular: Irving Howe and John Waters,
Susan Sontag and Ethel Rosenberg, Dwight MacDonald and Bill Cosby,
Amiri Baraka and Mick Jagger, Andrea Dworkin and Grace Jones, Andy
Warhol and Lenny Bruce. All feature in Andrew Ross's lively history
and critique of modern American culture. Andrew Ross examines how
and why the cultural authority of modern intellectuals is bound up
with the changing face of popular taste in America. He argues that
the making of "taste" is hardly an aesthetic activity, but rather
an exercise in cultural power, policing and carefully redefining
social relations between classes.
Youth music is the most creative and contested location on the cultural landscape. It is a vehicel for generational moods and aspirations, a public refuge for fantasies outlawed in daily life, a testing ground for technical ingenuity, an enormously profitable commercial channel for mainstream narratives of thought and behaviour, and one of the corporate state's main theatres for national moral panic. Today's sounds and the debates about their various forms, are inseparable from teh social conditions of the last two decades: class polarization, racial marginalisation, and economic violence enacted to a degree that has left youth, as a whole, with drastically reduced opportunities in life. Youth culture is still responding to these uneven developments with a passion that has been romanticised by some critics as a significant form of resistance, and denigrated by others as an avoidance of direct and political protest. Microphone Fiends, a collection of original essays and interviews, brings together some of the best known scholars, critics, journalists and performers to focus on the contemporary scene. It includes theoretical discussions of musical history along with social commentaries about genres like disco, metal and rap music, and case histories of specific movements like the Riots Girls, funk clubbing in Rio de Janeiro, and the British rave scene. The contents of the volume engage with the broad tradition of cultural studies and sociology of youth music and culture, but it is also designed to address audiences reached by mainstream music journalism and fans of any musical taste. responding
Shows how and why the cultural authority of modern intellectuals is mutually bound up with the changing face of popular taste in America over the past fifty years.
Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the
right level Explore the extraordinary world of fossils! Find out
how they're formed, where to find them and how to identify them in
this information book. Written by palaeontology expert Dr Andrew
Ross, in conjunction with the National Museum of Scotland, this
book will help children discover all the fascinating details of
different species for themselves. This is a Band 10/White book in
the Collins Big Cat reading programme which has more complex
sentences and figurative language. This is an information book and
has an illustrated archaeological dig of the fossils mentioned in
the book on pages 30 and 31, which helps children to recap what
they've learnt and provides a wealth of speaking and listening
opportunities. This book supports learning about geography near the
seaside, as well as sparking discussions about history and what it
was like to live in the past. This book has been quizzed for
Accelerated Reader. For another story in this Collins Big Cat book
band for guided reading, try Cinderella (9780007336180) written by
David Wood and illustrated by Shahab Shamshirsaz.
2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title A survey into an emerging
pattern of labor instability and uneven global development Is job
insecurity the new norm? With fewer and fewer people working in
steady, long-term positions for one employer, has the dream of a
secure job with full benefits and a decent salary become just
that-a dream? In Nice Work If You Can Get It, Andrew Ross surveys
the new topography of the global workplace and finds an emerging
pattern of labor instability and uneven development on a massive
scale. Combining detailed case studies with lucid analysis and
graphic prose, he looks at what the new landscape of contingent
employment means for workers across national, class, and racial
lines-from the emerging "creative class" of high-wage professionals
to the multitudes of temporary, migrant, or low-wage workers.
Developing the idea of "precarious livelihoods" to describe this
new world of work and life, Ross explores what it means in
developed nations-comparing the creative industry policies of the
United States, United Kingdom, and European Union, as well as
developing countries-by examining the quickfire transformation of
China's labor market. He also responds to the challenge of
sustainability, assessing the promise of "green jobs" through
restorative alliances between labor advocates and
environmentalists. Ross argues that regardless of one's views on
labor rights, globalization, and quality of life, this new
precarious and "indefinite life,&" and the pitfalls and
opportunities that accompany it is likely here to stay and must be
addressed in a systematic way. A more equitable kind of knowledge
society emerges in these pages-less skewed toward flexploitation
and the speculative beneficiaries of intellectual property, and
more in tune with ideals and practices that are fair, just, and
renewable.
The Highland Clearances was a dark episode in Scottish history when
many thousands of people were forced off lands that they and their
kin had lived on for generations. Some boarded ships destined for
the colonies of America and Australia, others ended up on small
barren plots by the coast or in city slums. A few men were
outspoken against the atrocities, and one of them was Donald Ross.
