The I AM America Atlas for 2018-2019

The I AM America Atlas for 2018-2019
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Publisher : I Am America Seventh Ray Publishing
Total Pages : 166
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ISBN-10 : 1880050218
ISBN-13 : 9781880050217
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis The I AM America Atlas for 2018-2019 by : Lori Adaile Toye

The I AM America Atlas offers perhaps one of the best anthologies of Earth Changes Maps ever produced. Featured inside this revised edition are the I AM America and Freedom Star Maps, plus detailed Golden City Maps for the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, Europe, and Australia.

Frames that Speak: Cartouches on Early Modern Maps

Frames that Speak: Cartouches on Early Modern Maps
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 9789004523838
ISBN-13 : 9004523839
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Frames that Speak: Cartouches on Early Modern Maps by : Chet Van Duzer

This lavishly illustrated book is the first systematic exploration of cartographic cartouches, the decorated frames that surround the title, or other text or imagery, on historic maps. It addresses the history of their development, the sources cartographers used in creating them, and the political, economic, historical, and philosophical messages their symbols convey. Cartouches are the most visually appealing parts of maps, and also spaces where the cartographer uses decoration to express his or her interests—so they are key to interpreting maps. The book discusses thirty-three cartouches in detail, which range from 1569 to 1821, and were chosen for the richness of their imagery. The book will open your eyes to a new way of looking at maps.

Cornea, E-Book

Cornea, E-Book
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Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages : 2226
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ISBN-10 : 9780323674720
ISBN-13 : 0323674720
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Cornea, E-Book by : Mark J Mannis

The only reference available that synthesizes this vast subspecialty into a single trustworthy resource, Cornea, 5th Edition, provides state-of-the-art coverage of the expanding range of contemporary corneal surgery, new diagnostic and imaging technologies, and medical management of corneal and external disease as well as ocular surface disease. Drs. Mark J. Mannis, Edward J. Holland, and a team of more than 200 global experts keep you up to date with both common and more obscure diseases and disorders and the best route to effective treatment and management, making this two-volume text a must-have resource for residents and fellows, general ophthalmologists, and seasoned cornea specialists. - Features more than 2,300 exceptionally clear illustrations, diagnostic images, and step-by-step surgical photographs that offer superb visual guidance. - Contains 14 new chapters, including Nanothin DSAEK, Aqueous Deficiency Dry Eye Syndrome, Evaluation of Recurrent Corneal Erosions, Evaluation of the Corneal Ulcer, Contemporary Approaches to the Biosynthetic Cornea, and Topography Guided Photorefractive Keratectomy, and more. - Includes more than 80 video clips of current corneal surgery techniques, including new clips of the application of cryopreserved amniotic membrane in the treatment of acute stevens , penetrating keratoplasty, DM rupture management in STALK and in the keratonconus patient, and KAMRA corneal inlay implantation. - Covers the latest developments in ocular surface transplantation, including new chapters on Conjunctival Limbal Autograft (CLAU); Living Related Conjunctival Limbal Allograft (Lr-CLAL); Keratolimbal Allograft; Cultivated Limbal Epithelial Transplantation; Simple Limbal Epithelial Transplantation; and Outcomes of Ocular Surface Transplantation. - Provides key point overviews in each chapter that offer easier access to crucial information.

The Anthropology of White Supremacy

The Anthropology of White Supremacy
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 400
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780691258188
ISBN-13 : 069125818X
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis The Anthropology of White Supremacy by : Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús

