Rates of heave and surface rotation of periglacial frost boils in the White Mountains, California
This paper presents information on active nested patterned ground existing at three distinct scales at elevations ranging from 3900 m to 4150 m in the White Mountains. The processes responsible for the observed movement in the White Mountains
Robert Young's book White Mythologies raises some critical questions of importance to geography. Amongst these are the significant links between the critique of Western historicism and the increasing use of spatial names and metaphors in arguments
Church, state and the shelter of White working-class women in Johannesburg prior to World War Two
Provision of single accommodation for poor working class white women in Johannesburg was undertaken by the church and other organisations between 1919 and 1939. Such provision was racially segregated. - (AJC)
Modelling spatial variability of white spruce (Picea Glauca) growth responses to climate change at and below treeline in Alaska. A case study from two national parks
Geography matters ? Whiteness and contemporary geography
Interesting work on white-blind geographers working on race and ethnicity has recently been initiated, yet a more systematic and wide ranging critique of the norms and assumptions of contemporary geographical research has yet to be fully established
. After reviewing the recent White Studies literature, the paper examines an influential piece of geographical writing and suggests that if geography really is to matter, geographers need to consider more self-consciously how they themselves might
Whiter shades of pale. “Coloring in” Machado de Assis and race in contemporary Brazil
Blancs ; Brésil ; Construction sociale ; Culturel ; DE ASSIS (M.) ; Esclavage ; Géographie sociale ; Race ; Roman ; Siècle 19 ; Siècle 21 ; identité raciale
Brazil ; Cultural studies ; Nineteenth Century ; Race ; Slavery ; Social construction ; Social geography ; Twenty-first century ; Whites
The AA. analyse the “Coloring in” Machado de Assis’ text story “Pai contra mãe” and race in contemporary Brazil. First, they argue that whiteness has become increasingly established in Brazilian public discourse as a naturalized category and reveal
the extent to it has come to be seen as nonnegotiable and fixed. Second, they develop an anthropological reading of whiteness by pointing to the inherent differences between perspectives of race as a process and perspectives of race as a fixed and naturalized
Late Quaternary depositional history of the Blue and White Nile rivers in central Sudan in The Sahara and the Nile. Quaternary environments and prehistoric occupation in northern Africa.
Alluvion fluviatile ; Dune ; Evaporite ; Géographie de l'Afrique ; Holocène ; Nil bleu ; Paléohydrologie ; Pléistocène supérieur ; Quaternaire zone chaude ; Soudan ; Sédimentation ; White Nile, vallée
Productivity, population structure and subsistence use of a white spruce forest in the Kennicott Valley, Alaska
White spruce on 26 sites in a sparsely populated Alaskan valley was examined for management of subsistence firewood and house-log harvest. Residants were interviewed to ascertain harvest patterns and quantities. Sites had even-age stands and mixed
Intermetropolitan variation in the labour force participation of white and black men in the United States
Blacks ; Employment ; Labour mobility ; Local labour market ; Segregation ; Social inequality ; Spatial differentiation ; United States of America ; Whites ; Working population