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The long afterlife of Nikkei wartime incarceration / by Inouye, Karen M.,1964-author.(CARDINAL)790039;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : unearthing the past in the present -- Knowledge production as recasting experience -- Personal disclosure as a catalyst for empathetic agency -- Canadian redress as ambivalent transnationality -- Hakomite and the cultivation of empathy as activism -- Retroactive diplomas and the value of education.The Long Afterlife of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration reexamines the history of imprisonment of U.S. and Canadian citizens of Japanese descent during World War II. Karen M. Inouye explores how historical events can linger in individual and collective memory and then crystallize in powerful moments of political engagement. Drawing on interviews and untapped archival materials--regarding politicians Norman Mineta and Warren Furutani, sociologist Tamotsu Shibutani, and Canadian activists Art Miki and Mary Kitagawa, among others--Inouye considers the experiences of former wartime prisoners and their on-going involvement in large-scale educational and legislative efforts. While many consider wartime imprisonment an isolated historical moment, Inouye shows how imprisonment and the suspension of rights have continued to impact political discourse and public policies in both the United States and Canada long after their supposed political and legal reversal. In particular, she attends to how activist groups can use the persistence of memory to engage empathetically with people across often profound cultural and political divides. This book addresses the mechanisms by which injustice can transform both its victims and its perpetrators, detailing the dangers of suspending rights during times of crisis as well as the opportunities for more empathetic agency.

Subjects: Japanese Americans; Political prisoners; World War, 1939-1945; Japanese Americans; Collective memory;

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The confidence men : how two prisoners of war engineered the most remarkable escape in history / by Fox, Margalit,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-312) and index.Prologue: A wraith at the top of the stairs -- For king and country -- Besieged -- Destination unknown -- A hundred springs -- Spooked -- The uses of enchantment -- The regard of flight -- In confidence -- Villainous OOO -- The treasure test -- The telechronistic ray -- Certifiable -- Two lunatics, five hundred pounds of butter, and a great deal of flour -- The mad ward -- Near death -- Persuasion -- Epilogue: Afterlife."Imprisoned in a remote Turkish prison camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around camp, and one day, a Turkish officer approaches Jones with a query: Could Jones contact the spirit world to find a vast treasure rumored to be buried nearby? Jones, a trained lawyer, and Hill, a brilliant magician, use the Ouija board--and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception--to build a trap for the Turkish officers that will ultimately lead them to freedom. The Confidence Men is the story of the only known con game played for a good cause--and of a profound but unlikely friendship. Had it not been for "the Great War," Jones, the Oxford-educated son of a British lord, and Hill, a mechanic from an Australian sheep farm, would never have met. But in pain, loneliness, hunger, and isolation, they formed a powerful emotional and intellectual alliance that saved both of their lives. Margalit Fox brings her "nose for interesting facts, the ability to construct a taut narrative arc, and a Dickens-level gift for concisely conveying personality" (Kathryn Schulz, New York) to this gripping tale of psychological strategy that is rife with cunning, danger, and moments of high farce that rival anything in Catch-22"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Hill, C. W. (Cedric Waters), 1891-1975.; Jones, E. H. (Elias Henry), 1883-1942.; Escaped prisoners of war; Escaped prisoners of war; Male friendship.; Prisoner-of-war camps; Prisoner-of-war escapes; Swindlers and swindling.; World War, 1914-1918; Men's friendships.;

