Review of Europe and the Sea, by Michael Mollat du Jourdain; Early Irish and Welsh Kinship, by T. M. Charles-Edwards; An Historical Geography of Ireland, by B. J. Graham and L. J. Proudfoot; Moving Europeans, by Leslie Page Moch; Housing Strategies in Europe, 1880-1930, by Colin G. Pooley; The Edwardian House, by Helen C. Long; Slums and Redevelopment, by J. A. Yelling; Street Noises, by Adrian Rifkin; Wild Majesty, by Peter Hulume and Neil L. Whitehead; Art and Empire, by Vivien Green Fryd; Mapping American Culture, by Wayne Franklin and Michael Steiner; The Power of Maps, by Denis Wood (with John Fels); The Transformation of Agriculture in the West, by David Grigg; World Trade Since 1431, by Peter J. Hugill; Ways of the World, by M. G. Lay; West African Slavery and Atlantic Commerce, by James F. Searing; Crossings, by Walter Nugent; Miasms and Disease, by Carlo M. Cipolla; Epidemics and Ideas: Essays on the Historical Perception of Pestilence, by Terence Ranger and Paul Slack; Black Mountain, by Colin Murray and War Machine: The Rationalization of Slaughter in the Modern Age, by Daniel Pick

1994 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-230
Author(s):  
John H. Pryor ◽  
Glansville R.J. Jones ◽  
Robin A. Butlin ◽  
Charles W.J. Withers ◽  
Richard Dennis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Trade ◽  
American Culture ◽  
Historical Geography ◽  
West African ◽  
The West ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
War Machine ◽  
The World ◽  
Black Mountain

A Cultural History of Objects in the Modern Age

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
New Materials ◽  
The West ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Everyday Objects ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of

A Cultural History of Objects in the Modern Age covers the period 1900 to today, a time marked by massive global changes in production, transportation, and information-sharing in a post-colonial world. New materials and inventions – from plastics to the digital to biotechnology – have created unprecedented scales of disruption, shifting and blurring the categories and meanings of the object. If the 20th Century demonstrated that humans can be treated like things whilst things can become ever more human, where will the 21st Century take us? The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Objects examines how objects have been created, used, interpreted and set loose in the world over the last 2500 years. Over this time, the West has developed particular attitudes to the material world, at the centre of which is the idea of the object. The themes covered in each volume are objecthood; technology; economic objects; everyday objects; art; architecture; bodily objects; object worlds.

scholarly journals Is the diversity of the Beach Flies adequately known? Some notes on the state of the art of current knowledge (Diptera: Canacidae)

2015 ◽  
pp. 99-111
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Munari
Keyword(s):  
Bay Of Bengal ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
West African ◽  
The State ◽  
South American ◽  
The West ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
The World

An overview of the major zoogeographical gaps in our knowledge of the world beach flies (subfamilies Apetaeninae, Horaismopterinae, Pelomyiinae, and Tethininae) is provided. The identified areas treated in this work are as follows: the subarctic Beringia, the South American circum-Antarctic islands, the Neotropical Region south of the equator, most of the West African seacoasts, the huge area ranging from India, across the Bay of Bengal, to Sumatra and Java, and most of Australia. Apart from the inhospitable northernmost and southernmost areas of the planet, which feature a real very low biodiversity, the remaining vast areas dealt with in this work woefully suffer a dramatic paucity of field collections, as well as of previously collected materials preserved in scientific institutions. This might seem a truism that, however, must be emphasized in order to unequivocally identify the geographic areas that need to be further investigated

Influence of tree species and compass bearing on insect folivory of nine common tree species in the West African savanna

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sybille B. Unsicker ◽  
Karsten Mody
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Insect Herbivory ◽  
West African ◽  
Leaf Damage ◽  
Tropical Rain Forests ◽  
The West ◽  
African Savanna ◽  
The World ◽  
Plant Animal Interactions

Levels of leaf damage due to insect folivory have been investigated in forests of different latitudes all over the world, but most research has concentrated on a few common forest types. Most studies of insect herbivory were conducted in (sub)tropical rain forests (Barone 1998, Basset 1996, Coley 1983, Lowman 1985), or in temperate forests (Landsberg & Ohmart 1989, Lowman & Heatwole 1992). In contrast, little is known about insect folivory of woody plants in tropical savannas (Fowler & Duarte 1991, Marquis et al. 2001, Ribeiro 2003, Stanton 1975), and no such data are available for the West African savanna ecosystem (Andersen & Lonsdale 1990). Savannas cover about 40% of the land surface of Africa and 20% of the world (Scholes & Walker 1993), and savanna trees may host considerable numbers of insects, including many herbivores (Grant & Moran 1986, Mody et al. 2003). Therefore, insect herbivory can be considered a potentially important aspect of plant–animal interactions for vast areas of tropical ecosystems, where it has been studied remarkably rarely so far.

Abdullah Quilliam’s International Influence

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent D. Singleton
Keyword(s):  
British Empire ◽  
West African ◽  
The West ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Muslim Communities

News concerning Abdullah Quilliam and his establishment of a community of British converts to Islam in Liverpool quickly spread across the world. This chapter agues that, as a well-placed convert in the heart of the British Empire, Quilliam symbolized many things to Muslim communities worldwide. Correspondingly, each group of Muslims perceived him in whatever light they needed to see him. The American converts to Islam saw a model, a mentor, and a mediator. For Muslims in the British Empire, particularly Africa, Quilliam provided a morale boost, a legitimatization for holding on to their religion and culture in the face of colonialism. Muslims outside of the British Empire considered Quilliam an agent for the spread of Islam in the West. This chapter discusses Quilliam’s relationship with these communities, focusing on American and West African Muslims.

