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Born into working class poverty in the North of England in 1925,
Eddie Davies' personal account illustrates the remarkable and
colourful lives led by many 'ordinary people'. From a succession of
dead-end and downright dangerous jobs, through a ferocious (though
often hilarious) World War II, back to Blighty and then off to
central Africa for more hair-raising adventures. All this well
before I even met the man who was to become father-in-law and
grand-dad to my kids. We should be grateful that there are those
prepared and able to describe their journey through a rapidly
changing world - a world that has all but disappeared as we hurtle
towards an uncertain future. No doubt there will be similar shared
memories for many of the older ones amongst us, and a damn good
read for the rest!
Feminism and transgender, as social factions or collective
subjectivities, have historically evaded, vilified or negated each
other's philosophy and subjectivities. In particular, separatist
feminist theorists have portrayed the two 'sides' as consisting of
mutually incompatible aims and subjectivities. These portrayals
have worked to the detriment of both feminism and transgender.
Third Wave Feminism and Transgender considers what positive
outcomes on society in general, and the law as it pertains to
gender in particular, may emerge from the identification of and
cooperation between third wave feminism and transgender.
Challenging the 'internecine exclusion' between and within each
faction, Davies shows that queer-inspired philosophical third wave
feminism promises to be an inclusive social discourse providing a
substantial challenge to mutual exclusion. Indeed, this book
explores the span of maternal relations, including womanism, ethics
of care and semiotic language and subsequently reveals how gender
variant people can highlight the gendered operation of conventional
ethics. With a focus on Carol Gilligan and Julia Kristeva as key
instigators of a philosophical third wave of feminism, this
enlightening monograph will appeal to students and postdoctoral
researchers interested in fields such as women's studies,
transgender studies and gender law.
Many construction conflicts and disputes are not limited to
particular jurisdictions or cultures, but are increasingly becoming
common across the industry worldwide. This book is an invaluable
guide to international construction law, written by a team of
experts and focusing on the following national systems: Australia,
Canada, China, England and Wales, Estonia, Hong Kong, Iraq,
Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Oman, Portugal,
Quebec, Romania, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the USA. The
book provides a consistent and rigorous analysis of each national
system as well as the necessary tools for managing conflict and
resolving disputes on construction projects.
To reflect the need for increasing expertise in a highly complex
legal arena, the Conseil International du Batiment pour la
Recherche L'Etude et la Documentation (CIB) inaugurated an
international task force, TG15, to study the area of construction
disputes around the world, which now has more than 120 members in
30 countries. Drawing from an international expert author based
from the CIB taskforce, and edited by coordinators of TG15, experts
representing both the legal and construction professions, this book
aims to provide a first reference for those considering, or
already, working in the international workplace. Each of the 25
national monographs report on construction dispute practice and
procedure according to a standard format, providing the reader with
the necessary tools for managing conflicts and resolving disputes
on construction projects in different countries.
Feminism and transgender, as social factions or collective
subjectivities, have historically evaded, vilified or negated each
other's philosophy and subjectivities. In particular, separatist
feminist theorists have portrayed the two 'sides' as consisting of
mutually incompatible aims and subjectivities. These portrayals
have worked to the detriment of both feminism and transgender.
Third Wave Feminism and Transgender considers what positive
outcomes on society in general, and the law as it pertains to
gender in particular, may emerge from the identification of and
cooperation between third wave feminism and transgender.
Challenging the 'internecine exclusion' between and within each
faction, Davies shows that queer-inspired philosophical third wave
feminism promises to be an inclusive social discourse providing a
substantial challenge to mutual exclusion. Indeed, this book
explores the span of maternal relations, including womanism, ethics
of care and semiotic language and subsequently reveals how gender
variant people can highlight the gendered operation of conventional
ethics. With a focus on Carol Gilligan and Julia Kristeva as key
instigators of a philosophical third wave of feminism, this
enlightening monograph will appeal to students and postdoctoral
researchers interested in fields such as women's studies,
transgender studies and gender law.
A timely study of change in a complex environment, Where There Are
Mountains explores the relationship between human inhabitants of
the southern Appalachians and their environment. Incorporating a
wide variety of disciplines in the natural and social sciences, the
study draws information from several viewpoints and spans more than
four hundred years of geological, ecological, anthropological, and
historical development in the Appalachian region. The book begins
with a description of the indigenous Mississippian culture in 1500
and ends with the destructive effects of industrial logging and dam
building during the first three decades of the twentieth century.
Donald Edward Davis discusses the degradation of the southern
Appalachians on a number of levels, from the general effects of
settlement and industry to the extinction of the American chestnut
due to blight and logging in the early 1900s. This portrait of
environmental destruction is echoed by the human struggle to
survive in one of our nation's poorest areas. The farming,
livestock raising, dam building, and pearl and logging industries
that have gradually destroyed this region have also been the
livelihood of the Appalachian people. The author explores the
sometimes conflicting needs of humans and nature in the mountains
while presenting impressive and comprehensive research on the
increasingly threatened environment of the southern Appalachians.
Before 1910 the American chestnut was one of the most common trees
in the eastern United States. Although historical evidence suggests
the natural distribution of the American chestnut extended across
more than four hundred thousand square miles of territory-an area
stretching from eastern Maine to southeast Louisiana-stands of the
trees could also be found in parts of Wisconsin, Michigan,
Washington State, and Oregon. An important natural resource,
chestnut wood was preferred for woodworking, fencing, and building
construction, as it was rot resistant and straight grained. The
hearty and delicious nuts also fed wildlife, people, and livestock.
Ironically, the tree that most piqued the emotions of nineteenth-
and early twentieth-century Americans has virtually disappeared
from the eastern United States. After a blight fungus was
introduced into the United States during the late nineteenth
century, the American chestnut became functionally extinct.
Although the virtual eradication of the species caused one of the
greatest ecological catastrophes since the last ice age,
considerable folklore about the American chestnut remains. Some of
the tree's history dates to the very founding of our country,
making the story of the American chestnut an integral part of
American cultural and environmental history. The American Chestnut
tells the story of the American chestnut from Native American
prehistory through the Civil War and the Great Depression. Davis
documents the tree's impact on nineteenth-and early
twentieth-century American life, including the decorative and
culinary arts. While he pays much attention to the importation of
chestnut blight and the tree's decline as a dominant species, the
author also evaluates efforts to restore the American chestnut to
its former place in the eastern deciduous forest, including modern
attempts to genetically modify the species. Accessible and well
illustrated, this comprehensive history includes chapters on: the
evolutionary history of the species the impact of chestnuts on
Native American culture Henry David Thoreau's relationship with the
tree uses in furniture making, building construction, tanning, and
cityscaping the true origins of the chestnut blight fungus the U.S.
chestnut revival and restoration efforts genetic resistance and the
use of biotechnology to save the species
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