LibGuides: Virtual Displays: December Displays

December Virtual Displays

The virtual displays for December are December Holidays, Genocide Prevention Day, International Day for Persons with Disabilities, and World Pollution Prevention Day.

The following sections have a variety of topics regarding both displays. Physical displays can also be found by the main circulation desk in the John E. Robbins Library.

December Holidays

Christmas is a hybrid of Christian tradition with secular gift giving. Hanukkah is a Hebrew holiday symbolized by the menorah over 8 days. Kwanzaa celebrates African-American culture and the African diaspora as a whole. These three holidays are widely celebrated across Canada so this book has many books to cover them.

Genocide Prevention Day

Held annually on December 9th since 1948, Genocide Prevention Day was created by the United Nations to raise awareness and prevention of genocides. This display honors that to cover the history, prevention, and reconciliation of genocides.

International Day for Persons with Disabilities

IDPD is held on December 3rd annually to commemorate several things: promoted leadership of people with disabilities, ensure their inclusion, raise awareness of their rights, and celebrate their achievements. This display focuses on disability studies as well as equity and inclusion.

World Pollution Prevention Day

Created in part by the United Nations and several environmental groups, this holiday was created to educate people and help mitigate global pollution before it is too late. This display covers environmental ethics, environmental justice, as well as pollution and its mitigation.

December Holidays

America's Favorite Holidays by Bruce David Forbes
ISBN: 0520960440

Publication Date: 2015-10-27

America's Favorite Holidays explores how five of America's culturally important holidays--Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving--came to be what they are today, seasonal and religious celebrations heavily influenced by modern popular culture. Deftly distilling information from a wide range of sources, Bruce David Forbes reveals often-surprising answers to questions about each holiday's traditions. Appealing and insightful, America's Favorite Holidays satisfies our curiosity about the origins of our holidays and the fascinating ways in which religion and culture mix.
Auntie Claus and the Key to Christmas by Elise Primavera (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7. P93535A86

ISBN: 9780152024413

Publication Date: 2002-10-01

It's getting toward Christmas at the Bing Cherry Hotel, and Auntie Claus is preparing for her annual "business trip." Just before she is ready to leave, her favorite nephew, Christopher Kringle, begins to have doubts about the family business. To settle the matter, Auntie Claus summons Chris for tea, but like any self-respecting Kringle, Chris decides to take matters into his own hands: He plans to get on the Bad-Boys-and-Girls List on purpose! Even after his older sister, Sophie, reveals that their great-aunt, Auntie Claus, is really Santa's sister, Chris needs to see for himself, in order to believe.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; Shona McKellar (Abridged by); Andrew Wheatcroft
ISBN: 9780789420701

Publication Date: 1997-10-01

A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
The Christmas Coat by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve; Ellen Beier (Illustrator)
Call Number: PS3569. N474Z46 2011

ISBN: 9780823421343

Publication Date: 2011-07-01

Virginia's coat is too small and hardly protects her from the frigid South Dakata winter. As Christmas approaches, all the children on the Sioux reservation look forward to receiving boxes full of clothing sent by congregations in the East. Virginia spots a beautiful gray fur coat but holds back tears as it is claimed by one of her classmates. Later, virginia can't believe what Mama brings home. Based on an event from the author's childhood, this picture book captures the true spirit of Christmas.
Christmas in North Korea by Adnan I. Qureshi (author)
ISBN: 1527555704

Publication Date: 2020

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is perhaps one of the least-visited places in the world. Geopolitical issues have often denied historians and travelers an opportunity to fulfill their aspirations of visiting this nation. Perhaps the greatest loss is the lack of opportunity to get to know the 25 million people in North Korea as people with emotions, families, traditions, and most of all, a desire for friendship and hospitality. This book introduces the reader to some of these aspects through rarely seen photographs and descriptions acquired during the author's own travels.
The Christmas Truce by Terri Blom Crocker; Peter. Grant (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780813166179

Publication Date: 2015-11-10

In late December 1914, German and British soldiers on the western front initiated a series of impromptu, unofficial ceasefires. Enlisted men across No Man's Land abandoned their trenches and crossed enemy lines to sing carols, share food and cigarettes, and even play a little soccer. Collectively known as the Christmas Truce, these fleeting moments of peace occupy a mythical place in remembrances of World War I. Yet new accounts suggest that the heartwarming tale ingrained in the popular imagination bears little resemblance to the truth.
Circle of Wonder by N. Scott Momaday
Call Number: PS3563. O47C57 1999

ISBN: 9780826321497

Publication Date: 1999-08-01

Circle of Wonder centers upon a world that is so dear to the author as to be engraved on their memory forever. The night sky was radiant; the silence was vast and serene. In all the years of my life I have not gone farther into the universe. I have not known better the essence of peace and the sense of eternity. I have come no closer to the understanding of the most holy.
Inventing the Christmas Tree by Bernd Brunner; Benjamin A. Smith (Editor)
ISBN: 1283742314

Publication Date: 2012-01-01

A colorfully decorated Christmas tree, lit with twinkling lights, provokes awe and delight. We understand the lighted tree as a central symbol of the Christmas season, but what are the roots of the tradition? Who first thought to bedeck a tree, to bring it inside? How and where did the local activity grow into a widespread tradition, and how has the Christmas tree traveled across time and continents? Bernd Brunner's brief history--enriched by a selection of delightful and unusual historical illustrations--spans many centuries and cultures to illuminate the mysteries of the Christmas tree and its enduring hold on the human imagination.
The Miracle of the First Poinsettia by Joanne F. Oppenheim; Fabian Negrin (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ8.1. O57M57 2003

ISBN: 9781841482453

Publication Date: 2003-10-01

The Miracle of the First Poinsettia is a beautiful alternative to the traditional nativity story. In this extraordinary collaboration, Fabian Negrin brings his warm, glowing scenes to Joanne Oppenheim's thoughtful narrative, transporting readers to Old-World Mexico as a young girl's trust leads her straight into a miracle.
The Public Work of Christmas by Pamela E. Klassen (Editor); Monique Scheer (Editor)
ISBN: 9780773556782

Publication Date: 2019-06-15

Christmas is not a holiday just for Christians anymore, if it ever was. Embedded in calendars around the world and long a lucrative merchandising opportunity, Christmas enters multicultural, multi-religious public spaces, provoking both festivity and controversy, hospitality and hostility. The Public Work of Christmas provides a comparative historical and ethnographic perspective on the politics of Christmas in multicultural contexts ranging from a Jewish museum in Berlin to a shopping boulevard in Singapore.