Brain Drain between Counterterrorism and Globalization

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-89
Author(s):  
Ali A. Mazrui
Keyword(s):  
Brain Drain ◽  
World Trade ◽  
World Trade Center ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Western World ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
The West ◽  
The World ◽  
Trade Center ◽  
The Brain

The aftermath of September 11, 2001, may certainly be on its way toward affecting the “brain drain” from Africa. The 19 dead Arabs who were accused of having blown up the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and of hijacking the fourth plane were all cases of the brain drain from their own countries in one way or another. The effect of September 11 on immigration policies in the Western world appears to be greater scrutiny and reduced Western hospitality. There was a time when high scientific and technological qualifications were regarded as attractive credentials for immigration into the West.

scholarly journals Yam Breeding in Ghana

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Otoo
Keyword(s):  
Research Effort ◽  
West African ◽  
The West ◽  
Centre Of Excellence ◽  
The World ◽  
Asiatic Origin ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Orphan Crop ◽  
Tuber Crops

CSIR-Crops Research Institute of Ghana is the National Centre of Specialization (NCOs) for Root and Tuber Crops and migrating into a Regional Centre of Excellence (RCOE) in Root and Tuber research in the West African sub-region. Yam is one of the major root and tuber crops of importance in the sub-region and for that matter the NCOS. Even though yams are indigenous to the West African sub-region, with the exception of Dioscorea alata (Asiatic origin), yams are often aptly described as an orphan crop due to the relatively little research effort compared to its significance in the sub-region in particular and the world at large. Breeding of yams therefore can be a challenge due to little literature available on the subject matter. This paper looks at the historic perspective, what can be done presently and projects into future direction of yam breeding in Ghana and the world at large. It also serves as a guide for yam breeding in particular and root and tuber crops in general.

scholarly journals Physiotherapy education in Africa- The experience in Nigeria

1994 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-61
Author(s):  
Seyi L. Amosun
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
West African ◽  
African Unity ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The West ◽  
African Nation ◽  
The World ◽  
Physiotherapy Education ◽  
World Confederation

The African Rehabilitation Institute, an arm of the Organisation of African Unity, recently designed a physiotherapy education programme for implementation in African countries.  The West African sub-region, having one of the oldest physiotherapy education programmes in the continent, was not directly involved in the formulation of the programme.  A review of physiotherapy education in Nigeria, the first  African nation after South-Africa to be admitted into the membership of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy, shows that the programme recommended by the African Rehabilitation Institute is highly commendable.

scholarly journals Asylum Evaluations—The Physician's Dilemma

2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-304
Author(s):  
HARVEY M. WEINSTEIN ◽  
ERIC STOVER
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
World Trade ◽  
World Trade Center ◽  
The West ◽  
Government Regulations ◽  
University Of Leiden ◽  
The World ◽  
Trade Center ◽  
The University ◽  
World Trade Center Attacks

In the following paper, Annemiek Richters of the University of Leiden in the Netherlands addresses the dilemmas faced by health professionals who are asked to evaluate and provide supporting documentation for those refugees who seek political asylum in the countries of Europe. It is in the politically charged arena of asylum applications, government regulations, and public policy where bioethics, human rights, and health converge. Despite the 1951 Convention on Refugees, a treaty signed by nations around the world to safeguard the rights of those who are displaced, and other treaties that protect the rights of vulnerable populations, refugee and asylum policies have become increasingly strict in an effort to deter those who would seek safety. This tightening of borders in the countries of the West challenges physicians who find themselves caught between obligations to treat, to advocate, and to challenge policies that make treatment a potentially dangerous proposition. Unfortunately, the World Trade Center attacks have exacerbated the problem by labeling asylees and refugees as potential terrorists and subject to deportation.

Henry Smeathman, the Flycatcher

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deirdre Coleman
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
West Indies ◽  
West African ◽  
Middle Passage ◽  
The West ◽  
Plantation Slavery ◽  
West African Coast ◽  
The World ◽  
African Coast

In 1771 Joseph Banks, John Fothergill and other wealthy collectors sent a talented, self-taught naturalist to Sierra Leone to collect all things rare and curious, from moths to monkeys. The name of this collector was Henry Smeathman, an ingenious and enterprising Yorkshireman keen on improving his position in the world. His expedition to the West African coast, which coincided with a steep rise in British slave trading in this area, lasted four years during which time he built a house on the Banana Islands, married several times into the coast’s ruling dynasties, and managed to negotiate the tricky life of a ‘stranger’ bound to landlords and local customs. In this book, which draws on a rich and little-known archive of journals and letters, Coleman retraces Smeathman’s life and his attitudes to slavery, both African and European, as he shuttled between his home on the Bananas and two key Liverpool trading forts—Bunce Island and the Isles de Los. In the logistical challenges of tropical collecting and the dispatch of specimens across the middle passage we see the close connection forged in this period between science, collecting, and slavery. The book also reproduces and discusses Smeathman’s essay describing his journey on a fully slaved ship from West Africa to Barbados, a unique account because it is written by a passenger unconnected to the slave trade. After four years in the West Indies observing plantation slavery Smeathman returned to England to write his ‘Voyages and Travels’.

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