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5) Black faces, white spaces: reimagining the relationship of African Americans to the great outdoors
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Language
English
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Description
"Why are African Americans so underrepresented when it comes to interest in nature, outdoor recreation, and environmentalism? In this thought-provoking study, Carolyn Finney looks beyond the discourse of the environmental justice movement to examine how the natural environment has been understood, commodified, and represented by both white and black Americans. Bridging the fields of environmental history, cultural studies, critical race studies, and...
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Series
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
©1997
Physical Desc
x, 453 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This rich collection is the first to represent the full range of Child's contributions as a literary innovator, social reformer, and progressive thinker over a career spanning six decades.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Interweaving reportage from the past 15 years with personal essays, a journalist who refused to be silenced offers this intimate and unprecedented portrait of Russia as she crossed the border into Ukraine to ensure the Russians witnessed the horrors Putin was committing in their name"--
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Mom Rage is Dubin's work of reportage on the national crisis of mother rage; what it is, where it comes from, and how we can all learn to work through it. As Dubin reveals, mom rage is a global phenomenon, but it's particularly acute in the United States, where mothers are expected to manage physical care, education, and emotional support for their children; household and administrative labor for their families; and their own careers, all with little...
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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 2020, Lauren Markham went to Greece to cover the burning of a refugee camp on Lesbos. Some said the refugees had done it, to destroy what had become their prison. Others said it was the island's fascists, or the government itself, enraged at the burden they bore for an overwhelming global problem. Soon - too soon - six young Afghan refugees were arrested. As she immersed herself in the reporting, Markham, an American of Greek heritage who had been...
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Anti-slavery examiner volume no. 6
Publisher
American Anti-Slavery Society
Pub. Date
1839.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (224 pages).
Language
English
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