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Gaslighted by God : reconstructing a disillusioned faith / by Brooks, Tiffany Yecke,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."A book for those who have experienced the spiritual trauma of fundamentalist Christianity, in which the author shows how a more authentic faith can be raised from the ashes of disillusionment"--"We have a right to encounter God where we are. We have a sacred responsibility to experience God authentically." What happens when the God we've been taught to believe in seems powerless to help us in the struggles of life? What do we do when the God we personally encounter no longer resembles the God we've been shown in narrow interpretations of the Bible? Many of those raised in the world of fundamentalist Christianity have been manipulated into accepting a false reality that runs counter to lived experience. The result is confusion, isolation, fear, shame, and trauma, often carried throughout one's entire life. This book is for the victims of this spiritual abuse-anyone looking to reclaim their faith from legalism, nationalism, sexism, anxiety, intolerance, and other mechanisms of control utilized by God's self-appointed gatekeepers. It's for anyone who has learned that the real God is infinitely complex, that authentic faith is perfectly compatible with doubt, and that our suffering is not something we've earned. Gaslighted by God is not a book of easy answers-it's a companion for those mourning the loss of a belief system who need their pain recognized and legitimized. Tiffany Yecke Brooks shows-through stories from her own life, conversations with Christians from a variety of backgrounds, historical anecdotes, and messy episodes from Scripture-that there can be faith after disillusionment. But it will be a different faith-bruised, battered, nuanced, and real, rather than one wrapped in tissue-thin platitudes and three-point sermons. It will be a faith empowered to see beyond who God "should" be to who God is"--Introduction: This is not a book about that -- Shell-shocked faith: reconciling scripture and experience -- Asking: the God who demands too much -- Apathy: the God who doesn't seem to care -- Atrophy: the God who can't seem to act -- Anger: the God of punishment -- Ambiguity: the God of the inscrutable -- Abandonment: the God who no longer feels present -- Absence: the God who never was -- Arbitrariness: the God of shifting goalposts -- Antagonism: the God of chaos -- Accountability: the God who expects us to act -- Anxiety and abuse: the God of manipulation -- Allegory: the God who must fit our narrative -- Authenticity: a God of infinite faces.

Subjects: Fundamentalism.; God (Christianity); Christianity;

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The incredible journey of plants / by Mancuso, Stefano,author.; Conti, Gregory,1952-translator.; Fischer, Grisha,illustrator.author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-158)Pioneers, Combatants, and Veterans -- Fugitives and Conquerors -- Captains Courageous -- Time Travelers -- Solitary Trees -- Anachronistic, Like an Encyclopedia."In this richly illustrated volume, a leading neurobiologist presents fascinating stories of plant migration that reveal unexpected connections between nature and culture. When we talk about migrations, we should study plants to understand that these phenomena are unstoppable. In the many different ways plants move, we can see the incessant action and drive to spread life that has led plants to colonize every possible environment on earth. The history of this relentless expansion is unknown to most people, but we can begin our exploration with these surprising tales, engagingly told by Stefano Mancuso. Generation after generation, using spores, seeds, or any other means available, plants move in the world to conquer new spaces. They release huge quantities of spores that can be transported thousands of miles. The number and variety of tools through which seeds spread is astonishing: we have seeds dispersed by wind, by rolling on the ground, by animals, by water, or by a simple fall from the plant, which can happen thanks to propulsive mechanisms, the swaying of the mother plant, the drying of the fruit, and much more. In this accessible, absorbing overview, Mancuso considers how plants convince animals to transport them around the world, and how some plants need particular animals to spread; how they have been able to grow in places so inaccessible and inhospitable as to remain isolated; how they resisted the atomic bomb and the Chernobyl disaster; how they are able to bring life to sterile islands; how they can travel through the ages, as they sail around the world"--

Subjects: Plants; Plants.; Plants;

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Escape to Florence : a novel / by Devereaux, Kat,author.(CARDINAL)878582;

Only fourteen, Stella Infuriati is the youngest member of her town's resistance network during World War II. Risking torture and death, she relays messages, supplies, and weapons to partisan groups in the Tuscan hills. Her parents have no idea, consumed instead by love and fear for their beloved son, Achille, a courier and unofficial mechanic for a communist partisan brigade. Then, after 1945, Stella seemingly vanishes from the records. Her name and story are overshadowed by the tragic death of her brother-until a young writer arrives in Tuscany in the spring of 2019, uncovering long-buried secrets. Fleeing an emotionally abusive marriage and a lonely life on an isolated estate, Tori MacNair has come to Florence, the beautiful city her grandmother taught her to love, to build a new life. As she digs into her family history with the help of Marco, a handsome lawyer, Tori starts to uncover secrets of the past-truths that stretch back decades, to a young woman who risked everything to save her world...

