An Environmental History of the Willamette Valley, Paperback - Elizabeth Orr

Reducere. DescriptionWestern Oregon's Willamette Basin, once a vast wilderness, became a thriving community almost overnight. When Oregon territory was opene...

Lonely Planet's Pocket Portland & the Willamette Valley is your most up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await y...

An Environmental History of Ancient Greece and Rome - Lukas Thommen

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

Reducere. From the arrival of Henry Hudson's Half Moon in the estuarial waters of what would come to be called New York Harbor to the 2006 agreement that lai...

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...

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...

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...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. A corrective to the contemporary idea that Buddhism has always been an environmentally friendly religionIn the current popular imagination, Buddhis...

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. 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...

Reducere. How did the Civil War and the emancipation of four million slaves reconfigure the natural landscape in the South and the farming economy dependent ...

Reducere. From the outset, society in Japan has been shaped by its environmental context. The lush green mountainous archipelago of today supports a populati...

Stretching from Portland to Eugene in Oregon, the fertile Willamette Valley is known for its pinot noir wines, farms, festivals, and charming small...

Reducere. The first of its kind, this anthology of eighty international primary literary texts--poems, short stories, personal essays, testimonials, activist...

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...

Reducere. DescriptionValley of the Shadow joins a fraternity of published first-person accounts of the fall of the Philippines, including the surrender of Co...

Reducere. Claire Swedberg and Rita Hupy conducted hundreds of interviews to investigate what role a community plays in the arts, and what the arts can bring ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Elizabeth PetersThe 1895-96 season promises to be an exceptional one for Amelia Peabody, her dashing Egyptologist husband, ...

Reducere. If you are curious about how the extraordinary Aztecs lived and ran their empire, then keep reading!The remarkable Aztecs formed a vast, organized ...

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...

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

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A full, detailed and global portrait of a life lived in service.Publisher: September PublishingNumber of pages: 560Publication date: 2021Dimensions...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is another Civil War history book, but it deals with an aspect of the Civil War that does not appear-even as an aside or footnote-i...

Publisher: Girls Gone By PublishersAuthor(s): Elizabeth GoudgePublication date: 2019Dimensions: 130 x 191 x 20Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

What is justice? How should an individual and a society behave justly? And how do they learn how to do so? These are just some of the core question...

Reducere. Rights of Nature Rights of Nature Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics a History of Environmental Ethics a History of Environmental ...

Through its long history, Anderson Valley-located in Northern California's Mendocino County-has changed significantly, and yet this book shows that...

Reducere. A surprising and very personal biography of a woman who may be the world's last great queen, published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of...

Reducere. The Truckee River is central to the survival of humanity that has long clustered around its banks. Yet it has often been treated as no more than a ...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Daniel P. SelmiIllustration(s): 17 halftonesNumber of pages: 344Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

Reducere. Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for HistoryEncounters at the Heart of the World concerns the Mandan Indians, iconic Plains people whose teeming, ...

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

The first full-length account in more than three decades to examine the combat at New Market on May 15, 1864-the battle that opened the pivotal 186...

Reducere. DescriptionIf you want to discover the captivating history of the Tudors, then keep reading... Four captivating manuscripts in one book: The Tudors...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Whilst wandering the back streets of Arezzo, Romer came across an old recipe book and was inspired by the recipes to investigate the culinary histo...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this third volume of essays adapted from the acclaimed blog TARDIS Eruditorum you'll find a critical history of the Jon Pertwee years...

Reducere. Genealogical And Family History Of Southern New York And The Hudson River Valley; A Record Of The Achievements Of Her People In The Making Of A Com...

Reducere. Explore the grizzly tale of Charleston's most infamous serial killers from the beginning of their reign of horror till their eventual incarceration...

This is the inspiring and charming true story of one of the Second World War's most unusual combatants - a 500-pound cigarette smoking, beer-drinki...

An archaeological quest to find the homes and haunts of the extraordinary inhabitants of the 'Happy Valley', home to affluent white expatriates in ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis second volume of collected and expanded posts from the popular blog TARDIS Eruditorum offers a critical history of the Patrick Trou...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this newly revised and expanded first volume of essays adapted from the acclaimed blog TARDIS Eruditorum you'll find a critical histo...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Velayutham (Jamia Millia Islamia, India) SaravananNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 20...