"White supremacy has shaped cultural anthropology from its inception, yet the discipline also offers powerful tools for understanding how this corrosive force structures societies around the world. The Anthropology of White Supremacy explores how this phenomenon works around the globe and within anthropology itself. Gathering original essays from a diverse, international group of anthropologists, this collection illustrates that white supremacy, far from being only a fringe belief of white nationalists and fascists, is a core mainstream ideology. The book includes essays about many countries, including Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Senegal, South Africa, and the United States, and takes up such topics as American advertising, the Belgian Congo, South Asian philosophies, police cadets, U.S. immigration courts, Guantánamo memoirs, Palestinian feminism, Hollywood paparazzi, and how Indigenous anthropologists can counter the damage of settler colonialism. The result reveals not only how anthropology can help us to better comprehend white supremacy, but also how the discipline can help us begin to dismantle it. With contributions by Omolade Adunbi, Samar Al-Bulushi, Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús, Michael Blakey, Mitzi Uehara Carter, Subhadra Mitra Channa, Celina de Sá, Vanessa Diaz, Britt Halvorson, Faye Harrison, Sarah Ihmoud, Anthony R. Jerry, Darryl Li, Kristín Loftsdóttir, Christopher Loperena, Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, Jemima Pierre, Jean Muteba Rahier, Laurence Ralph, Renya K. Ramirez, Junaid Rana, Joshua Reno, Jonathan Rosa, Shalini Shankar, and Maria Styve"--

Otolaryngologic Trauma, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, E-Book

Otolaryngologic Trauma, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, E-Book
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Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 9780443183720
ISBN-13 : 0443183724
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Otolaryngologic Trauma, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, E-Book by : Sydney C. Butts

In this issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, guest editor Dr. Sydney C. Butts brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Otolaryngologic Trauma. Top experts discuss a range of traumas, from pediatric to geriatric cases, including orbital fracture management; perioperative management of the head and neck trauma patient; nasal fractures: acute, subacute, and delayed management; temporal bone trauma; laryngeal trauma; and more. - Contains 16 practice-oriented topics including pediatric head and neck trauma; head and neck trauma in the geriatric population; management of complications and secondary deformity after mandible fracture repair; trauma as a public health issue: multidisciplinary approaches to understanding the impact of violence on head and neck trauma patients; soft tissue trauma: critical recognition and timing of intervention in emergency presentations; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on otolaryngologic trauma, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

The Disinformation Age

The Disinformation Age
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 323
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ISBN-10 : 9781108843058
ISBN-13 : 1108843050
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis The Disinformation Age by : W. Lance Bennett

This book shows how disinformation spread by partisan organizations and media platforms undermines institutional legitimacy on which authoritative information depends.

White Too Long

White Too Long
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 320
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781982122881
ISBN-13 : 1982122889
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis White Too Long by : Robert P. Jones

“An indispensible study” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) drawing on history, public opinion surveys, and personal experience that presents a provocative examination of the unholy relationship between American Christianity and white supremacy, and issues an urgent call for white Christians to reckon with this legacy for the sake of themselves and the nation. As the nation grapples with demographic changes and the legacy of racism in America, Christianity’s role as a cornerstone of white supremacy has been largely overlooked. But white Christians—from evangelicals in the South to mainline Protestants in the Midwest and Catholics in the Northeast—have not just been complacent or complicit; rather, as the dominant cultural power, they have constructed and sustained a project of protecting white supremacy and opposing black equality that has framed the entire American story. With his family’s 1815 Bible in one hand and contemporary public opinion surveys by Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) in the other, Robert P. Jones delivers “a refreshing blend of historical accounting, soul searching reflection, and analysis” (Publishers Weekly) of the repressed relationship between Christianity and white supremacy. White Too Long is “a marvel” (Booklist, starred review) that demonstrates how deeply racist attitudes have become embedded in the DNA of white Christian identity over time and calls for an honest reckoning with a complicated, painful, and even shameful past. Jones challenges white Christians to acknowledge that public apologies are not enough—accepting responsibility for the past requires work toward repair in the present. White Too Long is not an appeal to altruism. It is “a powerful and much-needed book” (Eddie S. Glaude Jr, professor at Princeton University and author of Begin Again) drawing on lessons gleaned from case studies of communities beginning to face these challenges. Jones argues that contemporary white Christians must confront these unsettling truths because this is the only way to salvage the integrity of their faith and their own identities. More broadly, it is no exaggeration to say that not just the future of white Christianity, but the outcome of the American experiment is at stake.

