Download or read book The Rubber Tapper S Son written by Apparow Sannasai and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2017-06-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It tells the story of a rubber tappers son who has to fight the odds of his rubber estate environment where he managed to pursue the highest level of education by obtaining his PhD. It tells the journey of his odds, difficulties, joys, and pursuits. It narrates how he had overcome his pitfalls and rose to finish his education. The book narrates the relationships he had with his family members, the rubber estate environment, and the school he studied in. The end of the book gives the message to the Malaysian Indian youths that they should also persevere to continue their studies and be a success. They should not give any excuse for being school dropouts. They should be good to their family, community, and the country.
Download or read book Green Heroes written by László Erdős and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an introduction into the diversity of the environmental movement through great characters in the green sector. The book describes inspiring personal achievements, and at the same time it provides readers with information regarding the history, the main directions and the ethical principles of the environmental movement. Some of the most important characters of the movement from all around the world, are included in the book. As well as the title characters, Buddha and Leonardo DiCaprio, other famous environmentalists like Albert Schweitzer, David Attenborough and Jane Goodall are discussed. Some of the less well-known but equally important environmentalists such as Chico Mendes, Bruno Manser, Henry Spira, Tom Regan or Rossano Ercolini are highlighted in the various chapters. The selection of characters represents all major branches within the green sector, ranging from medieval saints to Hollywood celebrities, from university professors to field activists, from politicians to philosophers, from ecofeminists to radicals.
Download or read book Latin America Second Edition written by Robert B. Kent and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative overview of Latin America's human geography and regional complexity. It traces Latin America's historical developments while revealing the diversity of its people and places. Coverage encompasses cultural history, environment and physical geography, urban development, agriculture and land use, social and economic processes, and the contemporary patterns of Latin American diaspora. -- Publisher description
Download or read book By the Sweat and Toil of Children The use of child labor in U S agricultural imports forced and bonded child labor written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book By the Sweat and Toil of Children The use of child labor in U S agricultural import forced and bonded child labor written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book By the Sweat and Toil of Children written by Maureen E. Jaffe and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews commonly practiced, & often egregious, forms of child labor: the exploitation of children in commercial agriculture & fishing industries producing primarily for export & forced or bonded child labor. Discusses educational, economic, familial, governmental, & societal factors contributing to the use of child labor. Looks at working conditions, health & safety, & terms of employment of children. Examines the situations of forced child labor including debt bondage & the trafficking, sale & fraudulent recruitment of children. The study provides regional & specific industrial profiles. Country & product indexes.
Download or read book By the Sweat and Toil of Children written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The India rubber Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brazil Today 2 volumes written by John J. Crocitti and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-12-12 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For students, business people, government officials, artists, and tourists—in short, anyone traveling to or wishing to know more about contemporary Brazil—this is an essential resource. The two-volume Brazil Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic is an introductory work intended for those in search of basic information about Brazilian institutions, businesses, social issues, and culture. At the same time, it is a work that reflects the nation's geographic, demographic, economic, and cultural diversity. The wide-reaching encyclopedia offers an entry for each Brazilian state with information about the land, climate, economy, and culture. It also offers extensive coverage of the country's political parties and leaders, its governmental and non-governmental organizations, and the environmental issues and social problems that shape Brazilian politics today. In addition, the work pays considerable attention to the economy and business through entries on industry, agriculture, commerce, banking, and economic policies. Finally, there are entries that illuminate various aspects of Brazil's culture, including the nation's social movements, religion, education, music, cuisine, and literature, as well as personalities from sports and entertainment.
Download or read book Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes written by Gomercindo Rodrigues and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-03-06 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A close associate of Chico Mendes, Gomercindo Rodrigues witnessed the struggle between Brazil's rubber tappers and local ranchers—a struggle that led to the murder of Mendes. Rodrigues's memoir of his years with Mendes has never before been translated into English from the Portuguese. Now, Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes makes this important work available to new audiences, capturing the events and trends that shaped the lives of both men and the fragile system of public security and justice within which they lived and worked. In a rare primary account of the celebrated labor organizer, Rodrigues chronicles Mendes's innovative proposals as the Amazon faced wholesale deforestation. As a labor unionist and an environmentalist, Mendes believed that rain forests could be preserved without ruining the lives of workers, and that destroying forests to make way for cattle pastures threatened humanity in the long run. Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes also brings to light the unexplained and uninvestigated events surrounding Mendes's murder. Although many historians have written about the plantation systems of nineteenth-century Brazil, few eyewitnesses have captured the rich rural history of the twentieth century with such an intricate knowledge of history and folklore as Rodrigues.