All the Lights in the Night by Arthur A. Levine; James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7. L57824A5

ISBN: 0688101070

Publication Date: 1991-10-01

Moses and his little brother Benjamin find a way to celebrate Hanukkah during their dangerous emigration to Palestine.
And You Shall Tell Your Son: Identity and Belonging As Shaper by the Jewish Holidays by Yitzhak. (Itzik) Peleg
ISBN: 1644698323

Publication Date: 2022

This book explores the cycle of Jewish holidays, which reflects a sense of identity with, and belonging to, the Jewish people, while simultaneously shaping that identity and sense of belonging. Throughout the generations, observance of the holidays has developed and changed, thus enabling generations of Jews, in their various communities, to define their own national identity and sense of belonging.
Chanukah by David F. Marx
Call Number: BM695. H3M37

ISBN: 0516271520

Publication Date: 2000-09-01

Following the well-known and much-loved Rookie Books format, these fun and informative books introduce early elementary-school children to the basic facts about major holidays. Each book explains the development of the holiday and how it is celebrated today, and includes holiday games, traditions, crafts, and foods.
Hanukkah by L. L. Owens; Holli Conger (Illustrator)
Call Number: BM695. H3O94 2010

ISBN: 9781602706033

Publication Date: 2009-09-01

The Cultural Holidays illustrated nonfiction book Hanukkah teaches young readers about the background, traditions, foods, and celebrations of the Jewish holiday. Easy-to-read text combines with colorful illustrations to provide entertainment and facts for even the youngest audience.
The Hanukkah Anthology by Philip Goodman (Editor)
ISBN: 9780827613188

Publication Date: 2018-07-01

Back by popular demand, the classic JPS holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age. The Hanukkah Anthology delves into the stories and messages of Hanukkah as they have unfolded in Jewish literature over the past two thousand years: biblical intimations of the festival, postbiblical writings, selections from the Talmud and midrashim, excerpts from medieval books, home liturgies, laws and customs, observances in different nations, stories and poems, art, and recipes.
Hanukkah in America by Dianne Ashton
ISBN: 1479819719

Publication Date: 2013-01-01

For the past two hundred years, American Jews have been transforming the ancient holiday of Hanukkah from a simple occasion into something grand. Each year, as they retell its story and enact its customs, they bring their ever-changing perspectives and desires to its celebration. Providing an attractive alternative to the Christian dominated December, rabbis and lay people alike have addressed contemporary hopes by fashioning an authentically Jewish festival that blossomed in their American world.
The Hanukkah Mice by Maggie Kneen (Illustrator); Ronne Randall
Call Number: PZ7.R1584H36

ISBN: 9780811836234

Publication Date: 2002-09-01

In the tradition of the best-selling The Christmas Surprise and The Golden Egg comes this sweet story of the Hanukkah mice. With flaps hiding shiny foil suprises, readers will find a different Hanukkah tradition on each page, until the very end when they finally discover the beautiful menorah, with all eight candles burning bright.
The Menorah: Evolving into the Most Important Jewish Symbol by Rachel Hachlili
ISBN: 9789004375024

Publication Date: 2018-08-21

The Menorah, the ancient seven-armed candelabrum, was the most important Jewish symbol both in the Land of Israel and the Diaspora. The menorah was the most important of the Temple vessels and it also came to symbolize Judaism, when it was necessary to distinguish synagogues and Jewish tombs from Christian or pagan structures. This book is a continuation of Hachlili's earlier comprehensive study, The Menorah, the Ancient Seven-armed Candelabrum: Origin, Form and Significance. Brill, 2001. It entails the compilation and study of the material of the past two decades, presenting the theme of the menorah, focusing on its development, form, meaning, significance, and symbolism in antiquity.
Northern Lights by Diana Cohen Conway; Shelly O. Haas (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7. C76842N67 1994

ISBN: 9780929371795

Publication Date: 2004-01-01

When a storm grounds their plane, Sara and her dad celebrate the first night of Hanukkah with a Yupik Eskimo family. By the light of an oil lamp, they share stories, eat fried bread, and witness the colorful glow of the Northern Lights...a Hanukkah celebration after all. Warm, wonderful watercolors illuminate this eloquent story.

Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Kwanzaa by Carolyn Otto
Call Number: GT4403. O88 2008

ISBN: 9781426303203

Publication Date: 2008-10-14

Celebrate Kwanzaa continues the spectacular Holidays Around the World series by focusing on this African-American holiday, which falls during the festive, gift-giving season and is celebrated by families, communities, and schools throughout America. With succinct, lively text and beautiful photographs, the book celebrates African-American culture and helps us to understand and appreciate this special holiday.
Kwanzaa by Molly Aloian
Call Number: GT4403. A46 2008

ISBN: 9780778742845

Publication Date: 2008-09-30

Kwanzaa is an African American festival that celebrates family, community and culture. It began in 1966 and based on various African harvest festivals in an attempt to bring African Americans together and remind them of their roots.
Kwanzaa by Keith A. Mayes
ISBN: 9780415998543

Publication Date: 2009-07-29

Since 1966, Kwanzaa has been celebrated as a black holiday tradition - an annual recognition of cultural pride in the African American community. But how did this holiday originate, and what is its broader cultural significance? Kwanzaa: Black Power and the Making of the African-American Holiday Tradition explores the political beginning and later expansion of Kwanzaa, from its start as a Black Power holiday, to its current place as one of the most mainstream of the black holiday traditions.
Kwanzaa by Sheila Anderson; Holli Conger (Illustrator)
Call Number: GT4403. A52 2010

ISBN: 9781602706040

Publication Date: 2009-09-01

The Cultural Holidays illustrated nonfiction book Kwanzaa teaches young readers about the background, traditions, foods, and celebrations of the African-American holiday. Easy-to-read text combines with colorful illustrations to provide entertainment and facts for even the youngest audience. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades P-4.
Kwanzaa and Me by Vivian G. Paley
ISBN: 9780674505858

