Encountering the World: Toward an Ecological Psychology

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Encountering the World reorients modern psychology by finding a viable middle ground between the study of nerve cells and cultural analysis. The emerging field of ecological psychology focuses on the "human niche" and our uniquely evolved modes of action and interaction. Rejecting both mechanistic cognitive science and reductionistic neuroscience, the author offers a new psychology that combines ecological and experimental methods to help us better understand the ways in which people and animals make their way through the world. The book provides a comprehensive treatment of ecological psychology and a unique synthesis of the work of Darwin, neural Darwinism, and modern ecologists with James Gibson's approach to perception. The author presents detailed discussions on communication, sociality, cognition, and language--topics often overlooked by ecological psychologists. Other issues covered include ecological approaches to animal behavior, neural mechanisms, perception, action, and interaction. Provocative and controversial, Encountering the World makes a significant contribution to the debate over the nature of psychology.

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creative thinker and excellent writer.......2000-08-11

I learned a great deal from this book-from beginning to end. Reed is not only a thinker of great scope but also of consistency. It's a little hard to tell that Reed is a philosopher and not just a psychologist, given how little philosophy he cites and how few purely conceptual arguments he engages in. But his theoretical consistency does give the book a strong philosophical cast.

Don't just read the first half of the book, where Reed lays out his conception of ecological psychology and explains how psychology is a much more ancient phenomenon in evolutionary history than we are led to believe by current cognitive science. The second half of the book offers interesting references to archeological and anthropological work for those whose primary interest is in psychology. It also describes early development in human childhood in a way that seems well aware of comparative-cultural issues. Thus the second part of the book could be interesting whether or not one is sympathetic to ecological psychology as a research program.

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Encountering the World: Toward an Ecological Psychology
Edward S. Reed Edward Reed
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OK4G0G

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Bacterial wilt is an important disease that limits the production of many crop plants in the warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of the world. Few other plant diseases are comparable in terms of diversity of host range and wide geographic distribution, as well as of economic importance. Host plants include banana, eggplant, ginger, peanut, pepper, potato, tobacco and tomato. This book is the first to provide a general but comprehensive review of the disease and the bacterium that causes it. It considers topics ranging from taxonomy, phylogeny and genetics, to control strategies, and provides up-to-date information on recent advances derived from molecular biological approaches. The bacterium is also increasingly being used as a model system for the study of host-parasite interactions. Therefore the book represents a standard reference volume for both bacteriologists and plant pathologists.

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You're never too young to go camping and canoeing. Certified canoeing instructors Rolf and Debra Kraiker have paddled thousands of miles together. Their sons, Kyle and Brendan, ages 9 and 12, have logged more wilderness miles than most adults three times their ages. In this compilation of practical advice and personal anecdotes, the Kraikers, both certified canoeing instructors, provide expert guidance on such topics as introducing children to the wilderness, preparing formula in the bush, choosing and packing food, selecting the right camping gear and clothing, training young paddlers, ensuring safety in all situations, and campsite activities to keep young campers, from infant to teenager, occupied and entertained.

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Rock art is one of humankind's most ancient forms of artistic expression, and one of its most enigmatic. For centuries, scholars and other observers have struggled to interpret the meaning of the mysterious figures incised or painted on natural rocks and to understand their role in the lives of their long-vanished creators. The Great Basin of the American West is especially rich in rock art, but until recently North American archaeologists have largely ignored these most visible monuments left by early Native Americans and have given little attention to the terrain surrounding them.

In Great Basin Rock Art, twelve respected rock art researchers examine a number of significant sites from the dual perspectives of settlement archaeology and contemporary Native American interpretations of the role of rock art in their cultural past. The authors demonstrate how modern archaeological methodology and interpretations are providing a rich physical and cultural context for these ancient and hitherto puzzling artifacts. They offer exciting new insights into the lives of North America's first inhabitants. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the petroglyphs of the American West and in the history of the Great Basin and its original peoples.

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Scholarly, in-depth scrutiny and hypothesis .......2007-04-12

Edited by Angus R. Quinlan, Ph.D. (deputy director of the Nevada Rock Art Foundation), Great Basin Rock Art: Archaeological Perspectives is an anthology of essays by learned authors concerning some of the most ancient cultural and artistic relics known to humankind. Topics include petroglyph dating, native and anthropological interpretations of cultural identity, a gender-inclusive view of the social context of rock art, and much more. A handful of black-and-white photographs and diagrams illustrate this scholarly, in-depth scrutiny and hypothesis of what rock art has to tell us of prehistoric culture.

Violence over the Land: Indians and Empires in the Early American West

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Violence over the Land: Indians and Empires in the Early American West
Ned Blackhawk
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
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ASIN: 0674022904

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American Indians remain familiar as icons, yet poorly understood as historical agents. In this ambitious book that ranges across Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and eastern California (a region known as the Great Basin), Ned Blackhawk places Native peoples squarely at the center of a dynamic and complex story as he chronicles two centuries of Indian and imperial history that profoundly shaped the American West.

On the distant margins of empire, Great Basin Indians increasingly found themselves engulfed in the chaotic storms of European expansion and responded in ways that refashioned themselves and those around them. Focusing on Ute, Paiute, and Shoshone Indians, Blackhawk illuminates this history through a lens of violence, excavating the myriad impacts of colonial expansion. Brutal networks of trade and slavery forged the Spanish borderlands, and the use of violence became for many Indians a necessary survival strategy, particularly after Mexican Independence when many became raiders and slave traffickers. Throughout such violent processes, these Native communities struggled to adapt to their changing environments, sometimes scoring remarkable political ends while suffering immense reprisals.

Violence over the Land is a passionate reminder of the high costs that the making of American history occasioned for many indigenous peoples, written from the vantage point of an Indian scholar whose own family history is intimately bound up in its enduring legacies.

Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of California and the Great Basin:

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Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of California and the Great Basin
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Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of California and the Great Basin:
Noel D. Justice
Manufacturer: Indiana University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0253339111

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Noel Justice adds another regional guide to his series of important reference works that survey, describe, and categorize the projectile point and cutting tools used in prehistory by Native American peoples. There are hundreds of drawings, organized by type cluster and other identifying characteristics. The book also includes distribution maps and color plates which will further aid the researcher or collector in identifying specific periods, cultures, and projectile types.

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Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of California and the Great Basin.......2006-03-21

An excellent guide for complete coverage of the many different types of projectile points found in this region. I have found this to be an invaluable field research reference in my work as a CRM archaeologist in this area of the Northwestern part of the Unites States.

Patricia L. Lyttle, B.S.
Research Archaeologist

Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points.......2003-06-21

This is a valuable reference material for anyone doing serious research on projectile points and cutting tools or for the collector/hobbyist.
The format is user friendly, the illustrations are excellent and the information is thorough.
This book is a great addition to any reference collection.

Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 11: Great Basin (Handbook of North American Indians)

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Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 11: Great Basin (Handbook of North American Indians)

Manufacturer: Smithsonian Institution
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ASIN: 0160045819

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Volume 11 covers the history and culture of the original inhabitants of the area which is now Nevada, Utah, western Colorado, portions of southern Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, eastern California, Arizona and New Mexico.

Homo americanus, an original American species

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Homo americanus, an original American species

Manufacturer: Discovery Books
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Binding: Paperback

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Paperback, 216 pages. ABSTRACT

Skeletal remains of an archaic man were found in the Great Basin of the United States. Radiocarbon date is 3500 years. Distinguishing features include protruding brows unlike those of any other hominid species, archaic or modern. The skull is broad based and the posterior view differs from that of modern man. Presented are 18 photographs of skull parts, 7 photographs of body and extremity bones, and 69 photographs of paleolithic artifacts. The claim is well supported that this is a newly reported species, and it is given the name Homo americanus.

It is proposed that this archaic species made and used the paleolithic artifacts found in huge numbers in the region. Appendixes I and II add parts of the author's books, Earliest Man of America in Oregon, U.S.A.; with photographs of paleolithic artifacts, and Originations of Life from Volcanoes and Petroleum. Some paleolithic tools are claimed to be 3-4 million years old. The author bases his theory of multiple originations of life on fundamentals of geology, physics, chemistry, biology, and observations of plants and animals. The presented archaic man found in North America provides additional support for that theory. CONSISTENT RECENT REPORT

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Written for the informed and interested amateur archaeologist. An excellent fact-filled book that teaches the archaeological history of man and their tools, migration, and entry into the Great Basin. Complete with detailed maps, helpful charts, illustrations, and glossary.

Len Ettinger has been a registered geologist and licensed attorney in the state of Idaho for more than 25 years. He is the author of Rockhound and Prospector's Bible, The Best of Virginia City, and U.S. 395 Travelguide - Reno to Los Angeles, which has sold a total of more than 20,000 copies. A Nevada resident since 1984, he now lives near Virginia City.

