Michael Bennett: 31 books
Memorial Boxes and Guarded Interiors
Edith Wharton and Material Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
In Edith Wharton’s works, references to architecture, interior decoration, painting, sculpture, and fashion abound. As these essays demonstrate, art and objects are for Wharton evidence of cultural belief and reflect the values, assumptions, and customs of the burgeoning consumer culture in which...
In Dark Places
The Confessions of Teina Pora and an Ex-Cop's Fight for Justice
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
Teina Pora, a 17-year-old car thief, was wrongly convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Susan Burdett, who had been beaten to death with the softball bat she kept next to her bed for her own protection Tim McKinnel, en ex-cop turned private investigator, discovered the long forgotten...
Buyer, Regulator, and Enabler: The Government's Role in Ecosystem Services Markets
International Lessons Learned for Payments for Ecological Services in the People’s Republic of China
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
This paper was originally produced for the "International Conference on Payments for Environmental Services," held in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China on 6-7 September 2009, and jointly hosted by the People's Republic of China's National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry...