Pamela L Martin: 5 books

Book cover of Oil in the Soil

Oil in the Soil

The Politics of Paying to Preserve the Amazon

by Pamela L. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011

Paradise may have been found in the Western Amazon, but it is on the brink of destruction. Oil in the Soil analyzes the campaign to save the Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) block of Yasuní National Park in Ecuador's Amazon and the global networks that have resulted in one of the world's most innovative...
Book cover of An Introduction to World Politics

An Introduction to World Politics

Conflict and Consensus on a Small Planet

by Richard Oliver Collin, Pamela L. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012

In today’s world, students need to know that there is more to politics than just politics. This clearly written text introduces students to world politics as a combination of comparative politics and international relations in an increasingly interconnected globe and explores topics that are sometimes...
Book cover of Ending the Fossil Fuel Era
by Stephen Balogh, Laura A. Bozzi, Robin Broad
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015

A provocative call for delegitimizing fossil fuels rather than accommodating them, accompanied by case studies from Ecuador to Appalachia and from Germany to Norway. Not so long ago, people North and South had little reason to believe that wealth from oil, gas, and coal brought anything but...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 2

Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 2

Safety, quality and sustainability

by Sabine Cardoen, Wendie Claeys, Claire Verraes
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017

Summarises current research on pathogenic risks affecting milk and ways they can be controlled on the farm;  Reviews ways of measuring and reducing the environmental impact of dairy farming such as better grassland management;  Assesses the wider role of dairy farming and how it can be improved in the developing world
Book cover of Sacred Inception

Sacred Inception

Reclaiming the Spirituality of Birth in the Modern World

by Pamela Hunt, Kristin Brig, Angela N. Castañeda
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018

This edited volume explores the intersection of spirituality with childbirth from 1800 to the present day from a comparative perspective. It illustrates how over this time period in much of the world, traditional practices, home births, and midwives have been overshadowed and undermined by male dominated...
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