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Eighteenth and nineteenth century European, British and American newspapers constitute a rich and largely untapped source of contemporary, often eyewitness accounts of historical events and opinions concerning Iran from the late Safavid (1712) through the Qajar (c. 1797-1920) period. This study collects and annotates thousands of articles published in the Colonial and early Republican American newspapers, from the first mention of events in Persia in the American press (1712) to the death of Mohammad Shah (1848), unlocking for the first time a wealth of information on Iran and its place in the world during the 18th and early 19th century. The Editor D.T. Potts is Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University.
History --- History of Asia --- History of North America --- History of Latin America --- geschiedenis --- Middle East --- America --- History of the Americas. --- History of the Middle East. --- History. --- Iran --- Press coverage
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This book focuses on the toxic legacy of Native North America, which is pervasive but largely invisible to most non-Native peoples. Many toxic sites are located in out-of-the-way rural areas largely forgotten by the majority of America, but which nonetheless have supplied its industries with the rudiments of manufacturing for the better part of a century before being closed and cast aside. Thousands of contaminated sites exist in the United States due to dumped, left out, or otherwise improperly managed hazardous waste. These sites include manufacturing facilities, processing plants, landfills, and mining sites. Based on the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cleans up these so-called Superfund sites, of which roughly 40 percent are located in Native country. The book links present-day Native American cultural and economic revival to a fundamental struggle to restore the health of both Native peoples and their homelands. It links past and present with a sense of Native Americans’ perceptions of nature and the sacred land. By doing so, it also provides the majority society with an example to emulate as we emerge, by necessity, from the age of fossil fuels into a sustainable energy paradigm. This makes the book a must-read for students, scholars, and researchers of Native American studies, US politics, environmental studies, public policy, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of the environmental devastation of Native land and its consequences. .
Human rights --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- History --- History of North America --- History of Latin America --- mensenrechten --- geschiedenis --- bindingen (chemie) --- America --- Pollution. --- Human rights. --- Sustainability. --- American Politics. --- Politics and Human Rights. --- History of the Americas. --- Politics and government. --- History.
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American literature --- Littérature américaine --- History and criticism --- Periodicals --- Histoire et critique --- Périodiques --- Intellectual life. --- Southern States --- Southern States. --- Intellectual life --- History (The Americas) --- Arts and Humanities --- General and Others --- Society and Culture --- Southern United States. --- American Literature. --- Cultural life --- American South --- American Southeast --- Former Confederate States --- Southeast --- Southeast United States --- Southeastern States --- Southern United States --- The --- U.S. --- United States, Southern --- Dixie (U.S. : Region) --- South, The --- Southeast (U.S.) --- Sociology --- Culture --- The South --- English literature --- Agrarians (Group of writers)
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