Publication Date: 1995-02-28

All these white schools I've been sent to are racist, Sonya says. I'd have done better in a black school. I was an outsider here. These are hard words for Vivian Paley, whose own kindergarten was one of Sonya's schools, the integrated classroom depicted by Paley in White Teacher. Confronted with the grown-up Sonya, now on her way to a black college, and with a chorus of voices questioning the fairness and effectiveness of integrated education, Paley sets out to discover the truth about the multicultural classroom from those who participate in it.
Rookie Read-About Holidays: Kwanzaa by David F. Marx
Call Number: GT4403. M37

ISBN: 0516222074

Publication Date: 2000-09-01

Introduces the history, customs, meaning, and celebration of Kwanzaa.
A Very Special Kwanzaa by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate; Debbi Chocolate
Call Number: PZ7. C4462V47

ISBN: 0590848623

Publication Date: 1996-11-01

Charlie's school is holding a Kwanzaa Festival, and he doesn't want any part of it. Last year, he was chosen to stand in front of the entire class wearing a dashiki, beads, and sandals- in the middle of winter! When the class jerk decided to crack jokes about Charlie's outfit, he became the clown of the third grade. This year he just wants things to be normal. But Charlie soon learns that Kwanzaa is a celebration of creativity and caring.

Genocide Prevention Day

Blood and Soil by Ben Kiernan
Call Number: HV6322.7. K54B56 2007

ISBN: 9780300144253

Publication Date: 2009-02-17

This book examines outbreaks of mass violence from the classical era to the present, focusing on worldwide colonial exterminations and 20th-century case studies including the Armenian genocide, the Nazi Holocaust, Stalin's mass murders, and the Cambodian and Rwandan genocides. He identifies connections, patterns, and features that in nearly every case gave early warning of the catastrophe to come: racism or religious prejudice, territorial expansionism, and cults of antiquity and agrarianism. The author urges that we heed the rich historical evidence with its telltale signs for predicting and preventing future genocides.
Eating Fire, Tasting Blood by MariJo Moore (Editor)
Call Number: E91. E18 2006

ISBN: 1560258381

Publication Date: 2006-06-22

As you walk out of your front door tomorrow morning, look down. Look to your left and to your right. Touch the earth: the concrete, the sidewalk, or whatever surrounds you. Undoubtedly you will be touching the layered coverings of the remains of indigenous peoples. Not arrowheads, not broken pieces of pottery -- but the very DNA of the first peoples of this continent. For five centuries -- from Columbus's arrival in 1492 to the U.S. Army's massacre of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee in the 1890s, to the renewed assault in the 1970s -- our continent's indigenous people endured the most massive and systematic act of genocide in the history of the world. This is not a collection of essays about Native Americans but rather a collection BY Native Americans -- the story of native holocaust on a tribe-by-tribe level as told by those few who have been fortunate enough to survive.
Extraordinary Evil : A Brief History of Genocide by Barbara Coloroso
Call Number: HV6322.7. C65 2008

ISBN: 9780143051589

Publication Date: 2008

This book examines 3 clearly defined genocides and deconstructs the causes of genocide and its consequences, both to the immediate victims and to the fabric of the world at large, and proposes the conditions that must exist in order to eradicate this evil from the world. Based on the author's 20 years of research and extensive travel, it is an urgently needed work in an age when acts of genocide seem to occur more frequently and are in the public's consciousness more than ever before.
Genocide by Jane Springer
Call Number: HV6322.7. S66 2006

ISBN: 9780888996824

Publication Date: 2006-07-01

This book explores the paradox that while a person who murders another person can be tried and even executed for the crime, a person who murders hundreds or thousands of people usually goes free. Using case studies the book points out their unique character while at the same time establishing important links between them. Most important, the book answers the question, what can be done to prevent genocide from happening in the future?
Genocide : A Reader by Jens Meierhenrich
Call Number: HV6322.7. G447 2014

ISBN: 9780195377705

Publication Date: 2014-01-23

Genocide is a phenomenon that continues to confound scholars, practitioners, and general readers. Notwithstanding the carnage of the twentieth century, our understanding of genocide remains partial. This book lays the foundations for an improved understanding of genocide. With the help of 150 essential contributions, it provides a unique introduction to the myriad dimensions of genocide and to the breadth and range of critical thinking that exists concerning it.
Genocide : A World History by Norman M. Naimark
Call Number: HV6322.7. N348G46 2017

ISBN: 9780199765263

Publication Date: 2016-12-01

Genocide occurs in every time period and on every continent. Using the 1948 U.N. definition of genocide as its departure point, this book examines the main episodes in the history of genocide from the beginning of human history to the present. It shows that genocide both changes over time, depending on the character of major historical periods, and remains the same in many of its murderous dynamics. The author examines cases of genocide as distinct episodes of mass violence, but also in historical connection with earlier episodes.
Genocide Lives in Us by Jennie E. Burnet
Call Number: DT450.44. B87 2012

ISBN: 9780299286446

Publication Date: 2012-11-19

This book provides a unique grassroots perspective on a post-conflict society. Anthropologist Jennie E. Burnet relates with sensitivity the heart-wrenching survival stories of ordinary Rwandan women and uncovers political and historical themes in their personal narratives. She shows that women's leading role in Rwanda's renaissance resulted from several factors: the dire post-genocide situation that forced women into new roles; advocacy by the Rwandan women's movement; and the inclusion of women in the post-genocide government.
Genocide of Indigenous Peoples by Robert Hitchcock (Editor)
Call Number: HV6322.7. G4666 2011

ISBN: 9781412814959

Publication Date: 2010-11-15

An estimated 350 to 600 million indigenous people reside across the globe. Numerous governments fail to recognize its indigenous peoples living within their borders. This book offers a clear message for genocide scholars and others concerned with crimes against humanity and genocide: much greater attention must be paid to the plight of all peoples, indigenous and otherwise, no matter how small in scale, how little-known, how "invisible" or hidden from view.
Surviving Genocide by Jeffrey Ostler
Call Number: E93. O78S87 2019

