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Tropical Forage Plants: Development and Use covers the research and resulting pasture development in the tropics and subtropics, which has undergone dramatic changes in the past few decades. Providing a broad, global perspective, it serves as a comprehensive resource covering a wide range of subjects pertaining to forage and animal production in the tropics and subtropics including such aspects as agronomy, pasture management, forage plant breeding, soils, plant nutrition, and disease management and control. The book presents extensive coverage of the technical aspects of forage-based agriculture in the tropics. It addresses both the scientific aspects of this technology and its practical application. The editors integrate the extensive research on tropical forage species in the western hemisphere with that of global research efforts. They provide over 15,000 references that lay the groundwork for further research. The editors have assembled an excellent mixture of theorists and applied scientists giving the book wide-ranging, interdisciplinary appeal. In addition to providing extensive coverage of development and usage globally, Tropical Forage Plants: Development and Use presents the key aspects of selecting, breeding, and managing superior pastures in the tropics in the context of meeting local needs and global environmental concerns.
Ceded to the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Paris
after the Spanish-American War of 1898, Puerto Rico has since
remained a colonial territory. Despite this subordinated colonial
experience, however, Puerto Ricans managed to secure national
Olympic representation in the 1930s and in so doing nurtured
powerful ideas of nationalism. By examining how the Olympic
movement developed in Puerto Rico, Antonio Sotomayor illuminates
the profound role sports play in the political and cultural
processes of an identity that evolved within a political tradition
of autonomy rather than traditional political independence.
Significantly, it was precisely in the Olympic arena that Puerto
Ricans found ways to participate and show their national pride,
often by using familiar colonial strictures-and the United States'
claim to democratic values-to their advantage. Drawing on extensive
archival research, both on the island and in the United States,
Sotomayor uncovers a story of a people struggling to escape the
colonial periphery through sport and nationhood yet balancing the
benefits and restraints of that same colonial status. The Sovereign
Colony describes the surprising negotiations that gave rise to
Olympic sovereignty in a colonial nation, a unique case in Latin
America, and uses Olympic sports as a window to view the broader
issues of nation building and identity, hegemony, postcolonialism,
international diplomacy, and Latin American-U.S. relations.
This is a new release of the original 1951 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1951 edition.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
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rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
The Olympic Games are a phenomenon of unparalleled global
proportions. This book examines the rich and complex involvement of
Latin America and the Caribbean peoples with the Olympic Movement,
serving as an effective medium to explore the making of this
region. The nine essays here investigate the influence, struggles,
and contributions of Latin American and Caribbean societies to the
Olympic Movement. By delving into nationalist political movements,
post-revolutionary diplomacy, decolonization struggles, gender and
disability discourses, and more, they define how the nations of
this region have shaped and been shaped by the Olympic Movement.
Ceded to the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Paris
after the Spanish-American War of 1898, Puerto Rico has since
remained a colonial territory. Despite this subordinated colonial
experience, however, Puerto Ricans managed to secure national
Olympic representation in the 1930s and in so doing nurtured
powerful ideas of nationalism. By examining how the Olympic
movement developed in Puerto Rico, Antonio Sotomayor illuminates
the profound role sports play in the political and cultural
processes of an identity that evolved within a political tradition
of autonomy rather than traditional political independence.
Significantly, it was precisely in the Olympic arena that Puerto
Ricans found ways to participate and show their national pride,
often by using familiar colonial strictures-and the United States'
claim to democratic values-to their advantage. Drawing on extensive
archival research, both on the island and in the United States,
Sotomayor uncovers a story of a people struggling to escape the
colonial periphery through sport and nationhood yet balancing the
benefits and restraints of that same colonial status. The Sovereign
Colony describes the surprising negotiations that gave rise to
Olympic sovereignty in a colonial nation, a unique case in Latin
America, and uses Olympic sports as a window to view the broader
issues of nation building and identity, hegemony, postcolonialism,
international diplomacy, and Latin American-U.S. relations.
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