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Fierce climate, sacred ground : an ethnography of climate change in Shishmaref, Alaska /
Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground is an ethnographic account of the impacts of climate change in Shishmaref, Alaska. In this small Iupiaq community, flooding and erosion are forcing community members to consider relocation as the only possible solution for long-term safety. However, a tangled web of pol...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Fairbanks :
University of Alaska Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: It's the End of the World, and Shishmaref Is Everywhere
- Chapter 2: Unnatural Natural Disasters
- Chapter 3: Flooding and Erosion in Shishmaref: The Anatomy of a Climate Change Disaster
- Chapter 4: Seal Oil Lamps and Pre-Fab Housing: A History of Colonialism in Shishmaref
- Chapter 5: Finding a Way Forward: Trust, Distrust, and Alaska Native Relocation Planning in the Twenty-first Century
- Chapter 6: The Tenacity of Home
- Chapter 7: The Ethics of Climate Change
- Notes
- Index.