Donald Ross was a Highlander, born in Sutherland in 1813. His
father was the miller on the Skibo Castle Estate and Donald took
over the mill when his father died. He and his family were
subsequently evicted, fighting against their eviction in the
Supreme Court but losing the case. Donald moved to Glasgow and
within two years, as Agent for the Poor, helped over 1,500 people
receive poor-relief payments, which were being withheld by local
parish boards. In the 1850s Donald became the most outspoken critic
of the Highland Clearances and wrote many detailed newspaper
articles and pamphlets about mass evictions on Barra, Knoydart and
Skye. His most famous publication was The Massacre of the Rosses,
in which he graphically described the women of Strathcarron being
brutally beaten by policemen for refusing to accept eviction
notices. Donald supplied over 8,000 books and pamphlets for
emigrants on the ill-fated Hercules. He also raised a lot of money
to help poor people in the Hebrides, particularly during the
infamous Potato Famine. However, Donald’s efforts were cut short
by a scandal that saw him and his family emigrate to Nova Scotia.
Donald’s inspirational story makes him an unsung hero of the
poor.
How did a small Canadian regional league come to dominate a North
American continental sport? Joining the Clubs: The Business of the
National Hockey League to 1945 tells the fascinating story of the
game off the ice, offering a play-by-play of cooperation and
competition among owners, players, arenas, and spectators that
produced a major league business enterprise. Ross explores the ways
in which the NHL organized itself to maintain long-term stability,
deal with its labor force, and adapt its product and structure to
the demands of local, regional, and international markets. He
argues that sports leagues like the NHL pursued a strategy that
responded both to standard commercial incentives and also to
consumer demands that the product provide cultural meaning. Leagues
successfully used the cartel form - an ostensibly illegal
association of businesses that cooperated to monopolize the market
for professional hockey - along with a focus on locally branded
clubs, to manage competition and attract spectators to the sport.
In addition, the NHL had another special challenge: unlike other
major leagues, it was a binational league that had to sell and
manage its sport in two different countries. Joining the Clubs pays
close attention to these national differences, as well as to the
context of a historical period characterized by war and peace, by
rapid economic growth and dire recession, and by the momentous
technological and social changes of the modern age.
They were masters of the financial universe, flying in private jets and raking in billions. They thought they were too big to fail. Yet they would bring the world to its knees.
Andrew Ross Sorkin, the news-breaking New York Times journalist, delivers the first true in-the-room account of the most powerful men and women at the eye of the financial storm - from reviled Lehman Brothers CEO Dick 'the gorilla' Fuld, to banking whiz Jamie Dimon, from bullish Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson to AIG's Joseph Cassano, dubbed 'The Man Who Crashed the World'.
Through unprecedented access to the key players, Sorkin meticulously re-creates frantic phone calls, foul-mouthed rows and white-knuckle panic, as Wall Street fought to save itself.
From 1966 to 1971 the First Australian Task Force was part of the
counterinsurgency campaign in South Vietnam. Though considered a
small component of the Free World effort in the war, these troops
from Australia and New Zealand were in fact the best trained and
prepared for counterinsurgency warfare. However, until now, their
achievements have been largely overlooked by military historians.
The Search for Tactical Success in Vietnam sheds new light on this
campaign by examining the thousands of small-scale battles that the
First Australian Task Force was engaged in. The book draws on
statistical, spatial and temporal analysis, as well as primary
data, to present a unique study of the tactics and achievements of
the First Australian Task Force in Phuoc Tuy Province, South
Vietnam. Further, original maps throughout the text help to
illustrate how the Task Force's tactics were employed.
"They demolish our houses while we build theirs." This is how a
Palestinian stonemason, in line at a checkpoint outside a Jerusalem
suburb, described his life to Andrew Ross. Palestinian "stone men",
utilizing some of the best quality dolomitic limestone deposits in
the world and drawing on generations of artisanal knowledge, have
built almost every state in the Middle East except their own. Today
the business of quarrying, cutting, fabrication, and dressing is
Palestine's largest employer and generator of revenue, supplying
the construction industry in Israel, along with other Middle East
countries and even more overseas. Drawing on hundreds of interviews
in Palestine and Israel, Ross's engrossing, surprising, and
gracefully written story of this fascinating, ancient trade shows
how the stones of Palestine, and Palestinian labor, have been used
to build out the state of Israel-in the process, constructing
"facts on the ground"--even while the industry is central to
Palestinians' own efforts to erect bulwarks against the Occupation.
For decades, the hands that built Israel's houses, schools,
offices, bridges, and even its separation barriers have been
Palestinian. Looking at the Palestine-Israel conflict in a new
light, this book asks how this record of achievement and labor can
be recognized.
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