Eigg

Eigg
Author: Camille Dressler
Publisher: Birlinn Publishers
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2016-10-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781780274508

Drawing on oral history, legend and song as well as written accounts, this is the story of Eigg and its inhabitants from the earliest times to the present day. Camille Dressler follows the changes in the islanders' lives from the tribal society of clan days to the development of crofting, the Clearances and depopulation, and the effect various landlords have had on the island in more recent times, right through to the historic community buy-out of 1997.This book gives a comprehensive and colourful picture of how the islanders reacted and survived, and shows how Eigg's cultural heritage captured the imagination of a community in transition seeking to preserve its island identity. This updated edition includes a vivid account of the islanders' achievements since the buy-out and of the challenges they have met in their pioneering venture.

The Small Isles

The Small Isles
Author: Denis Rixson
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 085790972X

This is the first book ever to be written on the collective history of the little group of islands between Ardnamurchan and Skye. As some of the best known Hebridean islands, Canna, Rum, Eigg and Muck have a long and varied history, but are also amongst the least documented. Rum was the playground of the Macruari kings of the Northern Hebrides; Eigg was the island meeting point where their descendants conceded primacy to the Islay Macdonalds, while Muck and Canna were the property of Iona, spiritual nerve centre of the west. With reference to both the extensive material remains on the islands and rare original source material, this book is a dynamic and wideranging account of the Small Isles and their history.

The Geographical Journal

The Geographical Journal
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 770
Release: 1914
Genre: Geography
ISBN:

Includes the Proceedings of the Royal geographical society, formerly pub. separately.

ExtrACTION

ExtrACTION
Author: Kirk Jalbert
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2017-06-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351847309

This timely volume examines resistance to natural resource extraction from a critical ethnographic perspective. Using a range of case studies from North, Central and South America, Australia, and Central Asia, the contributors explore how and why resistance movements seek to change extraction policies, evaluating their similarities, differences, successes and failures. A range of ongoing debates concerning environmental justice, risk and disaster, sacrifice zones, and the economic cycles of boom and bust are considered, and the roles of governments, free markets and civil society groups re-examined. Incorporating contributions from authors in the fields of anthropology, public policy, environmental health, and community-based advocacy, ExtrACTION offers a robustly argued case for change. It will make engaging reading for academics and students in the fields of critical anthropology, public policy, and politics, as well as activists and other interested citizens.

Author:
Publisher: Youguide International BV
Total Pages: 97
Release:
Genre:
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Energy and Environmental Justice

Energy and Environmental Justice
Author: Tristan Partridge
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2022-10-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3031097602

This book reconnects energy research with the radical, reflexive, and transformative approaches of Environmental Justice. Global patterns of energy production and use are disrupting the ecosystems that sustain all life, disproportionately affecting marginalized groups. Addressing such injustices, this book examines how energy relates to structural issues of exploitation, racism, colonialism, extractivism, the commodification of work, and the systemic devaluing of diverse ‘others.’ The result is a new agenda for critical energy research that builds on a growing global movement of environmental justice activism and scholarship. Throughout the book the author reframes ‘transitions’ as collaborative projects of justice that demand structural change and societal shifts to more equitable and reciprocal ways of living. This book will be an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners interested in transforming energy systems and working collectively to build just planetary futures.