BOOK TITLE | AUTHOR | MISC. INFO | STUDENT NAME | REPORT |
Wk3: | The Maya Culture, Due Oct. 6 in class: Oct. 8 | |||
Sons of the Shaking Earth, The People of Mexico and Guatemala-their Land, [[#|History]] and Culture | Eric Wolf | |||
The Maya | Michael D. Coe | |||
Popol Vuh, the Book of the Ancient Maya | Delia Goetz and Sylvanus Griswold Morley | Sonia Lopez | Popol Vuh.docx | |
Amaranth, modern Prospects for an ancient Crop | Board on Science and Technology, International Development Office, International Affairs | Rose Petros | Amaranth 101 | |
Maya Folk Tales, Folklore from Lake Atitlan | James D. Sexton | Kylie Garcia | Mayan Folktales | |
The lost civilization, the Story of the Classic Maya | T. Patrick Culbert | Jake Sikkema | The Lost Civilization: The Story of the Classic Maya | |
Maya de [[#|Guatemala]] | Carmen Petersen | |||
The Two Crosses of Todos Santos | Maud Oakes | |||
Wk3: | Collapse of Society, Due Oct. 11, in class: Oct.13 | |||
Guns, Germs and Steel, the Fate of Human Societies | Jared Diamond | Brandon O’Rourke | univ 391 book report guns germs and steel.docx | |
Collapse | Jared Diamond* | |||
Questioning Collapse: Human Resilience, Ecological Vulnerability, and the Aftermath of Empire | Patricia A. McAnany | |||
Why Nations Fail | Daron Acemoglo and James Robinson | Alexandra Ongman | Why Nations Fail HNRS 391.docx | |
King Leopald’s Ghost | Adam Hochschild | |||
Yucatan, before and after the conquest | Friar Diego de Landa | Gina Furio | Book Report – Yucatan (UNIV 391).docx | |
When Victims Become Killers | Mahmood Mamdanis | Sara Feldman | hnrs book report.docx | |
Neocolonialism | Due Oct 15, In Class: Oct. 13 | |||
Overthrown, America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq | Stephen Kinzer | |||
Guatemala, Unnatural Disaster | Roger Plant | |||
Bitter Fruit, the untold story of the American Coup in Guatemala | Stephen Schlesinger; Stephen Kinzer | Evan Quigley | Bitter Fruit.docx | |
Guatemala in Rebellion, Unfinished [[#|History]] | Edited by Jonathan L. Fried, Marvin E. Gettleman, Deborah T. Levenson and Nancy Peckenham | |||
[[#|Dollars]] & Dictators, a Guide to Central America | Dollars & Dictators, a Guide to Central America | Difficult to find. You may borrow Pete’s copy | ||
Wk5: | The People’s Struggle, Due. Oct. 18, In class: Oct. 20 | |||
I, Rigoberta Menchu, an Indian Woman in Guatemala | Rigoberta Menchu, edited by Elizabeth Burgos-Debray | [[#|Class]] Reads Wikipedia: Rigoberta Menchu | Jennifer Rodas | |
Refugees of a Hidden War, The Aftermath of Counterinsurgency in Guatemala | Beatriz Manz | Yenny Zaldivar | Refugees_of_a_Hidden_War.pdf | |
Trade Unionist Against Terror, Guatemala City 1954-1985 | Deborah Levenson-Estrada | |||
Bridge of Courage | Jennifer Harbury | Class Reads wikipedia: Jennifer Harbury | Sammy Ness | Bridge_of_Courage.pdf |
A Long Way Gone | Ishmael Beah | Kathryn Greenup | a long way gone.pdf | |
The People and the Forest | Due. Oct. 20, In class: Oct. 22 | |||
Blue Clay People | William Powers | Beatrice Lunday | Blue Clay People.pdf | |
The World is as you Dream it, teachings from the Amazon and Andes | John Perkins | Kylie Zarmati | dreams.docx | |
Whispering in the Giant’s Ear | William Powers | Megan van Hamersveld | whispering in the giant’s ear.docx | |
Wk6: | International Interventions (AID): Due Oct. 25, In class: Oct. 27 | |||
Dead Aid | Dambisa Moyo | Pete has copy | Nasim Delavari | Thoughts on Dead Aid.docx |
How to Change the World, social [[#|entrepreneurs]] and the [[#|power]] of new ideas | David Borenstein | Jason Patterson | how to change the world.docx | |
Delivering Development | Edward R. Carr | Gabriela Belen Gomez | Delivering Development Edward R. Carr.docx | |
The End of Poverty, economic possibilities of our time | Jeffrey D. Sachs | Michael Pollack | Sachs – The End Of Poverty.pdf | |
Haiti: The Aftershocks of History | Laurent Dubois | |||
Just Transitions | Mark Swilling | |||
Poor Economics | Abhiji V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo | Haley Costamagna | ||
Rwanda, Inc | Patricia Crisafulli | Vanessa Lasseson | Rwanda, Inc.docx | |
Development, | Due Oct. 27, in class: Oct. 29 | |||
Development as Freedom | Amartya Sen | Carter Sandzimier | Development As Freedom.pdf | |
Guatemalan National Human Development Report 2009 – 2010 (In Spanish) | http://desarrollohumano.org.gt/content/indh-2009-2010 | Class reads Human Development Report, 2010 | ||
Mastering the Machine Revisited: Poverty, Aid and Technology | Ian Smilie | Pete has copy | John Sekerak |
Mastering the Machine Revisited |
The No-Nonsense Guide to [[#|International Development]] | Maggie Black | Mitchell Moriarty | No nonsense guide to development.docx | |
The Bottom Billion | Paul Collier | Paige Cross | The Bottom Billion PDF.pdf | |
The White Man’s Burden | William Easterly | Lindsey Pedroncelli | The White Man’s Burden | |
