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Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, Princess Isabel and the ending of servile labour in Russia and Brazil
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ISBN: 1839983175 1839983183 Year: 2023 Publisher: London : Anthem Press,

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Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia and Princess Isabel of Brazil were active participants in the struggle to end servile labor in their respective countries. They acted in defiance of political conventions which excluded women from any political activity. Both women were determined to do all in their power to further the cause of emancipation and to determine the terms under which serfs and slaves were emancipated. This book examines the political activities of the two royal women within the context of their respective societies and adopts a comparative approach.


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Gender, property and politics in the Pacific : who speaks for land?
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ISBN: 1108957226 1108953670 1108957021 1108844804 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Legal scholars, economists, and international development practitioners often assume that the state is capable of 'securing' rights to land and addressing gender inequality in land tenure. In this innovative study of land tenure in Solomon Islands, Rebecca Monson challenges these assumptions. Monson demonstrates that territorial disputes have given rise to a legal system characterised by state law, custom, and Christianity, and that the legal construction and regulation of property has, in fact, deepened gender inequalities and other forms of social difference. These processes have concentrated formal land control in the hands of a small number of men leaders, and reproduced the state as a hypermasculine domain, with significant implications for public authority, political participation, and state formation. Drawing insights from legal scholarship and political ecology in particular, this book offers a significant study of gender and legal pluralism in the Pacific, illuminating ongoing global debates about gender inequality, land tenure, ethnoterritorial struggles and the post colonial state.


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From conflict to modern slavery : the drivers and the deterrents
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ISBN: 0191938874 0192661779 0192661787 Year: 2023 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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'From Conflict to Modern Slavery' draws on first-hand accounts to consider how conflict can facilitate modern slavery and how a person's vulnerability interacts with overarching structures. The book explores how, with individual agency restricted by conflict coupled with disruption to support networks, migrants can become vulnerable to exploitation.

Freedom by degrees : emancipation in Pennsylvania and its aftermath
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ISBN: 1280439726 019802147X 1601296339 9781601296337 9780198021476 9781280439728 9786610439720 6610439729 0195045831 9780195045833 0197713203 Year: 2023 Publisher: New York ; Oxford University Press,


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Freedom's crescent : the Civil War and the destruction of slavery in the Lower Mississippi Valley
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ISBN: 1108335799 1108337368 1108539718 1108424090 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press,

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The Lower Mississippi Valley is more than just a distinct geographical region of the United States; it was central to the outcome of the Civil War and the destruction of slavery in the American South. Beginning with Lincoln's 1860 presidential election and concluding with the final ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, Freedom's Crescent explores the four states of this region that seceded and joined the Confederacy: Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana. By weaving into a coherent narrative the major military campaigns that enveloped the region, the daily disintegration of slavery in the countryside, and political developments across the four states and in Washington DC, John C. Rodrigue identifies the Lower Mississippi Valley as the epicenter of emancipation in the South. A sweeping examination of one of the war's most important theaters, this book highlights the integral role this region played in transforming United States history.


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Land and liberalism : Henry George and the Irish land war
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ISBN: 1009202901 100920288X 100920291X 1009202898 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press,

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Irish land in the 1880s was a site of ideological conflict, with resonances for liberal politics far beyond Ireland itself. The Irish Land War, internationalised partly through the influence of Henry George, the American social reformer and political economist, came at a decisive juncture in Anglo-American political thought, and provided many radicals across the North Atlantic with a vision of a more just and morally coherent political economy. Looking at the discourses and practices of these agrarian radicals, alongside developments in liberal political thought, Andrew Phemister shows how they utilised the land question to articulate a natural and universal right to life that highlighted the contradictions between liberty and property. In response to this popular agrarian movement, liberal thinkers discarded many older individualistic assumptions, and their radical democratic implications, in the name of protecting social order, property, and economic progress. Land and Liberalism thus vividly demonstrates the centrality of Henry George and the Irish Land War to the transformation of liberal thought.


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Modern slavery and human trafficking : the victim journey
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ISBN: 1447363663 1447363639 1447363671 Year: 2023 Publisher: Bristol : Policy Press,

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Throughout the world, vulnerable subjects are being deceived into entering an abusive journey, in the organ trade, exploitative labour business, and forced criminality - and their lives will never be the same. This book traces the journey of victims/survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking into and within the UK, from recruitment to representation to (re)integration. Using global comparative case studies, it discusses recruitment tactics and demand, prevention in supply chains, issues with effective legal protection and care services, vulnerability to re-trafficking and the ideological misrepresentation of vulnerable migrants and victims/survivors in media, the film industry, legislation, and more.


