To Be or Not to Be ... Existential-Psychological Perspectives on the Self.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

University of Florida Press

The Poems & Translations of Robert Fletcher

Literature & Fiction

Fletcher, Robert

Poetry

This book is a record of the life, work, observations, and reflections of a naturalist who has spent 35 years in Costa Rica. He established his own homestead on a forested tract beside an impetuous mountain torrent, where he has lived for nearly three decades. The author deals chiefly with the Valley of El General, in the rainy southern Pacific portion of Costa Rica, where he has watched the conversion of a magnificent wilderness into a multitude of farms. he tells of the year he spent in the mountain forests following the complete nesting cycle of the Quetzal, the most splendid bird in the Western hemisphere. he writes of journeys over rough mountain trails, of life in the backwoods, of primitive agriculture on rough tropical lands, and of curious types of floral and animal behavior. A chapter is devoted to the hardy pioneers among whom the author lived during his early years in El General. An appendix contains a list of over three hundred species of birds that the author has identified in the Valley of El General, with notes on their status, habitat, and the changes they have undergone over the years. Alexander Skutch received his Ph.D. in botany from Johns Hopkins University. Before becoming a resident of Costa Rica, he was a botany instructor at the same university. he was a professor of ornithology at Universidad de Costa Rica in 1964, but since has worked independently. He is an elected Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union and was awarded its Brewster Medal. A complete bibliography of his may publications is included in the book.

A Naturalist in Costa Rica

Alexander F. Skutch

The War of 1812 is a perfect example of how a war should not be conducted. Congress failed to supply sufficient revenue to support the ill-equipped, poorly trained militia. There was little effective coordination of the war effort from Washington. The American people themselves were sharply divided over the nationâs involvement, and many states failed to mobilize their militias when directed by the government, declaring that the federal demands were unconstitutional. From the Battle of Tippecanoe to the Treaty of Ghent, John K. Mahonâs War of 1812 is the definitive story of this blunder-filled episode in American history. Here are the exciting tales of Zachary Taylorâs brave defense of Fort Harrison; the massacre at Fort Mims; the duel between the frigates Constitution and Java off the coast of Brazil; the disaster at the River Raisin; William Hullâs loss of Detroit and his subsequent court-martial for treason and cowardice; Francis Scott Keyâs composition of âThe Star Spangled Bannerâ; the contest for naval supremacy on the Great Lakes; the burning of Washington; and the Battle of New Orleans. Detailed enough for scholars, yet vivid enough for the general reader, Mahonâs study will remain the standard source for anyone who wishes to gain a complete understanding of the War of 1812.

The War of 1812

History

Mahon, John K.

Military

Melville's Angles of Vision (University of Florida Humanities Monograph Series)

A. Carl Bredahl Jr.

History & Criticism

Community power structure;: Propositional inventory, test, and theory (University of Florida social sciences monograph no. 45)

Gilbert, Claire W

The moving frontier: social and economic change in a southern Brazilian community (Latin American monographs, 2d ser., no. 11)

Politics & Social Sciences

Maxine L. Margolis

Social Sciences

East from the Andes: Pioneer Settlements in the South American Heartland

East from the Andes: Pioneer Settlements in the South American Heartland (University of Florida monographs. Social sciences, no. 50)

Raymond E. Crist

Charles M. Nissly

Stressing the importance of correlating the clinical presentation, radiologic characteristics and staging studies with the pathologic findings and diagnostic microscopic features of musculoskeletal afflictions and diseases.

Clinical Musculoskeletal Pathology

Enneking, William F.

Diseases & Physical Ailments

In the 1980s, development experts and donor agencies agreed on the importance of macreconomic policies to development in sub-Saharan Africa. Policy reforms aimed at "getting prices right" were preconditions for structural adjustment loans and grants in many sub-Saharan countries. Recently, however, debates about structural adjustment lending programmes have ensued, and they are the topic of this volume. One side argues for structural adjustments - devaluation, increases in artificially low food prices and interest rates, an emphasis on exportables, a decrease in government spending, wage freezes, the removal of subsidies - as a way to invigorate stagnating economies. Another side argues that structural transformation of the economy - substantial shifts in the structure of demand and production - is needed in the development process, not just monetarist policies. Still others claim that adjustment policies ignore the reality of life at the micro-level, where up to 80 percent of the food consumed is produced by women farmers. For women, a decrease in government spending may mean exorbitant school fees and no available medicines; wage freezes may mean no remittances from sons and husbands; the removal of subsidies may mean that expensive fertilizers are priced beyond their reach; an emphasis on exportables may mean a decrease in the resources available to their food crops. The result may be at worst more African food crises in the 1990s and at best a more skewed income distribution in sub-Saharan Africa.

Structural Adjustment and African Women Farmers

Africa

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