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Teenage girls; World War, 1939-1945; Families; Brothers; Women authors; Moving, Household; Secrecy; Secrecy.;

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Lower body training : the definitive guide to increasing size, strength, and athletic performance / by Brown, Jason,1983-author.(CARDINAL)846638;

Includes bibliographical references.Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. The scientific approach to lower-body training. Meet the muscles -- Create better balance through movement -- Go beyond the basics -- Set realistic training goals -- Part 2. The exercises. Quad-dominant exercises -- Hip-dominant exercises -- Isolation exercises -- Plyometric exercises -- Part 3. The programs. Hypertrophy programs -- Strength programs -- Athletic performance programs -- At home training programs."A comprehensive guide to lower body training that will contain everything from the classification of exercises based on the specific lower body movement patterns that they target, to bio-mechanical "hacks" for making staple exercises even more effective,to expert programming for readers with wide ranging goals. The book will be appealing to readers who are seeking the most up-to-date, scientifically proven strategies for increasing lower body size, strength, and power"--

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Green equilibrium : the vital balance of humans & nature / by Wills, Christopher.(CARDINAL)515663;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index.How ecosystems work -- Maintaining a green equilibrium -- Stewardship and its perils -- The challenge of restoration ecology -- Catastrophes of the past -- A blending of genetic equilibria -- Ex-Africa semper aliquid novi -- Blending and balance in our gene pool -- The intertwined histories of humans and their ecosystems -- Learning from our history -- Green equilibria and the origin of our pretty good brains -- Green equilibrium is more than a metaphor -- L'Envoi.In this work, the author, a field biologist explains the rules by which ecosystems thrive, shining light on a set of ecological balancing acts that he calls "green equilibria," rules which keep our world vibrant, verdant, and ecologically intact. To explain the idea of "green equilibrium," he draws on a range of examples, including coral reefs off the densely populated Philippines, the isolated and thickly forested valleys of Papua New Guinea, the changing Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, and a Californian ranch being allowed to return to a wild state. He travels to Guyana's rainforests and savannahs, for instance, to provide startling vignettes of ecological processes in action. Among other topics, he highlights the snake-head mimicry that swallowtail caterpillars use to scare off predators, the symbiotic relationship between the exceedingly rare Golden Poison-Dart Frog and the tank bromeliad plant, and the invisible world of pathogens and parasites that helps to drive diversity. All these mechanisms, and many more, maintain the "green equilibria" of Guyana's rainforest ecosystems. The author also shows how "green equilibria" have shaped the evolution and history of our own species. We now know that a kind of genetic "green equilibrium" helped populations adapt to changing environmental conditions as they spread out of Africa. Striking new evidence indicates that some modern human populations still carry genes from past hominids (such as the Neanderthals) as well as genetic adaptations to local hazards such as malaria. Traveling to many different ecosystems, from coral reefs to the high Himalayas, and drawing on his own on-the-ground research, the author illuminates ecological laws in action. Perhaps most important, he introduces us to people, in many countries around the world, who are now using this new knowledge to help heal the planet.

Subjects: Biotic communities.; Ecology.; Ecosystem health.; Ecosystem management.; Human beings; Nature;

