Global Mountain Regions : : Conversations Toward the Future.

• Superior document: Framing the Global Series
• Author: Kingsolver, Ann.
• TeilnehmendeR: Balasundaram, Sasikumar.
• Place / Publishing House: Bloomington : : Indiana University Press,, 2018.; Ã2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Framing the Global Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (460 pages)

No matter where they are located in the world, communities living in mountain regions have shared experiences defined in large part by contradictions.

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• "Hard Times"
• 1. Introduction: Listening to Voices across Global Mountain Regions
• "Mother Jones' Farewell (I Was There)"
• 2. After Coal, through Film: Welsh and Appalachian Mining Communities
• "Wigan Pier"
• 3. Mountains, Coal, and Life in British Columbia and West Virginia
• 4. Black Diamonds
• 5. Historicizing Poverty and Marginalization in the Southern Mountain Regions of Malawi
• "Momma Was a Union Woman"
• 6. Voices for Community Rights in Amazonia
• "Blue Ridge Mountain Refugee"
• 7. Indigenous Social Movements in Mountain Regions
• "People Like You"
• 8. Rebuilding Mountain Communities after Natural and Human-Made Disasters
• "The Border Line"
• 9. Moving Heaven and Earth behind Mountains: Everyday Life for Displaced Migrants on the Haitian Side of the Haitian-Dominican Border
• "Black Gold"
• 10. Environment, Health, and Justice: Tracing the Connections in Global Mountain Regions
• "When the Morning Breaks"
• 11. Circulating News in Rural China and Appalachia
• 12. Thinking about the Future: Global Mountain Students and Educational Choices
• 13. Jirga: Everyday Peace-Building in Rural Mountain Communities of Pakistan
• 14. Mapping and Measuring Digital Divides in Mountain Regions: Global and Local Knowledge and Silences
• "My Old Times"
• 15. Artifacts of Home: The Landscape Speaks
• 16. Resonating with the Trees: Tracking Musical Instrument Tonewood between Appalachian and Carpathian Forest Environments
• "Traveler"
• 17. Appalachian and Carpathian Exchanges: Two Essays
• 18. Appalachian and Columbian Connections through Cerulean Warbler Migration: A Student Pen-Pal Project
• 19. Experience and Expertise: Confronting Climate Change in the Andes
• 20. Sustainable Livelihoods in Extreme Lands
• "Aragon Mill".
• 21. Comparing Rural Livelihood Transitions in the Catalan and Sardinian Regions of Europe and the Appalachian Region of the United States
• "Wild Rose of the Mountain"
• 22. Honey Corridors in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and Appalachian Coal Production Areas
• "The Gap (8,825 an Hour)"
• 23. Agricultural Sovereignty and Arabica Coffee Production in Ethiopia
• "The Flume"
• 24. Creating Sustainable Post-extraction Livelihoods in the Central Appalachian Coalfields
• "Gone, Gonna Rise Again"
• 25. Reforestation Can Contribute to a Regenerative Economy in Global Mining Regions
• "We're Still Here"
• 26. Palestinian Responsible Tourism for Cross-Cultural Understanding
• "A Time for Us All"
• 27. Conclusion: Conversations toward the Future in Global Mountain Regions
• Index.