De verovering van Noord-Amerika
€ 19,90
Wij kennen maar één kant van de geschiedenis van Amerika: die van de Europese kolonisator. Dit boek beschrijft de andere kant. We leren de Amerikaanse geschiedenis – met name die van Noord-Amerika – kennen door de bril van de inheemse volkeren. De verovering van Noord-Amerika begint in 1492, als de kolonisatie van Amerika op gang komt. De inheemse bevolking wordt bewust besmet met dodelijke ziekten, verplaatst, achtergesteld en deels geassimileerd. De inheemse volkeren en culturen overleven hun bijnavernietiging, maar de effecten van deze kolonisatie zijn tot op de dag van vandaag merkbaar.
Tahir Vladi (1978) studeerde American Studies aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en is gespecialiseerd in de geschiedenis van de inheemse volkeren van het Amerikaanse continent.
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Humanity is Not a Plague
€ 19,90In ‘Humanity is Not a Plague’, Cees Buisman argues that it is possible for 10 billion people to exist together on this Earth – as predicted for the year 2100 – provided that the richer part of the world no longer merely focuses on its own health, prosperity and happiness, and instead starts working seriously on developing a higher consciousness.
In this essay, Buisman sharply analyzes some of the problems facing mankind, such as fresh water shortages, whilst overturning several clichés and offering unexpected, positive solutions. Overpopulation is not the problem; the effects of our actions on the rest of the world have a much greater impact. ‘Back to nature’ is not the solution, nor is an overreliance on science and innovation. Large-scale technologies could even increase our problems. It seems that the growth of humanity will depend on the growth of our consciousness.
Cees Buisman studied water purification engineering, in addition to business administration, communication theory and applied integral psychology. Throughout his life he has worked on new environmental technologies, which are used in industry all over the world. His scientific work is highly cited. Buisman is the Director of Wetsus – European Center for Sustainable Water Technology, and Professor at Wageningen University, in the Netherlands.
