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Book Dangerous or Endangered

Download or read book Dangerous or Endangered written by Jennifer Tilton and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2010-10-03 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you tell the difference between a “good kid” and a “potential thug”? In Dangerous or Endangered?, Jennifer Tilton considers the ways in which children are increasingly viewed as dangerous and yet, simultaneously, as endangered and in need of protection by the state. Tilton draws on three years of ethnographic research in Oakland, California, one of the nation’s most racially diverse cities, to examine how debates over the nature and needs of young people have fundamentally reshaped politics, transforming ideas of citizenship and the state in contemporary America. As parents and neighborhood activists have worked to save and discipline young people, they have often inadvertently reinforced privatized models of childhood and urban space, clearing the streets of children, who are encouraged to stay at home or in supervised after-school programs. Youth activists protest these attempts, demanding a right to the city and expanded rights of citizenship. Dangerous or Endangered? pays careful attention to the intricate connections between fears of other people’s kids and fears for our own kids in order to explore the complex racial, class, and gender divides in contemporary American cities.

Book Dangerous Or Endangered

Download or read book Dangerous Or Endangered written by Jennifer Tilton and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2010-10-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tilton draws on three years of ethnographic research in Oakland, California, one of the nation's most racially diverse cities, to examine how debates over the nature and needs of young people have fundamentally reshaped politics, transforming ideas of citizenship and the state in contemporary America. As parents and neighborhood activists have worked to save and discipline young people, they have often inadvertently reinforced privatized models of childhood and urban space, clearing the streets of children, who are encouraged to stay at home or in supervised after-school programs. Youth activists protest these attempts, demanding a right to the city and expanded rights of citizenship."--Publisher.

Book Endangered and Extinct Mammals

Download or read book Endangered and Extinct Mammals written by Jennifer Boothroyd and published by Lerner Digital ™. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Asian elephants and Mexican long-nosed bats are two examples of endangered mammals. Few of them exist in the wild. Other mammals have already gone extinct. What hurts these animals? What can you do to help? Read this book to find out!

Book Endangered

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eliot Schrefer
  • Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
  • Release : 2012-10-01
  • ISBN : 0545470013
  • Pages : 278 pages

Download or read book Endangered written by Eliot Schrefer and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From National Book Award Finalist Eliot Schrefer comes the compelling tale of a girl who must save a group of bonobos -- and herself -- from a violent coup. Congo is a dangerous place, even for people who are trying to do good.When Sophie has to visit her mother at her sanctuary for bonobos, she's not thrilled to be there. Then Otto, an infant bonobo, comes into her life, and for the first time she feels responsible for another creature.But peace does not last long for Sophie and Otto. When an armed revolution breaks out in the country, the sanctuary is attacked, and the two of them must escape unprepared into the jungle. Caught in the crosshairs of a lethal conflict, they must struggle to keep safe, to eat, and to live. In ENDANGERED, Eliot Schrefer plunges us into a heart-stopping exploration of the things we do to survive, the sacrifices we make to help others, and the tangled geography that ties us all, human and animal, together.

Book Endangered

    Book Details:
  • Author : George McGavin
  • Publisher : Buffalo, N.Y. ; Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 202 pages

Download or read book Endangered written by George McGavin and published by Buffalo, N.Y. ; Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Book In Danger

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2018-05
  • ISBN : 9780966693782
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book In Danger written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The In Danger project is a high-end art book produced by Expedition Art in collaboration with some of the most well-known concept artists, designers and fine artists in the world. The book includes 52 different artists from 8 countries and 97 unique animal paintings. Each animal portrayed in the book has a detailed description, interesting facts about the creature as well as insightful thoughts from the artist. Each project Expedition Art produces donates 90%+ profits to a partner non-profit organization that directly affects wildlife and nature conservation. Our goal is to educate and raise awareness through art.

Book Animals in Danger in North America

Download or read book Animals in Danger in North America written by Louise Spilsbury and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2013 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at some of the endangered animals that call North America home, including kangaroo rats, polar bears, condors, sturgeons, and red wolves.

Book In Danger

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  • Author : Andrew Kelly
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9780731220878
  • Pages : 24 pages

Download or read book In Danger written by Andrew Kelly and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Level 3A title in the 'Insights' series for primary school children. This book presents facts about endangered animals. It gives descriptions of a variety of animals in danger of extinction across the world, with explanations of how they became endangered. Includes photographs and a glossary.