Confessions of an Economic Hitman | Perkins | Elena | Teare_Confessions of an EMH.docx | |
Wk7: | Working with People, Due Nov. 1, In class: Nov. 3 | |||
When the ground turns in its sleep | Sylvia Sellers-Garcia* | Mariah Woolard | UNIV Book Project.docx | |
Three Cups of Tea | Greg Mortenson | Megan Thompson | Three Cups of Tea.docx | |
Deer Hunting with Jesus | Joe Beagant | Gina giannosa | Book Review UNIV 391.pdf | |
Mountains Beyond Mountains | Tracey Kidder | Pete has copy | Polina Mandrusov | Mountains Beyond Mountains summary.pdf |
My Path Leads to Tibet | Sabriye Tenberken | Tiffany Rios | My Path Leads to Tibet Summary.pdf | |
Three Cups of Deceit | Jon Krakauer | Brett Avedisian | 3 cups.docx | |
Appropriate Technology | Due Nov. 3, In class: Nov. 5 | |||
Appropriate Technology: Tools, Choices and Implications | Barrett Hazeltine and Christopher Bull | Justin Connolly | Appropriate Technology.pdf | |
Small is Beautiful | E.F. Schumacher | Ande Fieber | Small is Beautiful.pdf | |
Design like you Give a Damn, Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crisis | Cameron Sinclaire | Megan Snyder | Design Like You Give a Damn.pdf | |
Manos de Mujer, manual on Appropriate Technology for Community Development | Luz Marina Delgado | Hard to find | ||
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | William Kamkwamba | Julie Schneider | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.docx | |
Gaviotas | Alan Weisman | brooke kamler | Gaviotas PDF | |
Stuffed and Starved | Raj Patel | Perri Berman | Stuffed and Starved.docx | |
Wk8 | Micro Lending and Business Solutions, Due Nov. 8, In class: Nov. 10 | |||
Out of Poverty, what works when traditional approaches fail | Paul Polak | Cara House | Out of Poverty | |
Creating a World Without Poverty, social business and the future of capitalism | Muhammad Yunus | Gabriella Bragoli | Creating a World Without Poverty.pdf | |
A Framework for Understanding Poverty | Ruby Payne | melissa schwartz | ||
Banker to the Poor, Micro-lending and the battle against world poverty | Muhammad Yunus | Garret Powell | Banker to the Poor.Powell.pdf | |
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World | Jacqueline Novogratz | William Pedrotti | The Blue Sweater .docx | |
More Than Good Intentions | Dean Karlan | Max Kirby | More Than Good Intentions.pdf | |
Micro Lending and Business Solutions | Due Nov. 10, In class: Nov. 12 | |||
The New Age of Innovation, driving cocreated value through global networks | C.K. Prahalad; M.S. Krishnan | Maggie Andrada | The New age of innovation Final.docx | |
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, eradicating poverty through profits | C.K. Prahalad | Kelsey Rustigian | BOP.pdf | |
You can Hear Me Now | Nicholas P. Sullivan | Ryanne Born | You Can Hear Me Now.pdf | |
Diffusion of Innovations | Everett M. Rogers | Pete has copy | Nick Osterbur | postponed until next week |
Wk 9 | Innovation of Things: Due Nov. 15, In class: Nov. 17 | |||
Nick is out of town last week | So please find Diffusion of Innovations here | Nick Osterbur | Diffusion of Innovations – Nick Osterbur – Appropriate Tech.pdf | |
The design of Everyday Things | Donald A. Norman | Pete has copy | Catlin Khamashta | |
Design for a living world | Abbott Miller | Katerina Flores | design for a living world.pdf | |
Do Good Design: How designers can change the world | David B. Berman | Shelby Boyd | Do Good Design | |
Cradle to Cradle, rethinking the way we make things | William McDonough & Michael Braungart | Camille Lo | ||
The 10 Faces of Innovation | Tom Kelley | Cameron Rosetta | Tom Kelley The Ten Faces of Innovation.docx | |
The Art of Innovation | Tom Kelley | Dina Saba | The Art of Innovation Dina Saba | |
Where Good Ideas Come From | Steven Johnson | Jordan Goldie | Where Good Ideas Come From Report.docx | |
Reinventing Ourselves | Due Nov. 17, In class: Nov. 19 | |||
Imagine | Jonah Lehr | Pete has CD | Tara Kaveh Calvin Sandeen |
Imagine by Jonah Lehrer 2 Imagine.pdf |
Convergence | Thomas H. Colledge | Download .pdf from web | Aydee Melgar | Convergence.docx |
Thinking in Systems | Donella H. Meadows | Pete has copy | Jack Bowen | ThinkingInSystemsSummary.pdf |
Cradle to Cradle | Look up from Monday’s class, | Camille Lo | Cradle to Cradle report | |
Change by Design: How design thinking transform organizations and inspire innovation | Tim Brown | ERIC LY | Tim Brown Change by Design.pdf | |
Design Activism: Beautiful strangeness for a sustainable world | Alastair Faud-Luke | Aaron Packard | Aaron Packard Design Activism by Alastair Fuad-Luke | |
Creative Confidence | Tom Kelley | Nick Stockler | creative confidence.pdf | |
The Other World: DUE when the reader finds it appropriate | Weatherby, Arceneaux, Evans, Long, Reed, Novikova-Carter | You can’t pick this text if you’ve had it for a class. Pete has copy |