ISBN: 9780300218121

Publication Date: 2019-06-11

This book investigates how American democracy relied on Indian dispossession and the federally sanctioned use of force to remove or slaughter Indians in the way of U.S. expansion. It charts the losses that Indians suffered from relentless violence and upheaval and the attendant effects of disease, deprivation, and exposure. The author also documents the resilience of Native people, showing how they survived genocide by creating alliances, defending their towns, and rebuilding their communities.
Women and Genocide by Elissa Bemporad (Editor); Joyce W. Warren (Editor)
Call Number: HV6322.7. W644 2018

ISBN: 0253033837

Publication Date: 2018-04-10

In this book human rights advocates and scholars come together to argue that the memory of trauma is gendered and that women's voices and perspectives are key to our understanding of the dynamics that emerge in the context of genocidal violence. The contributors of this volume examine how women consistently are targets for the sexualized violence that serves as an instrument of ethnic cleansing, how female perpetrators take advantage of the new power structures, and how women are involved in the struggle for justice in post-genocidal contexts. By placing women at center stage, this book helps us to better understand the nexus existing between misogyny and violence in societies where genocide erupts.

Confronting Humanity at Its Worst by Leonard S. Newman (Editor)
Call Number: HV6322.7. C66 2020

ISBN: 9780190685942

Publication Date: 2019-11-08

How do otherwise ordinary people become perpetrators of genocide? Why are groups targeted for mass killing? How do groups justify these terrible acts? While there are no easy answers to these questions, social psychologists are especially well positioned to contribute to our understanding of genocide and mass killing. By bringing together research previously available only to readers of academic journals, this book sheds crucial light on human behavior at the extremes and in doing so, helps us take one more step towards preventing future tragedies.
The Dark Side of Democracy by Michael Mann
Call Number: HV6322.7. M36

ISBN: 1280702117

Publication Date: 2010-01-10

A new theory of ethnic cleansing based on the most terrible cases and cases of lesser violence. Murderous cleansing is modern, 'the dark side of democracy'. It results where the democracy is confused with the ethnic group. Danger arises where two rival ethno-national movements each claims 'its own' state over the same territory. Conflict escalates where either the weaker side fights because of aid from outside, or the stronger side believes it can deploy sudden, overwhelming force. Escalation is not simply the work of 'evil elites' or 'primitive peoples.' It results from complex interactions between leaders, militants, and 'core constituencies' of ethno-nationalism. Understanding this complex process helps us devise policies to avoid ethnic cleansing in the future.
Media and Mass Atrocity by Allan Thompson (Editor); Roméo Dallaire (Foreword by)
Call Number: DT450.435. M43 2019

ISBN: 9781928096726

Publication Date: 2019-04-06

This book revisits the case of Rwanda, but also examines how the nexus between media and mass atrocity has been shaped by the dramatic rise of social media. It has been 25 years since Rwanda slid into the abyss. The killings happened in broad daylight, but many of us turned away. It includes an extensive section on the echoes of Rwanda, which looks at the cases of Darfur, the Central African Republic, Myanmar, and South Sudan, while the impact of social media as a new actor is examined through chapters on social media use by the Islamic State and in Syria and in other contexts across the developing world.
A Problem from Hell by Samantha Power
Call Number: HV6322.7. P69

ISBN: 0465061508

Publication Date: 2002-02-20

Whatever America's commitment to Holocaust remembrance, the United States has never intervened to stop genocide. This book is an effort to understand why. It tells the stories of countless Americans who took seriously the slogan of "never again" and tried to secure American intervention. Only by understanding the reasons for their small successes and colossal failures can we understand what we as a country, and we as citizens, could have done to stop the most savage crimes of the last century.
The Slippery Slope to Genocide by I. William Zartman (Editor); Mark Anstey (Editor); Paul Meerts (Editor)
Call Number: HV6322.7. S59 2012

ISBN: 9780199791743

Publication Date: 2012-01-17

This book presents ideas on how to prevent identity issues from causing fear and escalating into genocide. They focus on measures for handling the internal dynamics of parties facing identity conflicts, as well as considerations for arranging external assistance. The authors also discuss the concepts and practices involved in changing structures and attitudes to ease tensions, as well as the measures interveners must take to work in the midst of conflicting groups.
To Save Heaven and Earth : Rescue in the Rwandan Genocide by Jennie E. Burnet
Call Number: DT450.435. B88T6 2023

ISBN: 9781501767104

Publication Date: 2023-01-15

This book explores the reasons some Rwandans risked their lives to rescue people targeted in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The volume presents stories of heroism and of the good done amidst the evil of a genocide that nearly annihilated Rwandan Tutsi and decimated those opposed to the slaughter.
Why Not Kill Them All? : The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder by Daniel Chirot; Clark McCauley
Call Number: HV6322.7. C47W49 2006

ISBN: 0691092966

Publication Date: 2006-08-06

This book goes beyond exploring the motives that have provided the psychological underpinnings for genocidal killings. It offers a historical and comparative context that adds up to a causal taxonomy of genocidal events. Rather than suggesting that such horrors are the product of abnormal or criminal minds, the authors emphasize the normality of these horrors: killing by category has occurred on every continent and in every century. But genocide is much less common than the imbalance of power that makes it possible. Throughout history human societies have developed techniques aimed at limiting intergroup violence. Incorporating ethnographic, historical, and current political evidence, this book examines the mechanisms of constraint that human societies have employed to temper partisan passions and reduce carnage.