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Stone Age in the Great Basin
Emory Strong
Manufacturer: Binford & Mort Pubs
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0832301345

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Sprawl creates and contributes to habitat loss, fragmentation, pollution, and a host of other environmental problems. This new collection focuses on the impact of sprawl on biodiversity and the measures that can be taken to alleviate it. With contributions from leading biological and social scientists, conservationists, and land-use professionals, Nature in Fragments examines the genesis of sprawl, its effect on species, and the ways in which it alters natural communities, ecosystems, and natural processes. Issues discussed include the impact of sprawl on freshwater ecosystems, the economics of biodiversity in urbanizing landscapes, building public awareness of the impact of sprawl, conserving biodiversity through better-informed planning, and assessing the effectiveness of conservation efforts.

The contributors illustrate the need to more comprehensively integrate biodiversity issues, concerns, and needs into the growing number of antisprawl initiatives, including the "smart growth" and "new urbanist" movements. By combining scientific and public-policy discussions, this collection enriches the efforts of those working to create more sustainable human environments.

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Are Children More Vulnerable to Environmental Chemicals?: Scientific and Regulatory Issues in Perspective

Manufacturer: American
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0972709401

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Activities and Organophosphate exposures: need for the numbers.(Perspectives: Correspondence) : An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
Robert I. Krieger , and Xiaofei Zhang
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000BR6KTM
Release Date: 2005-10-13

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Title: Activities and Organophosphate exposures: need for the numbers.(Perspectives: Correspondence)
Author: Robert I. Krieger
Publication: Environmental Health Perspectives (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2004
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Volume: 112 Issue: 13 Page: A724(2)

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Activities and organophosphate exposures: response.(Perspectives: Correspondence) : An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives

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Activities and organophosphate exposures: response.(Perspectives: Correspondence) : An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
Gloria Coronado , Beti Thompson , Larkin Strong , William C. Griffith , and Ilda Islas
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Title: Activities and organophosphate exposures: response.(Perspectives: Correspondence)
Author: Gloria Coronado
Publication: Environmental Health Perspectives (Magazine/Journal)
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Volume: 112 Issue: 13 Page: A725(2)

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Adding up to no good?(Food Safety): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives

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Adding up to no good?(Food Safety): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
Michael Szpir
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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ASIN: B000N0XA0Y
Release Date: 2007-01-30

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Title: Adding up to no good?(Food Safety)
Author: Michael Szpir
Publication: Environmental Health Perspectives (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 114 Issue: 4 Page: A218(1)

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Agricultural pesticide use and hypospadias in eastern Arkansas.(Children's Health): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives

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Agricultural pesticide use and hypospadias in eastern Arkansas.(Children's Health): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
Kristy J. Meyer , John S. Reif , D.N. Rao Veeramachaneni , Thomas J. Luben , Bridget S. Mosley , and John R. Nuckols
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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ASIN: B000OI06RK
Release Date: 2007-03-15

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Title: Agricultural pesticide use and hypospadias in eastern Arkansas.(Children's Health)
Author: Kristy J. Meyer
Publication: Environmental Health Perspectives (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2006
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Volume: 114 Issue: 10 Page: 1589(7)

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The apple bites back: claiming old orchards for residential development.(Focus): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives

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The apple bites back: claiming old orchards for residential development.(Focus): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
Ernie Hood
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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ASIN: B000OI05SK
Release Date: 2007-03-15

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This digital document is an article from Environmental Health Perspectives, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2006. The length of the article is 4702 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The apple bites back: claiming old orchards for residential development.(Focus)
Author: Ernie Hood
Publication: Environmental Health Perspectives (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 114 Issue: 8 Page: A470(7)

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Assessment of estrogenic endocrine-disrupting chemical actions in the brain using in vivo somatic gene transfer.(Research): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives

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Assessment of estrogenic endocrine-disrupting chemical actions in the brain using in vivo somatic gene transfer.(Research): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives
Vance L. Trudeau , Nathalie Turque , Sebastien Le Mevel , Caroline Alliot , Natacha Gallant , Laurent Coen , Farzad Pakdel , and Barbara Demeneix
Manufacturer: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0009H3LGE
Release Date: 2006-07-14

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Title: Assessment of estrogenic endocrine-disrupting chemical actions in the brain using in vivo somatic gene transfer.(Research)
Author: Vance L. Trudeau
Publication: Environmental Health Perspectives (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Volume: 113 Issue: 3 Page: 329(6)

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Association of in utero organochlorine pesticide exposure and fetal growth and length of gestation in an agricultural population.(Research: Children's ... from: Environmental Health Perspectives

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Association of in utero organochlorine pesticide exposure and fetal growth and length of gestation in an agricultural population.(Research: Children's ... from: Environmental Health Perspectives
Laura Fenster , Brenda Eskenazi , Meredith Anderson , Asa Bradman , Kim Harley , Hedy Hernandez , Alan Hubbard , and Dana B. Barr
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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ASIN: B000N0XA9K
Release Date: 2007-01-30

