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Denise O'Brien Papers
Includes correspondence, fieldnotes, audio and visual materials, and other research.
Papers of Denise O'Brien
The collection documents farmers' politicization during the mid-1980s farm crisis and their political activity in response to agribusiness, environmental questions in agriculture, and economic hardship. Included are files of grassroots rural organizations which formed in response to the 1984-1985 farm crisis, notably Prairiefire Rural Action, the Iowa Farm Unity Coalition, the Iowa Peace Institute, and the Family Crisis Support Network in Atlantic, Iowa.
Creating Your Career
Creating Your Career is an easy-to-read summary of the best pieces of advice you will ever receive about work. Since we spend almost 1/3 of our adult life at work, learning how to navigate it more easily and with greater levels of satisfaction is time well-spent. This book is packed with stories and advice that the author has gathered over many years and from thousands of conversations with others, at different stages in their work-life journey. Regardless of where you are in your work-life journey, this book has something to offer. And, the good news is, that wherever you are is exactly where you were meant to be. Don't worry. You'll figure it out, utilizing the advice and insight contained in this book.
When a Dream Dies
Tucked into the files of Iowa State University’s Cooperative Extension Service is a small, innocuous looking pamphlet with the title Lenders: Working through the Farmer-Lender Crisis. The Cooperative Extension Service intended this publication to improve bankers’ empathy and communication skills, especially when facing farmers showing “Suicide Warning Signs.” After all, they were working with individuals experiencing extreme economic distress, and each banker needed to learn to “be a good listener.” What was important, too, was what was left unsaid. Iowa State published this pamphlet in April of 1986. Just four months earlier, farmer Dale Burr of Lone Tree, Iowa, had killed his w...
Farmer Jane
Farmer Jane profiles thirty women in the sustainable food industry, describing their agriculture and business models and illustrating the amazing changes they are making in how we connect with food. These advocates for creating a more holistic and nurturing food and agriculture system also answer questions on starting a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program, how to get involved in policy at local and national levels, and how to address the different types of renewable energy and finance them.
Rethinking Women's Roles
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.
Food Justice
The story of how the emerging food justice movement is seeking to transform the American food system from seed to table. In today's food system, farm workers face difficult and hazardous conditions, low-income neighborhoods lack supermarkets but abound in fast-food restaurants and liquor stores, food products emphasize convenience rather than wholesomeness, and the international reach of American fast-food franchises has been a major contributor to an epidemic of “globesity.” To combat these inequities and excesses, a movement for food justice has emerged in recent years seeking to transform the food system from seed to table. In Food Justice, Robert Gottlieb and Anupama Joshi tell the s...
The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders
An authoritative and comprehensive history of the Pacific islanders from 40,000 BC to the present day.
Ambulatory Surgical Nursing E-Book
Learn the multidisciplinary clinical knowledge and skills needed to provide effective nursing care in outpatient settings! Ambulatory Surgical Nursing reflects the advanced procedures being performed in ambulatory surgery today, as well as the latest medications and improvements in pain management techniques. Authored by the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) and edited by well-known perioperative nursing expert Theresa L. Clifford, this text addresses all aspects of patient care, from pre-admission to patient education, discharge, and recovery, with comprehensive coverage of surgical specialties in separate chapters for easy reference. Case studies in each chapter bring key c...