After Genocide : Memory and Reconciliation in Rwanda by Nicole Fox
Call Number: DT450.44. F69A38 2021

ISBN: 9780299332204

Publication Date: 2021-07-27

This book investigates the ways memorials can shape the experiences of survivors decades after mass violence has ended. It examines how memorializations can both heal and hurt, especially when they fail to represent all genders, ethnicities, and classes of those afflicted. The author reveals their relationships to these spaces and uncovers those voices silenced by the dominant narrative--arguing that the erasure of such stories is an act of violence itself. It probes the ongoing question of how to fit survivors in to the dominant narrative of healing and importantly demonstrates how memorials can shape possibilities for growth, national cohesion, reconciliation, and hope for the future.
After Genocide : Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond by Philip Clark (et al.)
Call Number: KTD454. A943 2009

ISBN: 9780231700825

Publication Date: 2009-04-14

In After Genocide, leading scholars and practitioners analyze the political, legal, and regional impact of events in post-genocide Rwanda within the broader themes of transitional justice, reconstruction, and reconciliation. Given the forthcoming fifteenth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, and continued mass violence in Africa, especially in Darfur, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and northern Uganda, this volume is unquestionably of continuing relevance.
As We Forgive by Catherine Claire; Catherine Claire Larson
Call Number: DT450.442. L37 2009

ISBN: 9780310287308

Publication Date: 2009-02-10

This book returns to the boundary lines of genocide's wounds and traces the route of reconciliation in the lives of Rwandans--victims, widows, orphans, and perpetrators--whose past and future intersect. We find in these stories how suffering, memory, and identity set up roadblocks to forgiveness, while mediation, truth-telling, restitution, and interdependence create bridges to healing. It explores the pain, the mystery, and the hope through seven compelling stories of those who have made this journey toward reconciliation. The result is a narrative that breathes with humanity and is as haunting as it is hopeful.
Postgenocide : Interdisciplinary Reflections on the Effects of Genocide by Klejda Mulaj (Editor)
Call Number: HV6322.7. P674 2021

ISBN: 0192895184

Publication Date: 2021-05-15

This book introduces 'postgenocide' as a novel approach to study genocide and its effects after mass killing have ended. It investigates how the material violence of genocide translates into contests over memory, remembrance, and laws, and the re-imagining of political community. It examines the reconstruction of genocide narratives in the display of victims' objects in museums, galleries, and archives. This book brings together cutting edge research from a variety of disciplines, to address formerly overlooked themes and cases, exploring what a diversity of perspectives can bring to bear on genocide scholarship as a whole.

International Day for Persons with Disabilities

Disability Studies
Equity and Inclusion

Disability Politics and Theory by A. J. Withers; Robyn Maynard, Rachel da Silveira Gorman
Call Number: HV1568.2. W58D57 2024

ISBN: 1773635670

Publication Date: 2024-05-09

This book covers the late 19th century to the present, introducing the main models of disability theory and politics: eugenics, medicalization, rehabilitation, charity, rights, social and disability justice. It examines when, how, and why new categories of disability are created and describes how capitalism benefits from and enforces disabled people's oppression. Critiquing the currently dominant social model of disability, this book offers an alternative. Intertwining theoretical and historical analysis with personal experience, this book is a poignant portrayal of disabled people in Canada and the U.S. -- and a call for social and economic justice.
The Disability Studies Reader by Lennard J. Davis
Call Number: HV1568. D5696 2013

ISBN: 9780203077887

Publication Date: 2013-05-02

This book breaks new ground by emphasizing the global, transgender, homonational, and posthuman conceptions of disability. Including physical disabilities, but exploring issues around pain, mental disability, and invisible disabilities, this edition explores more varieties of bodily and mental experience. New histories of the legal, social, and cultural give a broader picture of disability than ever before.
Feminist Disability Studies by Kim Q. Hall (Editor)
Call Number: HV1568.2. F46 2011

ISBN: 9780253356628

Publication Date: 2011-10-24

Disability, like questions of race, gender, and class, is one of the most provocative topics among theorists and philosophers today. This book addresses questions about the nature of embodiment, the meaning of disability, the impact of public policy on those who have been labeled disabled, and how we define the norms of mental and physical ability. The essays here bridge the gap between theory and activism by illuminating structures of power and showing how historical and cultural perceptions of the human body have been informed by and contributed to the oppression of women and disabled people.
Foundations of Disability Studies by Matthew Wappett (Editor); Katrina Arndt (Editor)
Call Number: HV1568.2. F68 2013

ISBN: 9781137373526

Publication Date: 2013-11-21

A collection of eight essays by scholars who have published extensively within the disability studies literature, and who have helped build the field to its current state. Includes contributions from Robert Bogdan, Doug Biklen, Susan Schweik, and more.
Keywords for Disability Studies by Rachel Adams (Editor); Benjamin Reiss (Editor); David Serlin (Editor)
Call Number: HV1568. K49 2015

ISBN: 9781479839520

Publication Date: 2015-08-14

This book broadens and defines the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. It engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing, euthanasia, accessibility in public transportation and the workplace, post-traumatic stress, and questions about the beginning and end of life.
Living with Chronic Illness and Disability by Esther Chang; Amanda Johnson
Call Number: RC108. L59 2022

ISBN: 9780729543583

Publication Date: 2021-10-19

This book provides the knowledge and skills necessary for nursing and allied health students to provide quality, competent care to people living with a chronic illness or disability. The text has a strong evidence base, but is founded in reality. It includes practical, useful principles for holistic care, self-management, and a multidisciplinary approach. It also covers a range of issues affecting patients, carers and families, with a focus on empowering individuals as they adjust to the life-changing journey of chronic disease and disability.
The Myth of the Normal Curve by Scot Danforth (et al.)
Call Number: LC3965. D76M98 2010

ISBN: 9781433107290

Publication Date: 2010-08-24

It is generally taken for granted that human behavior distributes along the lines of a bell-shaped, normal curve. There is, however, a considerable body of research demonstrating that the normal curve grossly misrepresents the human experience. Yet the acceptance of the normal curve continues to be used to pathologize children and adults with disabilities by positioning them as abnormal. This book critiques the ideology of the normal curve and challenges the assumptions that underpin the normal curve. Others indirectly critique notions of normality by examining the impact of normal curve thinking on educational policies and practices.
Reconceptualizing Disability in Education by Luigi Iannacci
Call Number: LC4019. I23R43 2018

ISBN: 9781498542753

Publication Date: 2018-09-15

This book provides an essential critical exploration of problematic discourses, practices, and pedagogies that inform how disability is presently understood and responded to within the field of education. It interrogates and destabilizes ableist grand narratives that dominate every aspect of how disability is linguistically, bureaucratically, procedurally, and pedagogically configured within education. Ultimately, this book seeks to forward human rights for people with disabilities in educational contexts by clarifying and operationalizing inclusion so that it is not just a model necessitated by a hierarchy of legality, but rather a set of beliefs and practices based on critical analyses and a reconceptualization of current understandings and responses to disability that prevent inclusion and human rights from being realized.
Rethinking Normalcy by Tanya Titchkosky (Editor); Rod Michalko (Editor)
Call Number: HV1568.2. R48 2009

