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An Environmental History of the World: Humankind’s Changing Role in the Community of Life
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This second edition of An Environmental History of the World continues to present a concise history, from ancient to modern times, of the interactions between human societies and the natural environment, including the other forms of life that inhabit our planet. Throughout their evolutionary history, humans have affected the natural environment, sometimes with a promise of sustainable balance, but also in a destructive manner. This book investigates the ways in whic… More >>
An Environmental History of the World: Humankind’s Changing Role in the Community of Life
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Concentration Camps on the Home Front: Japanese Americans in the House of Jim Crow
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Without trial and without due process, the United States government locked up nearly all of those citizens and longtime residents who were of Japanese descent during World War II. Ten concentration camps were set up across the country to confine over 120,000 inmates. Almost 20,000 of them were shipped to the only two camps in the segregated South—Jerome and Rohwer in Arkansas—locations that put them right in the heart of a much older, long-festering system of r… More >>
Concentration Camps on the Home Front: Japanese Americans in the House of Jim Crow
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The Little Black Book of Economic Development
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Globalization is upon us and communities are trying to survive and thrive at the same time. building local economies is as much an art as a clandestine science. Learn the tactics and strategies that create world class communities in the 21st century. Holbrook interviews the best and brightest and then creates an easy read on how to apply such lessons in understandable terms and best practice examples…. More >>
The Little Black Book of Economic Development
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