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Title: Association of in utero organochlorine pesticide exposure and fetal growth and length of gestation in an agricultural population.(Research: Children's Health)
Author: Laura Fenster
Publication: Environmental Health Perspectives (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 114 Issue: 4 Page: 597(6)

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Attributing effects of aqueous [c.sub.60] nano-aggregates to tetrahydrofuran decomposition products in larval zebrafish by assessment of gene expression.(Research): ... from: Environmental Health Perspectives

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Attributing effects of aqueous [c.sub.60] nano-aggregates to tetrahydrofuran decomposition products in larval zebrafish by assessment of gene expression.(Research): ... from: Environmental Health Perspectives
Theodore B. Henry , Fu-Min Menn , James T. Fleming , John Wilgus , Robert N. Compton , and Gary S. Sayler
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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ASIN: B000VE5T7E
Release Date: 2007-08-23

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Title: Attributing effects of aqueous [c.sub.60] nano-aggregates to tetrahydrofuran decomposition products in larval zebrafish by assessment of gene expression.(Research)
Author: Theodore B. Henry
Publication: Environmental Health Perspectives (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2007
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Volume: 115 Issue: 7 Page: 1059(7)

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Bad news sells.(Book Review): An article from: Regulation

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Bad news sells.(Book Review): An article from: Regulation
Angela Logomasini
Manufacturer: Cato Institute
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This digital document is an article from Regulation, published by Cato Institute on December 22, 2003. The length of the article is 944 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Bad news sells.(Book Review)
Author: Angela Logomasini
Publication: Regulation (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 2003
Publisher: Cato Institute
Volume: 26 Issue: 4 Page: 55(1)

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This book provides an in-depth background to better understanding of finite element results and techniques for improving accuracy of finite element methods. Thus, the reader is able to identify and eliminate errors contained in finite element models. Three different error analysis techniques are systematically developed from a common theoretical foundation: 1) modeling erros in individual elements; 2) discretization errors in the overall model; 3) point-wise errors in the final stress or strain results.
Thoroughly class tested with undergraduate and graduate students. A Unified Approach to the Finite Element Method and Error Analysis Procedures is sure to become an essential resource for students as well as practicing engineers and researchers.

* New, simpler element formulation techniques, model-independent results, and error measures
* New polynomial-based methods for identifying critical points
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* Accessible to undergraduates, insightful to researchers, and useful to practitioners
* Taylor series (polynomial) based
* Intuitive elemental and point-wise error measures
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A Unified Approach To The Finite Element Method And Error Analysis Procedures

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A Unified Approach To The Finite Element Method And Error Analysis Procedures
John O., Dow
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The usual liberal white guilt

Excellent book!

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A white activist who's tired of white guilt

Lies, fallacies, and unfounded garbage: A "How to" guide for hating white people

White Privilege: Essential Readings on the Other Side of Racism
Paula S. Rothenberg
Manufacturer: Worth Publishers
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The usual liberal white guilt.......2006-12-16

"Scholars" like Rothenberg love to choose subjects like racism, Native American history, and feminism. They do this because these subjects allow them to not only feel "multicultural," but to feel as if they are somehow saying, "I told you so" to American conservatives and any white citizens who might feel that racism is overblown.

The fact is, racism is overblown. Take Hurricane Katrina for instance. African Americans and liberal whites were screaming, "RACISM!!" after the failure of FEMA to respond effectively to the disaster. This argument dies when you look at FEMA's response to Hurricane Andrew in 1992. That hurricane decimated predominantly white neighborhoods in Miami to the point that the chief of Miami disaster relief, Kate Hale, said, "Where the hell's the cavalry?" FEMA did not respond effectively then. In fact, they have never responded effectively to a major disaster. But, I suppose Katrina is different, right? Wrong.

Katrina is only one example in a sea of them. The Paula Rothenbergs of the world like to use South Africa as an example. They claim that country came together for a national dialog and collectively eliminated Apartheid. What they fail to acknowledge is the fact that their "invisible racism" is still alive an well in South Africa and always will be. White South African shop owners still prefer white South African customers. This will never change, no matter how many books like Rothenberg's are published.

There has never been a society without subtle preferences for one's own race and there never will be. As long as people like Paula continue to press white people for ever more "progress" on this "invisible racism," they'll merely push this supposed invisible-racism-free utopia further away.