ISBN: 9781551303635

Publication Date: 2009-05-30

This book introduces the growing field of disability studies to an undergraduate audience in a variety of disciplines and programs based in the social sciences, humanities, and health sciences. The authors articulate the depth and breadth of this newly emerging field of study and provide a vibrant foretaste of the kind of work disability studies scholars and activists do to provocatively question the power of normalcy.
Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies by Nick Watson (Editor)
Call Number: HV1568.5. R68 2014

ISBN: 9780415574006

Publication Date: 2012-03-05

This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to disability and provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of the main issues in the field around the world today. Adopting an international perspective and consisting entirely of newly commissioned chapters arranged thematically, it surveys the state of the discipline, examining emerging and cutting edge areas as well as core areas of contention.

Academic Ableism by Jay T. Dolmage
Call Number: LC4818.38. D66A23 2017

ISBN: 9780472053711

Publication Date: 2017-11-22

This book brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the ways that disability is composed in and by higher education, and rewrites the spaces, times, and economies of disability in higher education to place disability front and center. For too long, argues the author, disability has been constructed as the antithesis of higher education, often positioned as a distraction, a drain, a problem to be solved. The ethic of higher education encourages students and teachers alike to accentuate ability, valorize perfection, and stigmatize anything that hints at intellectual, mental, or physical weakness, even as we gesture toward the value of diversity and innovation. Examining everything from campus accommodation processes, to architecture, to popular films about college life, it argues that disability is central to higher education, and that building more inclusive schools allows better education for all.
Affirming Disability : Strengths-Based Portraits of Culturally Diverse Families by Janet Story Sauer (et al.)
Call Number: LC4015. S24A34 2020

ISBN: 9780807763292

Publication Date: 2019-12-16

This book helps teachers, counselors, and related service providers develop understanding and empathy to improve outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students with disabilities. Readers are encouraged to reflect on their own positionality and to develop nuanced and dynamic understandings of CLD children, youth, and families--countering persistent and stereotypical deficit views.
Disability Injustice : Confronting Criminalization in Canada by Kelly Fritsch (et al.)
Call Number: HV1559. C3D575 2022

ISBN: 9780774867122

Publication Date: 2022-03-18

This book examine disability in relation to various agencies and aspects of the criminal justice system. Policing and surveillance, sentencing and the courts, prisons and other carceral spaces, and alternatives to confinement are among the areas of focus. Drawing on empirical data and new theoretical insights, Disability Injustice investigates how disability intersects with race, class, gender, and sexuality to perpetuate oppression, paying particular attention to ways forward. This provocative collection highlights how, with deeper understanding of disability, we can and should challenge the practices of crime control and the processes of criminalization.
Practicing Disability Studies in Education by Scot Danforth (et al.)
Call Number: LC4065. P73 2015

ISBN: 9781433125515

Publication Date: 2014-11-27

This book celebrates the diversity of contemporary work being developed by a range of scholars working within the field of Disability Studies in Education (DSE). The central idea of this volume is to share ways in which educators practice DSE in creative and eclectic ways in order to rethink, reframe, and reshape the current educational response to disability.
Remapping an Ableist World by Vera Chouinard
Call Number: HV1568. C486R46 2025

ISBN: 9781487524876

Publication Date: 2025-03-20

This book examines the forces shaping our lives in an able capitalist world. It draws on examples including human enhancement and the organ trade to illustrate connections between able capitalist ways of life, impairment, disability, and oppression. It also addresses ableness as a regime of power and oppression intrinsic to global capitalism and, as such, a system that touches all of our lives, albeit in different ways.
Rethinking Disability : A Disability Studies Approach to Inclusive Practices by Jan W. Valle; David J. Connor
Call Number: LC4065. V35R48 2019

ISBN: 9781138085862

Publication Date: 2019-02-13

This book encourages readers to examine their beliefs about disability and the influence of historical and cultural meanings of disability upon their work as teachers. It offers clear and applicable suggestions for creating dynamic and inclusive classroom cultures, getting to know students, selecting appropriate instructional and assessment strategies, co-teaching, and promoting an inclusive school culture.

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Environmental Ethics by David Schmidtz; Dan C. Shahar
Call Number: GE42. E58 2019

ISBN: 9780190259228

Publication Date: 2018-06-19

This book examines morality from an environmental perspective. Featuring a wide range of accessible selections - from classic articles to examples of cutting-edge original research - it addresses both theory and practice.
Environmental Ethics : What Really Matters, What Really Works by David Schmidtz, Elizabeth Willott
Call Number: GE42. E58

ISBN: 0195139097

Publication Date: 2001-11-22

This book addresses both of the principal areas of inquiry in the field: the exploration of morality from an environmental perspective and the analysis of the current state of our environment. It features first-hand descriptions from people who have actually been involved in such projects as wildlife management in Africa, ecofeminist initiatives in India, and radical activism on the high seas. It also provides up-to-date data on population issues and community-based wildlife initiatives.
Environmental Ethics for Canadians by Byron Williston (Editor)
Call Number: GE42. E56 2016

ISBN: 9780199014491

Publication Date: 2015-12-01

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the core ethical questions shaping contemporary environmental debates. A hybrid textbook and reader, this text combines classic essays with contemporary selections and case studies designed for students to fully engage with current issues in environmental ethics.
Ethics and the Environment : An Introduction by Dale Jamieson
Call Number: GE42. J36E84 2024

ISBN: 9781108834179

Publication Date: 2024-11-28

This book offers a broad and lively discussion of nature's future, focusing on climate change, conservation, and justice for both our contemporaries and future generations. It discusses the nature of environmental problems and their relationship to economics, religion, technology, and aesthetics. It includes incisive discussions of our moral relations with other animals, and of how animals are used in our food systems. It also provides a deep discussion of the value of nature, which takes up ecofeminist and deep ecology views as well as sentientism and biocentrism. It discusses the plurality of values, and applies this analysis to some conflicts from the author's home state of California.
The Ethics of Climate Change by Byron Williston
Call Number: GE42. W56E84 2019

