Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India

Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India By Velayutham Saravanan
English | PDF,EPUB | 2018 | 221 Pages | ISBN : 9811080518 | 2.54 MB
This monograph presents a comprehensive account of environmental history of India and its tribals from the late eighteenth onwards, covering both the colonial and post-colonial periods. The book elaborately discusses the colonial plunder of forest resources up to the introduction of the Forest Act (1878) and focuses on how colonial policy impacted on the Indian environment, opening the floodgates of forest resources plunder, primarily for timber and to establish coffee and tea plantations.


The Land Is Ours Black Lawyers and the Birth of Constitutionalism in South Africa
The Land Is Ours: Black Lawyers and the Birth of Constitutionalism in South Africa by Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
English | February 1st, 2018 | ASIN: B079GZB95L, ISBN: 1776092856 | 328 Pages | EPUB | 4.03 MB

The Land Is Ours tells the story of South Africa's first black lawyers, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In an age of aggressive colonial expansion, land dispossession and forced labour, these men believed in a constitutional system that respected individual rights and freedoms, and they used the law as an instrument against injustice.


Chromothripsis Methods and Protocols
Chromothripsis: Methods and Protocols By Franck Pellestor
English | PDF,EPUB | 2018 | 360 Pages | ISBN : 1493977792 | 16.5 MB

This detailed book presents an up-to-date view on methods and experimental approaches developed to identify and explore the chromothripsis phenomenon. Beginning with a section exploring the genesis and impact of chromothripsis, the collection continues by covering the identification of chromothripsis, the causal mechanisms of chromothripsis, the bioinformatics tools for chromothripsis analysis, and experimental systems recently developed for the in vitro investigation of chromothripsis. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.