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Mosby's essentials for nursing assistants / by Sorrentino, Sheila A.,author.(CARDINAL)733647; Remmert, Leighann N.,author.(CARDINAL)494755;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: 1. Hospitals and Nursing Centers -- Hospitals -- Long-Term Care Centers -- Organization -- The Nursing Team -- Nursing Care Patterns -- Paying for Health Care -- Meeting Standards -- 2. The Person's Rights -- Patients' Rights -- Residents' Rights -- 3. The Nursing Assistant -- Nurse Practice Acts -- The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 -- Roles and Responsibilities -- Delegation -- Ethical Aspects -- Legal Aspects -- Reporting Abuse -- Other Laws -- 4. Work Ethics -- Health, Hygiene, and Appearance -- Getting a Job -- Preparing for Work -- Teamwork -- Managing Stress -- Harassment -- Resigning From a Job -- Losing a Job -- Drug Testing -- 5.Communicating With the Health Team -- Communication -- The Medical Record -- The Kardex or Care Summary -- The Nursing Process -- Reporting and Recording -- Medical Terms and Abbreviations -- Computers and Other Electronic Devices -- Phone Communications -- Dealing With Conflict.Contents note continued: 6. Understanding the Person -- Caring for the Person -- Basic Needs -- Culture and Religion -- Behavior Issues -- 6. Understanding the Person---cont'd -- Communicating With the Person -- Persons With Special Needs -- Family and Friends -- 7. Body Structure and Function -- Cells, Tissues, and Organs -- The Integumentary System -- The Musculo-Skeletal System -- The Nervous System -- The Circulatory System -- The Lymphatic System -- The Respiratory System -- The Digestive System -- The Urinary System -- The Reproductive System -- The Endocrine System -- The Immune System -- 8. Care of the Older Person -- Growth and Development -- Social Changes -- Physical Changes -- Needing Nursing Center Care -- Sexuality -- 9. Assisting With Safety -- Accident Risk Factors -- Identifying the Person -- Preventing Burns -- Preventing Poisoning -- Preventing Suffocation -- Procedure: Relieving Choking---Adult or Child (Over 1 Year of Age) -- Preventing Equipment Accidents.Contents note continued: Wheelchair and Stretcher Safety -- Handling Hazardous Substances -- Disasters -- Procedure: Using a Fire Extinguisher -- Workplace Violence -- Risk Management -- 10. Assisting With Fall Prevention -- Causes and Risk Factors for Falls -- Fall Prevention -- Transfer/Gait Belts -- Procedure: Applying a Transfer/Gait Belt -- The Falling Person -- Procedure: Helping the Falling Person -- 11. Restraint Alternatives and Safe Restraint Use -- History of Restraint Use -- Restraint Alternatives -- Safe Restraint Use -- Procedure: Applying Restraints -- 12. Preventing Infection -- Microorganisms -- Infection -- Medical Asepsis -- Procedure: Hand Washing -- Procedure: Using an Alcohol-Based Hand Rub -- Isolation Precautions -- Procedure: Removing Gloves -- Procedure: Donning and Removing a Gown -- Procedure: Donning and Removing a Mask -- Bloodborne Pathogen Standard -- 13. Body Mechanics -- Principles of Body Mechanics -- Ergonomics -- Positioning the Person.Contents note continued: 14. Assisting With Moving and Transfers -- Preventing Work-Related Injuries -- Protecting the Skin -- Moving Persons in Bed -- Procedure: Moving the Person Up in Bed -- Procedure: Moving the Person Up in Bed With an Assist Device -- Procedure: Moving the Person to the Side of the Bed -- Turning Persons -- Procedure: Turning and Re-Positioning the Person -- Procedure: Logrolling the Person -- Sitting on the Side of the Bed (Dangling) -- Procedure: Sitting on the Side of the Bed (Dangling) -- Transferring Persons -- Procedure: Transferring the Person to a Chair or Wheelchair -- Procedure: Transferring the Person From a Chair or Wheelchair to Bed -- Procedure: Transferring the Person Using a Mechanical Lift -- Procedure: Transferring the Person To and From the Toilet -- Re-Positioning in a Chair or Wheelchair -- 15. Assisting With Comfort -- The Person's Unit -- Comfort -- Room Furniture and Equipment -- Bedmaking -- Procedure: Making a Closed Bed.Contents note continued: Procedure: Making an Occupied Bed -- Procedure: Making a Surgical Bed -- Assisting With Pain Relief -- Procedure: Giving a Back Massage -- Sleep -- 16. Assisting With Hygiene -- Daily Care -- Oral Hygiene -- Procedure: Brushing and Flossing the Person's Teeth -- Procedure: Providing Mouth Care for the Unconscious Person -- Procedure: Providing Denture Care -- Bathing -- Procedure: Giving a Complete Bed Bath -- Procedure: Assisting With the Partial Bath -- Procedure: Assisting With a Tub Bath or Shower -- Perineal Care -- Procedure: Giving Female Perineal Care -- Procedure: Giving Male Perineal Care -- 17. Assisting With Grooming -- Hair Care -- Procedure: Brushing and Combing Hair -- Procedure: Shampooing the Person's Hair -- Shaving -- Procedure: Shaving the Person's Face With a Safety Razor -- Nail and Foot Care -- Procedure: Giving Nail and Foot Care -- Changing Garments -- Procedure: Undressing the Person -- Procedure: Dressing the Person.Contents note continued: Procedure: Changing the Gown on the Person With an IV -- 18. Assisting With Urinary Elimination -- Normal Urination -- Procedure: Giving the Bedpan -- Procedure: Giving the Urinal -- Procedure: Helping the Person to the Commode -- Urinary Incontinence -- Procedure: Applying an Incontinence Brief -- Catheters -- Procedure: Giving Catheter Care -- Procedure: Emptying a Urinary Drainage Bag -- Procedure: Applying a Condom Catheter -- Bladder Training -- 19. Assisting With Bowel Elimination -- Normal Bowel Elimination -- Factors Affecting BMs -- Common Problems -- Bowel Training -- Enemas -- Procedure: Giving a Cleansing Enema -- Procedure: Giving a Small-Volume Enema -- The Person With an Ostomy -- 20. Assisting With Nutrition and Fluids -- Basic Nutrition -- Factors Affecting Eating and Nutrition -- OBRA Dietary Requirements -- Special Diets -- Fluid Balance -- Meeting Food and Fluid Needs -- Procedure: Preparing the Person for a Meal.Contents note continued: Procedure: Serving Meal Trays -- Procedure: Feeding the Person -- Procedure: Providing Drinking Water -- Assisting With Special Needs -- 21. Assisting With Assessment -- Vital Signs -- Procedure: Taking a Temperature With an Electronic Thermometer -- Procedure: Taking a Temperature With a Glass Thermometer -- Procedure: Taking a Radial Pulse -- Procedure: Taking an Apical Pulse -- Procedure: Counting Respirations -- Procedure: Measuring Blood Pressure -- Pain -- Intake and Output -- Procedure: Measuring Intake and Output -- Weight and Height -- Procedure: Measuring Weight and Height -- 22. Assisting With Specimens -- Urine Specimens -- Procedure: Collecting a Random Urine Specimen -- Procedure: Collecting a Midstream Specimen -- Procedure: Testing Urine With Reagent Strips -- Stool Specimens -- Procedure: Collecting a Stool Specimen -- Sputum Specimens -- Procedure: Collecting a Sputum Specimen -- 23. Assisting With Exercise and Activity -- Bedrest.Contents note continued: Range-of-Motion Exercises -- Procedure: Performing Range-of-Motion Exercises -- Ambulation -- Procedure: Helping the Person Walk -- 24. Assisting With Wound Care -- Skin Tears -- Circulatory Ulcers -- Procedure: Applying Elastic Stockings -- Procedure: Applying an Elastic Bandage -- Dressings -- Procedure: Applying a Dry, Non-Sterile Dressing -- Binders and Compression Garments -- Heat and Cold Applications -- Procedure: Applying Heat and Cold Applications -- 25. Assisting With Pressure Ulcers -- Risk Factors -- Persons at Risk -- Pressure Ulcer Stages -- Sites -- Prevention and Treatment -- Complications -- 26. Assisting With Oxygen Needs -- Altered Respiratory Function -- Meeting Oxygen Needs -- Procedure: Assisting With Deep-Breathing and Coughing Exercises -- Assisting With Oxygen Therapy -- Procedure: Using a Pulse Oximeter -- 27. Assisting With Rehabilitation and Restorative Nursing Care -- Restorative Nursing -- Rehabilitation and the Whole Person.Contents note continued: The Rehabilitation Team -- Rehabilitation Programs and Services -- Quality of Life -- 28. Caring for Persons With Common Health Problems -- Cancer -- Musculo-Skeletal Disorders -- Nervous System Disorders -- Hearing Loss -- Eye Disorders -- Cardiovascular Disorders -- Respiratory Disorders -- Digestive Disorders -- Urinary System Disorders -- Reproductive Disorders -- Endocrine Disorders -- Immune System Disorders -- Skin Disorders -- 29. Caring for Persons With Mental Health Disorders -- Basic Concepts -- Anxiety Disorders -- Schizophrenia -- Bipolar Disorder -- Depression -- Personality Disorders -- Substance Abuse and Addiction -- Eating Disorders -- Suicide -- Care and Treatment -- 30. Caring for Persons With Confusion and Dementia -- Confusion -- Dementia -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Care of Persons with AD and Other Dementias -- 31. Assisting With Emergency Care -- Emergency Care -- BLS for Adults -- Procedure: Adult CPR---One Rescuer.Contents note continued: Procedure: Adult CPR With AED---Two Rescuers -- Choking -- Hemorrhage -- Fainting -- Shock -- Stroke -- Seizures -- Burns -- 32. Assisting With End-of-Life Care -- Terminal Illness -- Attitudes About Death -- The Stages of Dying -- Comfort Needs -- The Family -- Legal Issues -- Signs of Death -- Care of the Body After Death -- Procedure: Assisting With Post-Mortem Care -- Review Question Answers -- Appendices -- A. The Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectations, Rights, and Responsibilities -- B. National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP®) Written Examination Content Outline and Skills Evaluation -- C. Job Application -- D. Minimum Data Set: Selected Pages.Designed for shorter programs of 85 hours or fewer, this text provides coverage of the concepts and skills that are essential to becoming a nursing assistant. With focus on quality of life in the patient/person and self-pride in the nursing assistant this concise text emphasizes the importance of treating residents with respect while providing safe, competent, and efficient care.

Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Nurses' aides; Nursing; Care of the sick;

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Nature out of place : biological invasions in the global age / by Van Driesche, Jason.(CARDINAL)334387; Van Driesche, Roy.(CARDINAL)334386;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-308) and index.From endemic to generic: feral pigs and the destruction of Hawaii's native forests -- Private worlds: the relationship between ecological isolation and biodiversity -- The great mixers: transportation technology and the spread of invasive species -- Refuge for the mussels: biotic integrity and zebra mussel invasion in the Ohio River Basin -- Rolling the ecological dice: invasiveness, invasibility, and the ecological consequences of invasion -- Fading forests: invasive pests and forest destruction in eastern North America -- Guilty until proven innocent: preventing nonnative species invasions -- After all the sheep are gone: the recovery of Santa Cruz Island after 140 years of grazing -- Holding the line: chemical and mechanical control of nonnative species invasions -- Fighting the green wildfire: integrated management of leafy spurge on the Great Plains -- The search for balance: using biological control to restore invaded natural areas -- The gift of meaning: public involvement in ecological restoration in Madison, Wisconsin -- Bringing it home: increasing public awareness of alien species impacts in Hawaii -- Going local: personal actions for a native planet.Publisher description: Though the forests are still green and the lakes full of water, an unending stream of invasions is changing many ecosystems around the world from productive, tightly integrated webs of native species to loose assemblages of stressed native species and aggressive invaders. The earth is becoming what author David Quammen has called a "planet of weeds." Nature Out of Place brings this devastating but overlooked crisis to the forefront of public consciousness by offering a fascinating exploration of its causes and consequences, along with a thoughtful and practical consideration of what can be done about it. The father and son team of Jason and Roy Van Driesche offer a unique combination of narratives that highlight specific locations and problems along with comprehensive explanations of the underlying scientific and policy issues. Chapters examine Hawaii, where introduced feral pigs are destroying the islands' native forests; zebra mussel invasion in the rivers of Ohio; the decades-long effort to eradicate an invasive weed on the Great Plains; and a story about the restoration of both ecological and human history in an urban natural area. In-depth background chapters explain topics ranging from how ecosystems become diverse, to the characteristics of effective invaders, to procedures and policies that can help prevent future invasions. The book ends with a number of specific suggestions for ways that individuals can help reduce the impacts of invasive species, and offers resources for further information. By bringing the problem of invasive species to life for readers at all levels, Nature Out of Place will play an essential role in the vital effort to raise public awareness of this ongoing ecological crisis.

Subjects: Biological invasions.;

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Old South, New South : revolutions in the southern economy since the Civil War / by Wright, Gavin,1943-(CARDINAL)135293;

Bibliography: pages 304-309.Old south, new south -- From laborlords to landlords: the "liberation" of the southern economy -- The long view of southern land and labor -- Plantation, farm, and farm labor in the south -- The rise of southern textiles -- Southern industry, the colonial economy, and black workers -- The interwar years: assault on the low-wage economy -- The new economy of the postwar south.An original and economically rigorous analysis of the role of slavery in generating economic "backwardness." Wright traces key reasons for the South's century-long status as a second-class country-within-a-country, and assesses the legacy of slavery, the material devastation and social upheaval of the Civil War, and the colonial exploitation of the South by northern capital. He maintains that above all the defining feature of the southern economy was the isolation of its labor market from national and international development. On this basis, Wright explains the sharecropping system, the Populist revolt, the South's limited investment in the education of its own people, and the low-skill, low-productivity, "colonial" character of the region's industrial progress. Only the intervention of the Federal Government during the Great Depression, the author argues, destroyed the bases of the South's low-wage economy, led to long-delayed mechanization of the plantation, helped close the North-South wage gap, and created massive out-migration of unskilled labor during and after World War II. With the demise of the plantation regime, the South opened its doors to outside flows of capital and labor.

Subjects: Industries;

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