Download or read book Listen to Me Son written by Yen and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2020-03-18 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Listen to me, son” is a collection of conversations between the author, Yen and his father and mother, and between Yen and his sons, Paul and Peter. The impact of these “little chats” helps build relationships between the author and his parents, and between Yen and his own sons. This book is a good read for everyone. Whether you are a grandparent, parent, son or daughter, it speaks to you in a personal way. These conversations also shaped the thoughts, mindset and character of the reader. “Reflection” is a powerful section where many important lessons are taught. Learn how to communicate with your children. Patience is a vital key to understanding your children. This book is “a must have” for parents who want to have a better understanding of their children. Parents “talk down” to their children without realising they may hurt their children’s pride. Simple everyday conversation can bring hope or despair to a young heart. Children who read this book will learn of the deep love their parents have for them. This book is about communication. Open communication establishes an atmosphere of trust which is essential in every relationship.
Download or read book Peasants in the Making written by Diana Wong and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 1987 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of the so-called Green Revolution in the rice bowl region of Malaysia aims to provide an interpretation of recent changes in the Malaysian agrarian structure, and to make an analytical and theoretical contribution to the long-standing intellectual debate on the agrarian question. By joining the micro-world of household social structure and economy to the macro-world of changes in production relations, it traces out a specific trajectory of agrarian development in Malaysia.
Download or read book Trees of Life written by Kenton Miller and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1991-04-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Staggering statistics and dramatic headlines about the destruction of rain forests, the world's richest ecosystems, are only a small part of the devastating story of global deforestation. This volume provides comprehensive coverage of this complex scientific and political catastrophe-in-the-making and examines the costs and the consequences, in human, economic, and ecological terms. Also, a survey of both contemporary and historical assaults on the world's forests, along with their impact on the dependency of native peoples and cultures, is chronicled. Specifically, within developing nations, the relationships among poverty, population growth, and short-sighted government policies are calculated to be fundamental elements in the acceleration of tropical deforestation. With a special section on North America's old-growth forests, a glossary of special terms, an account of both the importance and relevance of arboreal genetic diversity, an extended list of suggested readings, and appendices listing international and federal organizations which offer educational materials for both individual and classroom use, this book offers important practical resources, and makes clear the social, economic, and biological costs of continued global deforestation. (JJK)
Download or read book The Humble Ethnographer Lodewijk Schmidt s Accounts from Three Voyages in Amazonian Guiana written by Renzo S. Duin and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schmidt’s is a story that takes account of the pathological mechanisms of colonialism. Duin’s annotated translation of Lodewijk Schmidt’s ethnographic accounts forces us to reflect upon the catastrophe that is ethnocide and deforestation of the Eastern Guiana Highlands in Amazonia.
Download or read book CATIMB JUREMA SAGRADA written by Tilo Plöger and published by tredition. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first and for the time being only comprehensive theoretical and practical work on the Indian tradition of the Brazilian Catimbó. On almost 600 pages, the concepts, the organization, the mythology, the rituals, the terms of this centuries-old Indian shamanic tradition are discussed. A book for anyone interested in shamanic traditions. The book is also aimed at those who deal with these traditions in practice and are looking for concrete tips for the traditional ritual implementation. The tradition of Catimbó, which is native to northeastern Brazil, is an enrichment especially for those who are already familiar with the Amazonian traditions of Ayahuasca and Kambô.
Download or read book Hope and Glory written by Melissa Blackburn and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2004-01-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work covers tales from local people whose journey through life has taken them from their homeland to Britain as well as those who left the Southwest for a life overseas. Testimonies and reconstructions tell of child migrants, war brides and African immigrants amongst others.
Download or read book The Old Man in a State House Other Stories written by Tanure Ojaide and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2012 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Old Man in a State House and Other Stories is a literary canvas which captures the restless matrix that is today's Africa: the corruptive influence of a corrosive oil economy, environmental degradation, wealth and hubris, love and more. Tanure Ojaide has published sixteen collections of poetry, a memoir, three novels, two short story collections and scholarly works. He has numerous literary prizes and is currently the Frank Porter Graham Professor of Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
