The Nature And Culture Of Rattan
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The Nature and Culture of Rattan
Author | : Stephen F. Siebert |
Publsiher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2012-01-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780824860387 |
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Rattan is the common name for a diverse group of climbing palms found throughout Old World tropical forests. For centuries people have used them for binding, basketry, house construction, food, and numerous other non-market purposes; more recently the canes of some species have been gathered for the multi-billion-dollar furniture, handicraft, and mat-making industries. Thus rattan continues to be vital to the culture and economic well being of millions of cane collectors, laborers, and artisans throughout tropical Asia and Africa. The Nature and Culture of Rattan explores this valuable forest product, the tropical forests on which it depends, and the societies that flourish by using and managing these remarkable plants. The Nature and Culture of Rattan provides a distinctive and engaging review of rattan and the people whose lives are centered on it. It examines rattan use, biology, human culture, and challenges in tropical field research and conservation through the knowledge of cane workers in three Southeast Asian forest villages where the author lived over a twenty-five-year period. He effectively challenges commonly held views of "slash and burn" farming, rainforest destruction, and population increase while underscoring the myriad forces involved in individual decision-making and social and environmental change. Personal stories and experiences are integrated with scientific information in a manner that will attract nonspecialists as well as students and researchers. The Nature and Culture of Rattan will be a valuable addition to undergraduate and graduate courses in ecology, anthropology, rural sociology and development, forestry, and natural resource management. A website (www.cfc.umt.edu/rattan) includes additional photographs, suggested reading, and discussion topics.
The Nature and Culture of Rattan
Author | : Stephen Frederic Siebert |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Rattan |
ISBN | : OCLC:1359088752 |
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America Goes Hawaiian
Author | : Geoff Alexander |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2018-12-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781476669496 |
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How did Hawaiian and Polynesian culture come to dramatically alter American music, fashion and decor, as well as ideas about race, in less than a century? It began with mainland hula and musical performances in the late 19th century, rose dramatically as millions shipped to Hawaii during the Pacific War, then made big leap with the advent of low-cost air travel. By the end of the 1950s, mainlanders were hosting tiki parties, listening to exotic music, lazing on rattan furniture in Hawaiian shirts and, of course, surfing. Increasingly, they were marrying people outside of their own racial groups as well. The author describes how this cultural conquest came about and the people and events that led to it.
Attacked from Beneath by Carp and from Above by Seagulls
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : McSweeney's |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2015-07-08 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9781940450889 |
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For the past twelve years, out of a tiny but well-lit corner of the McSweeney’s offices in San Francisco, The Believer has published essays and interviews that are great for all seasons. But this collection is not interested in 75 percent of those seasons. Included in this eminently beach-tote-able digital edition are interviews, essays, poetry, and reviews that cover all the staples of summer—beach houses, amusement parks, surfing, road trips, honeymoons, failed Gen X sodas, and Taylor Swift. Judy Blume and Lena Dunham discuss Fifty Shades of Grey; Sarah Silverman makes her grandma cry; Peter Schjeldahl shares secrets from his annual fireworks display; Simon Rich wins an epic basketball game; and a lake in Lago Vista, Texas named “Fun" reveals itself to be anything but. Perfect for long, lazy days, this issue represents the best of The Believer’s buoyant (and slightly sunburned) side.
Building Object
Author | : Charlotte Ashby,Mark Crinson |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2022-06-16 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781350234017 |
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Building/Object addresses the space in between the conventional objects of design and the conventional objects of architecture, probing and reassessing the differences between the disciplines of design history and architectural history Each of the 13 chapters in this book examine things which are neither object-like nor building-like, but somewhere in between – air conditioning; bookshelves; partition walls; table-monuments; TVs; convenience stores; cars – exposing particular political configurations and resonances that otherwise might be occluded. In doing so, they reveal that the definitions we make of objects in opposition to buildings, and of architecture in opposition to design, are not as fundamental as they seem. This book brings new aspects of the creative and experiential into our understanding of the human environment.
Technology in Southeast Asian History
Author | : Suzanne Moon |
Publsiher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2023-07-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781421446912 |
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"This book brings together both recent scholarship and classic studies to explore the place of technology in the making of Southeast Asia. By bringing together research that touches on technology with more or less emphasis, from a wide variety of scholars and scholarly approaches it is possible to both understand the richness of material that is already available and to see where areas for further research are needed. The result is a good primer both on the history of technology and the history more generally of this region"--
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Plants 3 volumes
Author | : Christopher Cumo |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 1223 |
Release | : 2013-04-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9798216068976 |
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Readers of this expansive, three-volume encyclopedia will gain scientific, sociological, and demographic insight into the complex relationship between plants and humans across history. Comprising three volumes and approximately half a million words, this work is likely the most comprehensive reference of its kind, providing detailed information not only about specific plants and food crops such as barley, corn, potato, rice, and wheat, but also interdisciplinary content that draws on the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The entries underscore the fascination that humans have long held for plants, identifies the myriad reasons why much of life on earth would be impossible without plants, and points out the intertwined relationship of plants and humans—and how delicate this balance can be. While the majority of the content is dedicated to the food plants that are essential to human existence, material on ornamentals, fiber crops, pharmacological plants, and carnivorous plants is also included.
Food and Foodways in Italy from 1861 to the Present
Author | : Emanuela Scarpellini |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2016-04-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781137569622 |
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Despite being a universal experience, eating occures with remarkable variety across time and place: not only do we not eat the same things, but the related technologies, rituals, and even the timing are in constant flux. This lively and innovative history paints a fresco of the Italian nation by looking at its storied relationship to food.