This textbook is clearly structured with fourteen richly illustrated chapters and practical examples for easy understanding and direct implementation. The methods and findings developed in the authors' group are presented in detailed, revised chapters. Readers will find valuable updates on the molecular basis of biotechnological processes, secondary metabolite production and genetic engineering. In addition, the basic principles of important biotechnologies, as well as examples of specially designed crops that deliver improved productivity under stress conditions, are presented. This second edition sets the direction for future research on the basic aspects of plant tissue culture and its applications in the fields of secondary metabolite production and genetic engineering. It provides both general and specific information for students, teachers, academic researchers and industrial teams who are interested in new developments in plant tissue culture and its applications.

As a doctor of anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics, Eva has always been aware of the difference between theory and practical knowledge. As she departs for a series of research treks to the far corners of the earth, Eva soon finds herself facing several intriguing, ancient mysteries that will test her skills and teach her unforgettable lessons about the power of the universe. Eva begins the first of seven treks in Palenque, Mexico, where, with the assistance of Doctoro Ruz, she soon learns the truth of the glyphs of Pakal. Next, she travels to Olduvai, Africa, where she is guided by the Maasai Chief Kibo as she seeks the source of mankind, the Garden of Eden. From there she journeys to Hokkaido, Japan; Santorini, Greece; Rapa Nui, Easter Island, Polynesia; and finally to Columbia, South America, where a Kogi Shaman summons Eva and provides evidence of ancient aliens and a dire warning for all mankind. In her search of the origins of mankind among the conflicts of interpretation, source validity, religious debate, and discrimination, Eva is guided by ancient wisdom as she uncovers a series of perplexing mysteries that reveal the devastating effects of past mistakes.

This landmark work, first published in 1974, revealed a crucial hidden chapter in early American history. Half a century later, Black Majority remains more relevant and enlightening than ever. This brilliant book—deeply researched and newly updated—chronicles South Carolina’s crucial formative years. It explains how West African familiarity with rice culture determined the colony’s economy and how a captive labor force, skilled but enslaved, shaped its own distinctive language and culture. Wood underscores the involvement of Blacks in the early frontier, the rise of forced migration from Africa, and the challenges of escaping bondage. And he shows how Black resistance culminated in the Stono Rebellion of 1739—the largest slave revolt in colonial North America. That dramatic uprising proved an early turning point in southern and African American history. This revised and timely 50th-anniversary edition includes a new foreword by award-winning historian Imani Perry, for whom Black Majority was a pivotal inspiration.

Collects over 150 years of key moments in the visual history of the Southern United States, with over two hundred photographs taken from 1850 to present The South is perhaps the most mythologized region in the United States and also one of the most depicted. Since the dawn of photography in the nineteenth century, photographers have articulated the distinct and evolving character of the South’s people, landscape, and culture and reckoned with its fraught history. Indeed, many of the urgent questions we face today about what defines the American experience—from racism, poverty, and the legacy of slavery to environmental disaster, immigration, and the changes wrought by a modern, global economy—appear as key themes in the photography of the South. The visual history of the South is inextricably intertwined with the history of photography and also the history of America, and is therefore an apt lens through which to examine American identity. A Long Arc: Photography and the American South accompanies a major exhibition at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, with more than one hundred photographers represented, including Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Gordon Parks, William Eggleston, Sally Mann, Carrie Mae Weems, Dawoud Bey, Alec Soth, and An-My Lê. Insightful texts by Imani Perry, Sarah Kennel, Makeda Best, and Rahim Fortune, among others, illuminate this broad survey of photographs of the Southern United States as an essential American story.  Copublished by Aperture and High Museum of Art, Atlanta

This handbook offers a comprehensive analysis of peacebuilding in ethnic conflicts, with attention to theory, peacebuilder roles, making sense of the past and shaping the future, as well as case studies and approaches. Comprising 28 chapters that present key insights on peacebuilding in ethnic conflicts, the volume has implications for teaching and training, as well as for practice and policy. The handbook is divided into four thematic parts. Part 1 focuses on critical dimensions of ethnic conflicts, including root causes, gender, external involvements, emancipatory peacebuilding, hatred as a public health issue, environmental issues, American nationalism, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Part 2 focuses on peacebuilders' roles, including Indigenous peacemaking, nonviolent accompaniment, peace leadership in the military, interreligious peacebuilders, local women, and young people. Part 3 addresses the past and shaping of the future, including a discussion of public memory, heritage rights and monuments, refugees, trauma and memory, aggregated trauma in the African-American community, exhumations after genocide, and a healing-centered approach to conflict. Part 4 presents case studies on Sri Lanka's postwar reconciliation process, peacebuilding in Mindanao, the transformative peace negotiation in Aceh and Bougainville, external economic aid for peacebuilding in Northern Ireland, Indigenous and local peacemaking, and a continuum of peacebuilding focal points. The handbook offers perspectives on the breadth and significance of peacebuilding work in ethnic conflicts throughout the world. This volume will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding, ethnic conflict, security studies, and international relations.