Kirjahaku

Covering equity issues of sex, race, class, age, sexual orientation, and disability, this work presents creative, nontraditional narratives about performing social justice work, acknowledging the contributions of previous generations, describing current challenges, and appealing to readers to join the struggle toward a better world.Many would like to believe we are living as "post-racial" America, long past the days of discrimination and marginalization of people simply due to their race and minority status. However, editor Jennifer L. Martin and a breadth of expert contributors show that prejudice and discrimination are still very much alive in the United States. Sharing personal stories of challenges, aggressions, retaliations, and finally racial battle fatigue, these activists, practitioners, and scholars explain how they have been attacked—in subtle, shrouded, and sometimes outright ways—simply for whom and what they advocate: social justice.The stories within consist of discussions on the interconnections among equity issues: sex, race, class, age, sexual orientation, and disability. Furthermore, the work relates current events such as the banning of ethnic studies in Arizona and the shooting of Trayvon Martin to the battle for social justice. Other topics addressed include the ongoing problems of white supremacist beliefs, the challenges of teaching about the racist thinking that permeates our media and popular culture, and the harms of aggressions faced by minorities and those possessing multiple minority status. The unique narratives presented in this single-volume work combine the various approaches to answering questions about not only the necessity of fighting for social justice but also the impact of the struggle on its champions.

A breathtaking visual narrative of the legendary naturalist’s adventures and pioneering contributions to the life sciences In old age, Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) became arguably the most famous scientist of his day. He and his senior colleague, Charles Darwin, had independently discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection, which they jointly published in 1858. Yet this genius’s legacy was overshadowed by Darwin’s for more than a century. Alfred Russel Wallace in Paradise paints an unprecedented portrait of the indefatigable explorer and hero of science whose self-effacing modesty contributed to his long obscurity. Wallace pioneered our understanding of the mechanisms of evolution, humanity’s place in nature, the worldwide distribution of plants and animals, and tribal cultures. Anthropologist Richard Milner scoured Wallace’s journals and papers to recount the naturalist’s voyages to the Amazon and Malay Archipelago and his return to England—entirely in Wallace’s own words—while tracing the origins of his ideas on evolution, biogeography, animal coloration, and sexual selection. Newly illustrated maps, personal letters, and recent photographs of wildlife and tropical ecosystems bring his travels and theories vividly to life. With sumptuous images by award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim Laman and other artists, Alfred Russel Wallace in Paradise is a visually spectacular account of Wallace’s journeys and his enduring insights into biodiversity and evolution.