Rethinking Map Literacy

Rethinking Map Literacy
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 126
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ISBN-10 : 9783030685942
ISBN-13 : 3030685942
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Rethinking Map Literacy by : Ming Xie

This book provides two conceptual frameworks for further investigation of map literacy and fills in a gap in map literacy studies, addressing the distinction between reference maps and thematic maps and the varying uses of quantitative map literacy (QML) within and between the two. The text offers two conceptual frameworks and uses specific map examples to explore this variability in map reading skills and knowledge, with the goal of informing educational pedagogy and practices within geography and related disciplines. The book will appeal to cartographers and geographers as a new perspective on a tool of communication they have long employed in their disciplines, and will also appeal to those involved in the educational pedagogy of information and data literacy as a way to conceptualize the development of curricula and teaching materials in the increasingly important arena of the interplay between quantitative data and map-based graphics. The first framework discussed is based on a three-set Venn model, and addresses the content and relationships of three “literacies” – map literacy, quantitative literacy and background information. As part of this framework, the field of QML is introduced, conceptualized, and defined as the knowledge (concepts, skills and facts) required to accurately read, use, interpret and understand the quantitative information embedded in geographic backgrounds. The second framework is of a compositional triangle based on (1) the ratio of reference to thematic map purpose and (2) the level of generalization and/or distortion within maps. In combination, these two parameters allow for any type of map to be located within the triangle as a prelude to considering the type and level of quantitative literacy that comes into play during map reading. Based on the two frameworks mentioned above, the pedagogical tool of “word problems” is applied to “map literacy” in an innovative way to explore the variability of map reading skills and knowledge based on specific map examples.

Mycorrhizal Fungi in South America

Mycorrhizal Fungi in South America
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 461
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9783031129940
ISBN-13 : 3031129946
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Mycorrhizal Fungi in South America by : Mónica A. Lugo

In order to feed the world, global agriculture will have to double food production by 2050. As a result, the use of soils with fertilizers and pesticides in agronomic ecosystems will increase, taking into account the sustainability of these systems and also the provision of food security. Thus, soil ecosystems, their health, and their quality are directly involved in sustainable agronomical practices, and it is important to recognize the important role of soil microbial communities such as mycorrhizal fungi, their biodiversity, interactions, and functioning. Soil ecosystems are under the threat of biodiversity loss due to an increase of cultivated areas and agronomic exploitation intensity. Also, changes in land use alter the structure and function of ecosystems where biodiversity is vital in the ecosystem. Soils are a major aid in food production in all terrestrial ecosystems; however, this means they are also involved in gas emission and global warming. Thus, in agronomic ecosystems, several mitigation practices have been proposed to promote the increase of carbon soil stock, and the reduction of warming gas emission from soils. In South America, most of the rural population depends economically on agriculture and usually works in family units. New, organic, safe, and sustainable agro-forestry practices must be applied to support local communities and countries to achieve hunger eradication, rural poverty reduction, and sustainable development. This book compiles new information for mycorrhizal occurrence in natural and anthropic environments in South America. It includes new reports of mycorrhizal fungi diversity along different mycorrhizal types and their effect on plant communities, plant invasions, the use of mycorrhizal fungi for ecological and sustainable studies, management programs of natural and agroecosystems, and forestry and food-secure production. This book fills the gaps in biodiversity knowledge, management and safe food production of mycorrhizas. It should be a valuable help to researchers, professors and students, to aid in use of mycorrhizal fungi while also focusing on their biodiversity, sustainable safe food production, and conservation perspectives.

Atlas of Indian Nations

Atlas of Indian Nations
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 324
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781426211607
ISBN-13 : 1426211600
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Atlas of Indian Nations by : Anton Treuer

Using maps, photos and art, and organized by region, a comprehensive atlas tells the story of Native Americans in North America, including details on their religious beliefs, diets, alliances, conflicts, important historical events and tribe boundaries.