Bøger af Joan Fitzpatrick

The prediction of global climate change in response to both natural forces and human activity is one of the defining issues of our times. The unprecedented observational capacity of modern earth-orbiting satellites coupled with the development of robust computational representations (models) of the Earth's weather and climate systems afford us the opportunity to observe and investigate how these systems work now, how they have worked in the past, and how they will work in the future when forced in specific ways. In the most recent report on global climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC; Solomon and others, 2007), analyses using multiple climate models support recent observations that the Earth's climate is changing in response to a combination of natural and human-induced causes. These changes will be significant in the United States-Mexican border region, where the process of climate change affects all of the Borderlands challenge themes discussed in the preceding chapters. The dual possibilities of both significantly-changed climate and increasing variability in climate make it challenging to take full measure of the potential effects because the Borderlands already experience a high degree of interannual variability and climatological extremes.

The interplay between colonialism and gender is the focus of this book, which concentrates on Edmund Spenser''s Faerie Queene in the context of English history. Spenser''s attitudes toward the Irish are drawn out of the text of his poetry, especially his preoccupations with sexual promiscuity, Catholicism, and miscegenation. The underlying textual dynamics are analyzed in terms of Spenser''s relationship with Queen Elizabeth and his residence in Ireland.

Studies the common and exotic food in Shakespeare's plays. This book explores early modern English dietary literature to understand the uses, as well as the social and moral implications, of food in Shakespearean drama. It also focuses on the social and moral implications of familiar and strange foodstuff in Shakespeare's works.