Affluence and Freedom. An Environmental History of Political Ideas, Paperback - Pierre Charbonnier

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Reducere. As the very first book of its kind, An Environmental History of Medieval Europe provides a highly original survey of medieval relations with the na...

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The former Soviet empire spanned eleven time zones and contained half the world's forests; vast deposits of oil, gas, and coal; various ores; major...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mark FiegeForeword by: William CrononIn the dramatic narratives that comprise The Republic of Nature, Mark Fiege reframes t...

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The history of the twentieth century is most often told through its world wars, the rise and fall of communism, or its economic upheavals. In his s...

DescriptionPresented here is the final and most coherent section of a sweeping classic work in environmental history, The Unending Frontier. The Wo...

Reducere. In the nineteenth century, the colonial territories of California and Hawai'i underwent important cultural, economic, and ecological transformation...

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The Earth has entered a new age--the Anthropocene--in which humans are the most powerful influence on global ecology. Since the mid-twentieth centu...

Reducere. Supplying water to millions is not simply an engineering and logistical challenge. As David Soll shows in his finely observed history of the nation...

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This book examines ecology and culture in the Carpathian Mountains, with a focus on Ukraine's Galician Hutsul region from 1848 to 1939.Publisher: L...

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Stephen ChanNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 141 x 214 x 25Cover type: Paperb...

Reducere. For the last twenty years, The Destruction of the Bison has been an essential work in environmental history. Andrew C. Isenberg offers a concise an...

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Reducere. In his 1983 classic The Poverty of Affluence, Paul Wachtel examines the psychological underpinnings of our insatiable desire for growth, and endles...

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Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Keith O'BrienNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 167 x 243 x 43Cover type: HardbackRede...

Reducere. Do you want to make a true difference in the world? Dr. Ron Sider does. He has, since before he first published Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger...

Contributor(s): Author: Martin GilensCan a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? In an ideal democ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdNumber of pages: 454Collection: Rewriting HistoriesPublication date: 2012Dimensions: 158 x 229 x 25Cover type: Paper...

Whispers of War: An Afghan Freedom Fighter's Account of the Soviet Invasion is the real-life tale of a young political leader, Masood Khalili. Son ...

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Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Tyler StovallIllustration(s): 31 b/w illus.Number of pages: 440Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 24...

Reducere. On a fateful day in May 1941, in Nazi-occupied Strasbourg, seventeen-year- old Pierre Seel was summoned by the Gestapo. This was the beginning of h...

A clear and concise overview of the life and work of the immensely influential but little understood eighteenth-century mystic-scientist Emanuel Sw...

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Freedom in the World is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. The methodology of this survey ...

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Reducere. Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day—from the invention of writing, mathematics,...

This book is the first comprehensive oral history of the Iraq War. It presents the raw and vivid testimonies and recollections from combat veterans...

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Reducere. Set against the backdrop of the witchcraft trial of his mother, this lively biography of Johannes Kepler - 'the Protestant Galileo' and 16th centur...

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This is the first global survey of how natural resources have been regulated in the modern world.Publisher: University of British Columbia PressIll...

DescriptionThe death of a local tax-collector spells trouble for Libertus in this compelling historical mystery. Having been inveigled into standin...

An anthropological perspective on the devastating environmental consequences of global capital's growth imperative.

Reducere. DescriptionTwelve-year-old Ann understands there is only one thing to be grateful for as a slave: having her family together. But when the master f...