ISBN: 9781138559790

Publication Date: 2018-07-03

This book systematically and comprehensively examines the ethical issues surrounding arguably the greatest threat now facing humanity. Featuring case studies throughout, it provides a philosophical introduction to an immensely topical issue studied by students within the fields of applied ethics, global justice, sustainability, geography, and politics.
An Invitation to Environmental Sociology by Michael Mayerfeld Bell
Call Number: GE195. B45 2004

ISBN: 0761987754

Publication Date: 2004-06-10

Environmental sociology is the study of community in the largest sense. When there are problems in the environment, there are problems in society - it is people who create environmental problems and people who must resolve them. This book analyzes the relevance of social theory with a social, community perspective for resolving the practical issues of our environmental problems. It looks at the connection between the local and the global, the role of social inequality in environmental conflicts, and the power of the metaphor of community for understanding these social and ecological dynamics.
Listening to the Land by Lee Schweninger
Call Number: PS153. I52S38 2008

ISBN: 9780820330587

Publication Date: 2008-07-30

This is a representation versus reality in Native American literary presentations of a land ethic. For better or worse, representations abound of Native Americans as a people with an innate and special connection to the earth. This study looks at the challenges faced by Native American writers who confront stereotypical representations as they assert their own ethical relationship with the earth. Few ecocritical studies have focused on indigenous environmental attitudes, in comparison to related work done by historians and anthropologists. This book will narrow this gap in the scholarship; moreover, it will add individual Native American perspectives to an understanding of what, to these writers, is a genuine Native American philosophy regarding the land.
The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Ethics by Stephen M. Gardiner (Editor); Allen Thompson
Call Number: GE42. O84 2017

ISBN: 9780199941339

Publication Date: 2016-11-22

We live during a crucial period of human history on Earth. Anthropogenic environmental changes are occurring on global scales at unprecedented rates. Despite a long history of environmental intervention, never before has the collective impact of human behaviors threatened all of the major bio-systems on the planet. Decisions we make today will have significant consequences for the basic conditions of all life into the indefinite future. What should we do? How should we behave? In what ways ought we organize and respond? The future of the world as we know it depends on our actions today. A cutting-edge introduction to environmental ethics in a time of dramatic global environmental change, this collection contains forty-five newly commissioned articles, with contributions from well-established experts and emerging voices in the field.

As Long As Grass Grows by Dina Gilio-Whitaker
Call Number: E98. S67G553 2019

ISBN: 0807073784

Publication Date: 2019-04-02

Through the unique lens of "Indigenized environmental justice," this book explores the fraught history of treaty violations, struggles for food and water security, and protection of sacred sites, while highlighting the important leadership of Indigenous women in this centuries-long struggle. It gives readers an accessible history of Indigenous resistance to government and corporate incursions on their lands and offers new approaches to environmental justice activism and policy. Ultimately, the author argues, modern environmentalists must look to the history of Indigenous resistance for wisdom and inspiration in our common fight for a just and sustainable future.
Earth Matters by Saleem Ali (Editor); Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh (Editor)
Call Number: HD60. E27 2008

ISBN: 9781906093167

Publication Date: 2008-11-08

Indigenous peoples have historically gained little from large-scale resource development on their traditional lands, and have suffered from its negative impacts on their cultures, economies and societies. At the same time, and partly in response to these initiatives, many of the corporations that undertake large-scale resource exploitation have sought to address concerns regarding the impact of their activities on indigenous peoples by adopting what are generally referred to as "corporate social responsibility" (CSR) policies. This book focuses on such corporate initiatives.
Global Ecopolitics : Crisis, Governance, and Justice by Shane Mulligan (Assisted by); Peter J. Stoett
Call Number: JA75.8. S76G56 2019

ISBN: 9781487587895

Publication Date: 2019-04-08

Despite sporadic news coverage of extreme weather events, high-level climate change diplomacy, special UN days of celebration, and popular media references to impending ecological collapse, most students are not exposed to the detailed presentation and analysis of the international relations and diplomacy of environmental policy-making. This book provides students with a panoramic view of the policymakers and the structuring bodies involved in the creation of environmental policies. It uses an applicable framework of systemic analysis and important case studies that push students to form their own conclusions about past efforts, present needs, and future directions.
Indigenous Environmental Justice by Karen Jarratt-Snider (Editor); Marianne O. Nielsen (Editor)
Call Number: GE240. N7I64 2020

ISBN: 9780816540839

Publication Date: 2020-05-05

The book explores the ongoing effects of colonization and emphasizes Native American tribes as governments rather than ethnic minorities. Combining elements of legal issues, human rights issues, and sovereignty issues, this book creates a clear example of community resilience in the face of corporate greed and state indifference.
Native Defenders of the Environment by Vincent Schilling
Call Number: GF50. S34N38 2011

ISBN: 9780977918379

Publication Date: 2011-04-01

Presents stories of courage, determination, and resistance to multinational corporations and disastrous government policies that are harming the planet and describes how eleven Indigenous people work to save our environment.
On the Swamp : Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice by Ryan Emanuel
Call Number: GE185. N8E63 2024

ISBN: 9781469678313

Publication Date: 2024-04-02

This book shares stories from North Carolina about Indigenous survival and resilience in the face of radical environmental changes. Addressing issues from the loss of wetlands to the arrival of gas pipelines, these stories connect the dots between historic patterns of Indigenous oppression and present-day efforts to promote environmental justice and Indigenous rights on the swamp. Emanuel's scientific insight and deeply personal connections to his home blend together in a book that is both a heartfelt and an analytical call to acknowledge and protect sacred places.
Pollution Is Colonialism by Max Liboiron
Call Number: JA75.8. L54P65 2021

ISBN: 9781478013228

Publication Date: 2021-05-14

This book presents a framework for understanding scientific research methods as practices that can align with or against colonialism. They point out that even when researchers are working toward benevolent goals, environmental science and activism are often premised on a colonial worldview and access to land.
There's Something in the Water by Ingrid R. G. Waldron
Call Number: HC120. E5W35 2018

ISBN: 9781773630571

Publication Date: 2018-04-02

This book examines the legacy of environmental racism and its health impacts in Indigenous and Black communities in Canada, using Nova Scotia as a case study, and the grassroots resistance activities by Indigenous and Black communities against the pollution and poisoning of their communities. Using settler colonialism as the overarching theory, it unpacks how environmental racism operates as a mechanism of erasure enabled by the intersecting dynamics of white supremacy, power, state-sanctioned racial violence, neoliberalism and racial capitalism in white settler societies. Finally, the author documents the long history of struggle, resistance, and mobilizing in Indigenous and Black communities to address environmental racism.

