9%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Asserting Native Resilience: Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations Face the Climate Crisis
€ 26.99
€ 24.61
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Asserting Native Resilience: Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations Face the Climate Crisis
Paperback. Editor(s): Grossman, Zoltan; Parker, Alan. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RNK; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 499.
Indigenous nations are on the front line of the climate crisis. With cultures and economies among the most vulnerable to climate-related catastrophes, Native peoples are developing twenty-first century responses to climate change that serve as a model for Natives and non-Native communities alike. Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest and Indigenous peoples around the Pacific Rim have already been deeply affected by droughts, flooding, reduced glaciers and snowmelts, seasonal shifts in winds and storms, and the northward movement of species on the land and in the ocean. Using tools of resilience, Native peoples are creating defenses to strengthen their ... Read more
Indigenous nations are on the front line of the climate crisis. With cultures and economies among the most vulnerable to climate-related catastrophes, Native peoples are developing twenty-first century responses to climate change that serve as a model for Natives and non-Native communities alike. Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest and Indigenous peoples around the Pacific Rim have already been deeply affected by droughts, flooding, reduced glaciers and snowmelts, seasonal shifts in winds and storms, and the northward movement of species on the land and in the ocean. Using tools of resilience, Native peoples are creating defenses to strengthen their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870716638
SKU
V9780870716638
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About
Zoltán Grossman is a professor of Geography and Native American and World Indigenous Peoples Studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Alan Parker, a citizen of the Chippewa Cree Tribal nation and Professor of Advanced Studies in Tribal Governments, is executive director of the Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute at The Evergreen State College.
Reviews for Asserting Native Resilience: Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations Face the Climate Crisis