Global Mountain Regions : Conversations Toward the Future.

By: Kingsolver, AnnContributor(s): Balasundaram, SasikumarMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Framing the Global SeriesPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2018Copyright date: �2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (460 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780253036889Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Global Mountain RegionsOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- "Hard Times" -- 1. Introduction: Listening to Voices across Global Mountain Regions -- "Mother Jones' Farewell (I Was There)" -- 2. After Coal, through Film: Welsh and Appalachian Mining Communities -- "Wigan Pier" -- 3. Mountains, Coal, and Life in British Columbia and West Virginia -- 4. Black Diamonds -- 5. Historicizing Poverty and Marginalization in the Southern Mountain Regions of Malawi -- "Momma Was a Union Woman" -- 6. Voices for Community Rights in Amazonia -- "Blue Ridge Mountain Refugee" -- 7. Indigenous Social Movements in Mountain Regions -- "People Like You" -- 8. Rebuilding Mountain Communities after Natural and Human-Made Disasters -- "The Border Line" -- 9. Moving Heaven and Earth behind Mountains: Everyday Life for Displaced Migrants on the Haitian Side of the Haitian-Dominican Border -- "Black Gold" -- 10. Environment, Health, and Justice: Tracing the Connections in Global Mountain Regions -- "When the Morning Breaks" -- 11. Circulating News in Rural China and Appalachia -- 12. Thinking about the Future: Global Mountain Students and Educational Choices -- 13. Jirga: Everyday Peace-Building in Rural Mountain Communities of Pakistan -- 14. Mapping and Measuring Digital Divides in Mountain Regions: Global and Local Knowledge and Silences -- "My Old Times" -- 15. Artifacts of Home: The Landscape Speaks -- 16. Resonating with the Trees: Tracking Musical Instrument Tonewood between Appalachian and Carpathian Forest Environments -- "Traveler" -- 17. Appalachian and Carpathian Exchanges: Two Essays -- 18. Appalachian and Columbian Connections through Cerulean Warbler Migration: A Student Pen-Pal Project -- 19. Experience and Expertise: Confronting Climate Change in the Andes -- 20. Sustainable Livelihoods in Extreme Lands -- "Aragon Mill".
21. Comparing Rural Livelihood Transitions in the Catalan and Sardinian Regions of Europe and the Appalachian Region of the United States -- "Wild Rose of the Mountain" -- 22. Honey Corridors in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and Appalachian Coal Production Areas -- "The Gap (8,825 an Hour)" -- 23. Agricultural Sovereignty and Arabica Coffee Production in Ethiopia -- "The Flume" -- 24. Creating Sustainable Post-extraction Livelihoods in the Central Appalachian Coalfields -- "Gone, Gonna Rise Again" -- 25. Reforestation Can Contribute to a Regenerative Economy in Global Mining Regions -- "We're Still Here" -- 26. Palestinian Responsible Tourism for Cross-Cultural Understanding -- "A Time for Us All" -- 27. Conclusion: Conversations toward the Future in Global Mountain Regions -- Index.
Summary: No matter where they are located in the world, communities living in mountain regions have shared experiences defined in large part by contradictions.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- "Hard Times" -- 1. Introduction: Listening to Voices across Global Mountain Regions -- "Mother Jones' Farewell (I Was There)" -- 2. After Coal, through Film: Welsh and Appalachian Mining Communities -- "Wigan Pier" -- 3. Mountains, Coal, and Life in British Columbia and West Virginia -- 4. Black Diamonds -- 5. Historicizing Poverty and Marginalization in the Southern Mountain Regions of Malawi -- "Momma Was a Union Woman" -- 6. Voices for Community Rights in Amazonia -- "Blue Ridge Mountain Refugee" -- 7. Indigenous Social Movements in Mountain Regions -- "People Like You" -- 8. Rebuilding Mountain Communities after Natural and Human-Made Disasters -- "The Border Line" -- 9. Moving Heaven and Earth behind Mountains: Everyday Life for Displaced Migrants on the Haitian Side of the Haitian-Dominican Border -- "Black Gold" -- 10. Environment, Health, and Justice: Tracing the Connections in Global Mountain Regions -- "When the Morning Breaks" -- 11. Circulating News in Rural China and Appalachia -- 12. Thinking about the Future: Global Mountain Students and Educational Choices -- 13. Jirga: Everyday Peace-Building in Rural Mountain Communities of Pakistan -- 14. Mapping and Measuring Digital Divides in Mountain Regions: Global and Local Knowledge and Silences -- "My Old Times" -- 15. Artifacts of Home: The Landscape Speaks -- 16. Resonating with the Trees: Tracking Musical Instrument Tonewood between Appalachian and Carpathian Forest Environments -- "Traveler" -- 17. Appalachian and Carpathian Exchanges: Two Essays -- 18. Appalachian and Columbian Connections through Cerulean Warbler Migration: A Student Pen-Pal Project -- 19. Experience and Expertise: Confronting Climate Change in the Andes -- 20. Sustainable Livelihoods in Extreme Lands -- "Aragon Mill".

21. Comparing Rural Livelihood Transitions in the Catalan and Sardinian Regions of Europe and the Appalachian Region of the United States -- "Wild Rose of the Mountain" -- 22. Honey Corridors in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and Appalachian Coal Production Areas -- "The Gap (8,825 an Hour)" -- 23. Agricultural Sovereignty and Arabica Coffee Production in Ethiopia -- "The Flume" -- 24. Creating Sustainable Post-extraction Livelihoods in the Central Appalachian Coalfields -- "Gone, Gonna Rise Again" -- 25. Reforestation Can Contribute to a Regenerative Economy in Global Mining Regions -- "We're Still Here" -- 26. Palestinian Responsible Tourism for Cross-Cultural Understanding -- "A Time for Us All" -- 27. Conclusion: Conversations toward the Future in Global Mountain Regions -- Index.

No matter where they are located in the world, communities living in mountain regions have shared experiences defined in large part by contradictions.

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