Book Endangered Languages and Languages in Danger

Download or read book Endangered Languages and Languages in Danger written by Luna Filipović and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This peer-reviewed collection brings together the latest research on language endangerment and language rights. It creates a vibrant, interdisciplinary platform for the discussion of the most pertinent and urgent topics central to vitality and equality of languages in today’s globalised world. The novelty of the volume lies in the multifaceted view on the variety of dangers that languages face today, such as extinction through dwindling speaker populations and lack of adequate preservation policies or inequality in different social contexts (e.g. access to justice, education and research resources). There are examples of both loss and survival, and discussion of multiple factors that condition these two different outcomes. We pose and answer difficult questions such as whether forced interventions in preventing loss are always warranted or indeed viable. The emerging shared perspective is that of hope to inspire action towards improving the position of different languages and their speakers through research of this kind.

Book Science and the Endangered Species Act

    Book Details:
  • Author : Committee on Scientific Issues in the Endangered Species Act
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 1995-10-27
  • ISBN : 0309176190
  • Pages : 289 pages

Download or read book Science and the Endangered Species Act written by Committee on Scientific Issues in the Endangered Species Act and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-10-27 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a far-reaching law that has sparked intense controversies over the use of public lands, the rights of property owners, and economic versus environmental benefits. In this volume a distinguished committee focuses on the science underlying the ESA and offers recommendations for making the act more effective. The committee provides an overview of what scientists know about extinction--and what this understanding means to implementation of the ESA. Habitat--its destruction, conservation, and fundamental importance to the ESA--is explored in detail. The book analyzes Concepts of species--how the term "species" arose and how it has been interpreted for purposes of the ESA. Conflicts between species when individual species are identified for protection, including several case studies. Assessment of extinction risk and decisions under the ESA--how these decisions can be made more effectively. The book concludes with a look beyond the Endangered Species Act and suggests additional means of biological conservation and ways to reduce conflicts. It will be useful to policymakers, regulators, scientists, natural-resource managers, industry and environmental organizations, and those interested in biological conservation.

Book Rhinos in Danger

Download or read book Rhinos in Danger written by Lydia Snyder and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't get in a rhino's way. A charging rhino is one of the most dangerous animals in the world. And it may only attack because it can't see well. Rhinos are named for their horns, but tragically these horns are the reason all rhino species are threatened or endangered today. Poachers kill the huge beasts for these trophies. Only about 50 Javan rhinos are left. Readers will be inspired to take action to keep these and other rhinos from becoming extinct.

Book Endangered Species Conservation Programs at Fort Bragg  North Carolina  and at the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge  Virginia Beach  Virginia

Download or read book Endangered Species Conservation Programs at Fort Bragg North Carolina and at the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge Virginia Beach Virginia written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Animals in Danger in Europe

Download or read book Animals in Danger in Europe written by Richard Spilsbury and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2013 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces readers to a range of endangered animals found in Europe, with basic facts about each animal, and also why the animal's habitat is threatened.

Book Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World

Download or read book Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World written by Marshall Cavendish Corporation and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2001 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference encyclopedia providing information on endangered wildlife and plants throughout the world.

Book The Endangered Self

Download or read book The Endangered Self written by Gill Green and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To date, the majority of HIV/AIDS research has concentrated on education and prevention for those with a seronegative status, while studies of HIV positive individuals have been concerned with their potential to infect others. The Endangered Self however, focuses on how the discovery of an HIV positive status affects the individual's sense of identity, on the experience of living with HIV and its effects on the individual's social relationships. In this comparative study of the UK and US, Green and Sobo explore identity change and the stigma attached to an HIV positive status within the context of the sociology of risk. Chapters discuss issues such as: *identity, social risk and AIDS *stigma *living and coping with HIV *the danger of disclosure *reported reactions in health care settings and sexual settings *risk and reality *seropositivity. The Endangered Self will be of interest to all those infected with HIV and to their families, partners, friends and caregivers who are affected by it. It will be essential reading for health-care professionals and those studying medical anthropology, sociology and health and risk studies.

Book Animals in Danger

Download or read book Animals in Danger written by Gemma McMullen and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does human behavior affect animals, and what can we do to help animals that are endangered? Readers find the answers to these and other important questions about protecting animals as they learn about this topical environmental issue. Accessible, age-appropriate text gives young readers a clear sense of why animals are currently in danger and what can be done to help them. Fun fact boxes provide additional information about animals and their habitats, and colorful photographs fill each page. The captivating presentation of such an important ecological topic is sure to inspire early learners—especially young animal lovers.

Book Animals in Danger

Download or read book Animals in Danger written by Bobbie Whitcombe and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains what an endangered animal is and gives many examples of endangered animals and why they have become endangered.