"This book restores water, both fresh and salt, to its central position in human endeavour, ecology and environment. Water access and the environmental and social problems of development are major issues of concern in this century. Drawing on water's many formations in debating human relationship with a major source of life and a major factor in contemporary politics, this book covers oceans and rivers to lagoons, billabongs and estuarie ..."
"Climate change makes fossil fuels unburnable, yet global coal production has almost doubled over the last 20 years. This book explores how the world can stop mining coal - the most prolific source of greenhouse gas emissions. It documents efforts at halting coal production, focusing specifically on how campaigners are trying to stop coal mining in India, Germany, and Australia. Through in-depth comparative ethnography, it shows how loca ..."
"This book restores water, both fresh and salt, to its central position in human endeavour, ecology and environment. Water access and the environmental and social problems of development are major issues of concern in this century. Drawing on water's many formations in debating human relationship with a major source of life and a major factor in contemporary politics, this book covers oceans and rivers to lagoons, billabongs and estuarie ..."
"‘Teacher for Justice is a major contribution to the history of the women’s movement, working‑class activism and Australian political internationalism. But it is more than this. By focusing on the life of Lucy Woodcock – an unrecognised and under-researched figure – this book rewrites the history of twentieth-century Australia from the perspective of an activist who challenged conventions to fight for gender, race and class equality, exp ..."
"Few books tell such a broad global history using an interdisciplinary approach that blends historical and cultural scholarship. The authors are based at UTS - faculty of Humanities and Social Studies. For five centuries, colonialism and modernity have profoundly shaped the cultures of the world. This book traces these interacting long-term historical processes, and the parallel history of anti-colonial movements and ideas. It outlines t ..."
Cultures of Trade(1st Edition) Indian Ocean Exchanges by DevleenaGhosh, Stephen Muecke Hardcover, 210 Pages, Published 2007 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-84718-158-9, ISBN: 1-84718-158-9
"The revival of interest in the Indian Ocean is taking it into the interdisciplinary direction of Cultural Studies. Today, this new scholarship is faced with two major challenges. Firstly, the re-emergence of the economic strength of East and South Asia means new cultural and commercial developments, and secondly there is the challenge to map Indian Ocean cultural identities in the complex of cultural exchanges between global and local. ..."
""Climate change makes fossil fuels unburnable, yet global coal production has almost doubled over the last 20 years. This book explores how the world can stop mining coal - the most prolific source of greenhouse gas emissions."
"New formulations of globalisation have radically altered how people conceptualize the movement of people, ideas and capital throughout the globe, with questions of securitisation and transnational sentiment re-shaping long-standing Western concepts of asylum and human rights. Questioning the manner in which the reception of sanctuary in modern Australia changes migrants' sense of belonging, this interdiscipli ..."
"We believe that this book provides an excellent starting point for students to gain a greater appreciation of the range of issues that managers contend with in the business world. Each individual chapter offers valuable insight into a particular topic, yet in the aggregate, the book serves as a compendium for many of the emerging business theories. It is our hope that educators will find this book a valued tool as they help their studen ..."
"2010). Putnam and Campbell's book American grace (2010) offers a multi-
faceted look at religion in the United States more generally. In more specific
pastoral contexts, Martinson, Roberto and Black's study (2010) of exemplary
youth ministry provides insight into the discrete elements that point toward
ongoing youth involvement in Christian congregations, and the Interfaith Youth
Core's publications explore how shared service aligne ..."
"When Elizabeth Bennet first knew Mr. Darcy, she despised him and was sure he felt the same. Angered by his pride and reserve, influenced by the lies of the charming Mr. Wickham, she never troubled herself to believe he was anything other than the worst of men until, one day, he unexpectedly proposed. Mr. Darcy's passionate avowal of love causes Elizabeth to reevaluate everything she thought she knew about him. What she knows is that he ..."
Shadowlines(1st Edition) Women and Borders in Contemporary Asia by DevleenaGhosh Hardcover, 210 Pages, Published 2012 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4438-3978-5, ISBN: 1-4438-3978-7
"Shadowlines: Women in Asia explores the often ambiguous and contradictory roles of Asian women in the postcolonial world. As globalisation advances, labour mobility is transforming traditional definitions of women's work. The commodification of female sexuality in both the international and the national marketplace generates conflicting dynamics of oppression and liberation, as do the wider possibilities of employment and migration more ..."
"Devleena Ghosh, Heather Goodall, Stephanie Hemelryk Donald. Competition from lower cost fleets (while Japanese immigration regulations restricted Japanese distant-water fleets from cutting their labor costs by hiring non- Japanese) as well ..."
"Devleena Ghosh is anAssociate Professor intheSchool of Social Inquiryatthe
University ofTechnology, Sydney.Her researchinterests are in Indian Ocean
studies, postcolonial studies and the cultural history of migration. She is the co
author of Colonialism and Modernity, coeditor ofCultures of Trade: Indian Ocean
Exchanges and editor of Women in Asia: Shadowlines (forthcoming). She
iscurrently involvedinajoint project researching Inte ..."
"Claude Alvares concludes that mechanisation has been disastrous, quoting an
assessment from the CMFRI (Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute): 'The
return per unit of investment of non-powered boats has been found to be twice
that of ... Talking to fisherfolk: the river at Baradi and the beach at Goa Whenever
there is a storm The trees on all sides bend in the wind They come together in
prayer No one can see these things Not ..."