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  • Negotiating China's Destiny in World War II

    Negotiating China's Destiny explains how China developed from a country that hardly mattered internationally into the important world power it is today. Before World War II, China had suffered through five wars with European powers as well as American imperial policies resulting in economic, military, and political domination. This shifted dramatically during WWII, when alliances needed to be ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Fresh Water

    New Perspectives on Water in Australia

    Is water a resource or is it the source? Is it something to be consumed or does it have a life of its own? Recent histories of environmental misunderstanding and exploitation shadow our current regime of water management and use. While governments grapple with how to respond to widespread drought, the situation worsens. There is something amiss in current approaches to water. This timely ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

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  • Environmental Ethics

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Environmental ethics is a relatively new branch of philosophy, which studies the values and principles involved in combatting environmental problems such as pollution, loss of species and habitats, and climate change. As our environment faces evermore threats from human activities these core issues are becoming increasingly important. In this Very Short Introduction Robin Attfield traces the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • First Knowledges Design

    Building on Country

    Aboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country. It is visible in the aerodynamic boomerang, the ingenious design of fish traps and the precise layouts of community settlements that strengthen social cohesion. Alison Page and Paul Memmott show how these design principles of sophisticated function, sustainability and ... Read more

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  • First Knowledges Plants

    Past, Present and Future

    What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians. Plants are the foundation of life on Earth. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have always known this to be true. For millennia, reciprocal relationships with plants have provided both sustenance ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Quarterly Essay 49 Not Dead Yet

    Labor's Post-Left Future

    by Mark Latham ...
    Series Book 49 - Quarterly Essay
    With an election looming and criticism of the ALP now a national pastime, Mark Latham considers the future for Labor. The nation has changed, but can the party?With wit and insight, Latham reveals an organisation top-heavy with factional bosses protecting their turf. At the same time Labor’s traditional working-class base has long been eroding. People who grew up in fibro shacks now live in double ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Environmental Law

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Environmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems. It is a vast area of law that operates from the local to the global, involving a range of different legal and regulatory techniques. In theory, environmental protection is a no brainer. Few people would actively argue for pollution or environmental destruction. Ensuring a clean environment is ethically desirable, and also sensible ... Read more

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  • What Climate Justice Means And Why We Should Care

    We owe it to our fellow humans – and other species – to save them from the catastrophic harm caused by climate change.Philosopher Elizabeth Cripps approaches climate justice not just as an abstract idea but as something that should motivate us all. Using clear reasoning and poignant examples, starting from irrefutable science and uncontroversial moral rules, she explores our obligations to each ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • Reshaping Environments

    An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World

    Edited by Helena Bender ...
    Reshaping Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World draws together a team of specialist authors from disciplines including urban planning, social sciences, engineering and environmental science to examine the diverse influences humans have upon the natural environment. This interdisciplinary approach presents multifaceted responses for complex environmental ... Read more

    $77.89 USD

  • Overturning aqua nullius

    Securing Aboriginal water rights

    Overturning aqua nullius aims to cultivate a new understanding of Aboriginal water rights and interests in the context of Aboriginal water concepts and water policy development in Australia. In this award-winning work, Dr Marshall argues that Aboriginal water rights require legal recognition as property rights, and that water access and water infrastructure are integral to successful economic ... Read more

    $26.19 USD

  • Shades of Green

    Finding a Middle Path Through the Forest

    by Chrissy Sharp ...
    I became frustrated that no new thinking was emerging to confront the challenges climate change poses for the forests. The real question is not "To log or not to log?" but "How do we best care for our forests?" Let's call this forest stewardship.' At times quirky and disarmingly personal, at others deeply philosophical, Shades of Green weaves three separate but inseparable streams into a ... Read more

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  • Wild Law - In Practice

    Series series Law, Justice and Ecology
    Wild Law - In Practice aims to facilitate the transition of Earth Jurisprudence from theory into practice. Earth Jurisprudence is an emerging philosophy of law, coined by cultural historian and geologian Thomas Berry. It seeks to analyse the contribution of law in constructing, maintaining and perpetuating anthropocentrism and addresses the ways in which this orientation can be undermined and ... Read more

    $73.99 USD