Excellent book!.......2006-09-13

This book is highly readable and the analysis is very good. The only reason people would be reacting so negatively is if they have an investment in perpetuating racism. If you do not, then you will appreciate this book and its contribution to helping us understand the dynamics of privilege and how we can unconsciously fuel racism. The first step to changing something is understanding it. Nothing is helped by sticking your head in the sand and denying a problem exists. I encourage everyone who cares about ending the racist (and sexist and classist) power structure in our society to read this book.

Read for Class.......2006-01-31

This book was a pretty good source of article information for a class I took. If you are looking for something that helps open the mind regarding what "white" means in race/status this is the book for you.

A white activist who's tired of white guilt.......2005-12-07

It wasn't long ago that I was a very active and outspoken advocate of social change, an activist if you will. I marched on the WTO convention in Seattle and have joined numerous activist groups in protesting the ills of American society, the economy and our awful "President" Bush and his senseless wars on Afghanistan and Iraq. I would like to see a reformed America where people are truly equal. One thing I was fond of taking a stance against was racism, or at least, what I thought was racism.

However, after attending rally after rally and marching alongside everyone from Black Power advocates, La Raza, gay/lesbian/bisexual rights workers, punk rock anarchists and various Maoist and Marxist groups(a philosophy I have since renounced), I slowly began to realize that "racism" when spoken by activists on the Left had a different meaning than what I thought it was. Racim basically equals white people, and white people equals bad.

I cannot march with such hypocrites anymore. I will not stand up for equality when I'm told I should be ashamed for what my ancestors did, nevermind that those accusers know nothing of who my ancestors were and what they experienced. I'm tired of being guilty for being white. When I discussed this with a La Raza member at a recent antiwar demonstration he merely replied "Well, I hate to say it, but you guys kinda deserve it...I mean, you did invent it."

It is this kind of idiocy that permeates the anti-racist movement in America. When they talk of racism, what they really mean is bad bad Whitey, slavery, and "Eurocentrism". But never do you hear about the thousand year old oppression of the Irish by their Anglo Saxon neighbors in England. Rarely will you hear about the discimination faced by Lapps in Finland. And if you mention the Rwandan genocide of the Tutsis people will claim that whites instigated it and turn a blind eye to similarly brutal tribal warfare in other parts of Africa. Mention the vicious attacks upon black Sudanese by Arabs of the north and you'll get confused looks. Mention the name Idi Amin and you'll get people asking "Who?".

Taking a stand against racism means you should take a stand against ALL FORMS OF RACISM! It isn't race exclusive. If African powers colonized America instead of European ones and whites or other ethnic groups were enslaved then the result would be the same! Have whites committed atrocities against peoples of different color? Of course. Have blacks? Oh yes. Have asians? Some of the worst in human history.

The point of my argument is that human beings are human beings, and all are capable of brutality against those they feel are different. This includes the Aztecs and Mayans that Latino activists like La Raza and MeCHA are so fond of admiring, and African civilizations such as Kush and Nubia that Afrocentric intellectuals fawn over. It is just as Nieztche said: The strongest and most succesful of nations are those who are well practiced in cruelty.

If anything, the anti-racist movement in America promotes segregation and isolationism more than it promotes peace and tolerance. Basically, their core belief is that whites are bad, but everyone else is ok. Because of this, I cannot in good conscience support a movement which seeks a racist role-reversal instead of destroying racism in all its forms utterly and completely.

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Lies, fallacies, and unfounded garbage: A "How to" guide for hating white people.......2005-11-29

This book is ridiculously myopic and ignorant at best, extremely racist at worst.

If you are intelligent enough to realize that word "racism" applies to all races, then you don't need this book. If, however, you think that the only people who are racist are whites, make sure you pick this book up to for your propaganda horse-blinders.

Simply because the book is well written does not make it true. If the author states something as fact, don't buy into it. If the author cites a source, check out the source; it will be, without a doubt, written by someone who shares the exact same mendacious views (Who's parroting now?). Citing a source that is without any genuinely academic purpose does not create a strong foundation for supporting an already weak hypothesis. Even the author, within the first 10 pages, admits that what she is trying to prove is "invisible", and therefore that much more insidious. In other words, the department of "I just pulled these stats, findings, thoughts, citations, and facts out of my rear" is alive and well within this book.

If you read this book with an open-mind, and you haven't already been tainted by one side or the other, you'll see more hypocrisy in this book than a book titled "Why I Love and Practice Democracy" written by Joseph Stalin. Within the first two chapters you'll find yourself wanting to debate the author, calling her out on her BS, and asking her why there aren't inter-connected footnotes that chronicle her contradictions.

If I could give it zero stars, I would. The book does nothing but stoke the coals of racial tensions, persuading those who believe in "The Man" and "The System" to dig in their heels with their misguided and misinformed positions.

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