The Contamination of the Earth by François Jarrige (et al.)
Call Number: TD174. J377C6613 2020

ISBN: 9780262043830

Publication Date: 2020-07-21

This book describes how, from 1750 onward, in contrast to the early modern period, polluted water and air came to be seen as inevitable side effects of industrialization, which was universally regarded as beneficial. By the 19th century, pollutants became constituent elements of modernity. The authors trace the evolution of these various pollutions, and describe the ways in which they were simultaneously denounced and permitted. The 20th century saw new and massive scales of pollution: chemicals that resisted biodegradation, including napalm and other defoliants used as weapons of war; the ascendancy of oil; and a lifestyle defined by consumption. In the 1970s, pollution became a political issue, but efforts--local, national, and global--to regulate it often fell short. Viewing the history of pollution though a political lens, the authors also offer lessons for the future of the industrial world.
Cool It by Bjørn Lomborg
Call Number: QC981.8. G56L657 2007

ISBN: 9780307266927

Publication Date: 2007-09-04

This book argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered to stop global warming will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, are often based on emotional rather than strictly scientific assumptions, and may very well have little impact on the world’s temperature for hundreds of years. Rather than starting with the most radical procedures, Lomborg argues that we should first focus our resources on more immediate concerns, such as fighting malaria and HIV/AIDS and assuring and maintaining a safe, fresh water supply—which can be addressed at a fraction of the cost and save millions of lives within our lifetime. He asks why the debate over climate change has stifled rational dialogue and killed meaningful dissent.
Ecology of Industrial Pollution by Lesley C. Batty (Editor); Kevin B. Hallberg (Editor); Adam Jarvis (Editor)
Call Number: QH541.15. M64E26 2010

ISBN: 9780521514460

Publication Date: 2010-02-18

This book explores the ecological issues associated with industrial pollution to provide a complete picture of this important environmental problem from cause to effect to solution. Case studies from throughout the world illustrate major themes and provide valuable insights into the positive and negative effects of industrial pollution, the provision of appropriate monitoring schemes and the design of remediation and restoration strategies.
Environmental Toxicology by T. W. Moon (Editor); T. P. Mommsen (Editor)
Call Number: RA1226. E58 2005

ISBN: 0444518339

Publication Date: 2005-02-19

This book deals with the biochemical responses of fish to different environmental/ecological factors. It captures vital issues affecting the responses of fish to the chemical surroundings of their environment. Chapters included in this volume identify the systems found in fish to deal with xenobiotics, hormonal interactions initiated in the presence of these chemicals, the unique mechanisms used by fish to adjust to the present chemicals, and the new and evolving mixtures of chemicals in their environment. Also included, is a crucial review of the new methods being applied in fish systems to understand the effects of xenobiotics to fish fitness - a key theme in environmental health and critical to the future of fish populations.
Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology by Michael C. Newman
Call Number: QH545. A1N49 2020

ISBN: 9780815354024

Publication Date: 2019-12-20

This new edition is revised throughout, and adds a new chapter on natural resource damage assessment. It also adds more international coverage and case studies from around the world. Further, it addresses the latest emerging contaminants and issues, as well as new international rules and regulations. The text details key environmental contaminants, explores their fates in the biosphere, and discusses bioaccumulation and the effects of contaminants at increasing levels of ecological organization. Vignettes written by experts will illustrate key themes or highlight especially pertinent examples.
The Legacy : An Elder's Vision for Our Sustainable Future by David. Suzuki; Margaret Atwood (Foreword by)
Call Number: GF75. S89L44 2010

ISBN: 9781553655701

Publication Date: 2010-09-07

In this expanded version of an inspiring speech delivered in December 2009, David Suzuki reflects on how we got where we are today and presents his vision for a better future. In his living memory, Suzuki has witnessed cataclysmic changes in society and our relationship with the planet: the doubling of the world's population, our increased ecological footprint, and massive technological growth. Today we are in a state of crisis, and we must join together to respond to that crisis. If we do so, Suzuki envisions a future in which we understand that we are the Earth and live accordingly. All it takes is imagination and a determination to live within our, and the planet's, means. This book is the culmination of David Suzuki's amazing life and all of his knowledge, experience, and passion -- it is his legacy.
Mankind and the Oceans by Nobuyuki Miyazaki (Editor); Zafar Adeel (Editor); Kouichi Ohwada (Editor)
Call Number: GC1085. M36

ISBN: 9789280810578

Publication Date: 2005-02-14

The oceans play an important part in our lives, by controlling climate and weather conditions; hosting shipping, transportation, recreation and tourism; and providing us with food, minerals and petroleum. This book provides insights into our fundamental understanding of the relationship between the human society and the oceans, and it suggests ways to integrate the management of coastal and marine zones.
Rethinking Resource Management by Richard Howitt
Call Number: HC59.15. H69R48 2001

ISBN: 1134805667

Publication Date: 2002-01-31

This book offers students and practitioners a sophisticated and convincing framework for rethinking the usual approaches to resource management. It uses case studies to argue that professional resource managers do not take responsibility for the social and environmental consequences of their decisions on the often vulnerable indigenous communities they affect. It also discusses the invisibility of indigenous people' values and knowledge within traditional resource management. It offers a new approach to social impact assessment methods which are more participatory and empowering.
Silent Snow by Marla Cone
Call Number: TD190.5. C66

ISBN: 9780802117977

Publication Date: 2005-04-05

The Arctic is home to some of the most contaminated people and animals on the planet. Cone reports on the dangers of pollution to native peoples and ecosystems, how Arctic cultures are adapting to this pollution, and what will prevent the crisis from getting worse.