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Whose land is our land? : the use and abuse of Britain's forgotten acres
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ISBN: 1447325346 1447325338 144732532X Year: 2023 Publisher: Bristol : Policy Press,

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In recent decades, rising land prices and ever-increasing demand for housing have made it incredibly difficult for farms to sustain themselves in Britain - with dangerous consequences for food supplies. Government attention to the issue has been limited at best, which has led to speculation and the loss of more and more farmland. Peter Hetherington mounts a powerful argument for a more active, forward-thinking policy, one that acknowledges the importance of farming, rural society, and food security and takes stronger action to curb speculation and rampant overbuilding.


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Quest for Identity : Gender, Land and Migration in Contemporary Jharkhand
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ISBN: 1009358022 1009358006 1009383949 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This book lays bare the reality of being an Adivasi in India today and beyond that a woman in a globalising world, building commonalities with the author's own personal experiences and life trajectory. The lived experiences of Santal women and men are unfolded here along with the political and economic changes after Jharkhand State was created. Using ethnographic methods, it weaves a multi-dimensional and multi-relational mosaic of the lives and livelihoods, the struggles for resources, gender identities and new narratives of citizenship. Ordinary peoples' everyday struggles for survival with dignity and respect form the core of the analyses. Rich in field insights, the gender lens adopted gives a fresh perspective to understanding issues of land and labour, indigenous identity, political aspirations and state relations. It contributes significantly to the slim literature on Adivasi development in Jharkhand and fills a gap in knowledge on gender relations.


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Utopianism for a dying planet : life after consumerism
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ISBN: 0691236690 0691170045 0691236682 Year: 2023 Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press,

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In the face of Earth's environmental breakdown, it is clear that technological innovation alone won't save our planet. A more radical approach is required, one that involves profound changes in individual and collective behaviour. 'Utopianism for a Dying Planet' examines the ways the expansive history of utopian thought, from its origins in ancient Sparta and ideas of the Golden Age through to today's thinkers, can offer moral and imaginative guidance in the face of catastrophe. The utopian tradition, which has been critical of conspicuous consumption and luxurious indulgence, might light a path to a society that emphasizes equality, sociability, and sustainability.

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HISTORY / Modern / General. --- Environmentalism. --- Utopian socialism. --- Socialism, Utopian --- Socialism --- Environmental movement --- Social movements --- Anti-environmentalism --- Greenwashing --- Sustainable living --- Age of Enlightenment. --- All Souls' Day. --- Apollonian and Dionysian. --- Asceticism. --- Astrology. --- Atheism. --- Beyond Freedom and Dignity. --- Capitalism. --- Carbon footprint. --- Celebrity. --- Clothing. --- Commodity. --- Conspiracy theory. --- Consumerism. --- Counterculture. --- Dystopia. --- Earth Day. --- Ecocide. --- Ecofascism. --- Economic liberalism. --- Ecovillage. --- End of history. --- Environmental economics. --- Environmentalist. --- Epicureanism. --- Ethos. --- Facebook. --- Fiction. --- Fossil fuel. --- Fossil-fuel power station. --- Frank Lloyd Wright. --- Freedom From. --- Future of the Earth. --- Gas lighting. --- Gasoline. --- Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft. --- Global warming. --- Gnosticism. --- Golden Age. --- Good and evil. --- Greenhouse gas. --- Heterotopia (space). --- Imaginary voyage. --- Insurance. --- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. --- James Tully (philosopher). --- Job guarantee. --- Karl Mannheim. --- Late capitalism. --- Liberal democracy. --- Libertarian Party (United States). --- Martyr. --- Marxism. --- Maxwell's demon. --- Melting. --- Methane (data page). --- New Utopia. --- Nuclear power. --- Nuclear weapon. --- Nuclear winter. --- Pensioner. --- Petrus Camper. --- Physiocracy. --- Planetes. --- Progressivism. --- Prosperity Without Growth. --- Ralph Waldo Emerson. --- Reform movement. --- Reincarnation. --- Relativism. --- Renewable energy. --- Renewable fuels. --- Restitution. --- Retirement. --- Save the Planet. --- Science fiction studies. --- Science fiction. --- Slavery. --- Southern Europe. --- Technological fix. --- The Angel of the Revolution. --- The Last Stage. --- The Most Extreme. --- The Revenge of Gaia. --- The Road to Serfdom. --- The World Without Us. --- Theodor W. Adorno. --- Theory. --- Thorstein Veblen. --- Totalitarianism. --- Urban revolution. --- Utopia. --- Utopian and dystopian fiction. --- Utopian studies. --- Veganism. --- Victory garden. --- Viewing (funeral). --- Wealth. --- World peace. --- Utopias.

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