Climate Change Archaeology

This book is a brief history of the human-caused climate change debate from its origins in the 19th century until today. The goal is to put the pol...

The climate reasons, pressures and incentives that led to emigration have been neither straightforward nor uniform The author reviews the significa...

Can a long-term perspective on human adaptations to climate change inform Ireland's response to the crisis we face today?Climate and Society in Ire...

Reducere. Both the perceived successes and failures of the Maya are often linked to their relationship with the local environment and their response to episo...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Garden of Eden as the ideal and untouched site of life's creation persists in popular thought, even as we have uncovered a lengthy f...

DescriptionAs climate change is warming our planet, the ice in Earth's cryosphere is melting --- from glaciers to mountaintop patches to permafrost...

The book is aimed at and written for a broad audience interested in archaeology, genetics, Native Americans, human evolution, climate and environme...

Reducere. In this insightful book, an underwater archaeologist and survival coach shows how understanding the collapse of civilizations can help us prepare f...

DescriptionMany people first encounter Hawai'i through the imagination--a postcard picture of hula girls, lu'aus, and plenty of sun, surf, and sea....

DescriptionThe world's collective archaeological heritage is threatened by war, development, poverty, climate change, and ignorance. To protect our...

801Native Americans have occupied the mountains of northwestern North Carolina for around 14, 000 years. This book tells the story of their lives, ...

After the first Euro-American settlers arrived in Seattle in the 1850s, the surrounding old-growth forests were rapidly harvested for lumber, causi...

Reducere. MAKING OUR OWN HISTORYA User's Guide to Marx's Historical Materialism by Jonathan White As global capitalism lurches from one crisis to the next we...

After the first Euro-American settlers arrived in Seattle in the 1850s, the surrounding old-growth forests were rapidly harvested for lumber, causi...

Reducere. 21st Century Revolution was written based upon the author's 53 years of continuous involvement in the movement for fundamental, justice grounded, p...

The ancient Egyptian kingdoms, at their greatest extent, stretched more than 2000 kilometres along the Nile and passed through diverse habitats. In...

Reducere. Westbound immigrants, pioneers and entrepreneurs alike arrived in Kansas City with a thirst for progress and beer. Breweries both small and mighty ...

Reducere. What does the future hold for the Midwest? A vast stretch of fertile farmland bordering one of the largest concentrations of fresh water in the wor...

From prehistoric times to the present, the Ocean has been used as a highway for trade, a source of food and resources, and a space for recreation a...

A newly updated edition of the best-selling primer on the social, political, and economic challenges facing Central and South America Ten years aft...

DescriptionIn recent years, feminism has been at the forefront of social criticism in the United States, but the mainstream face of feminism is sti...

DescriptionThough reaching ever further toward the skies, today's cities are overshadowed by multiple threats: climate change, overpopulation, soci...

In the fourteenth century the Old World witnessed a series of profound and abrupt changes in the trajectory of long-established historical trends. ...

In The Valkyries' Loom, Mich le Hayeur Smith examines Viking textiles as evidence of the little-known work of women in the Norse colonies that expa...

Reducere. Rome in the archaic age was a minor satellite between the Etruscan and Greek world. This book traces the expansion of Roman influence first within ...

The global coffee industry, which fuels the livelihoods of farmers, entrepreneurs, and consumers around the world, rests on fragile ecological foun...

Reducere. It's a book that looks like a magazine [...] and full of detail to die for - Crawford Gribben, New Books Network From one of the world's leading hi...

East Asia hosts a fifth of the world's population and consumes over half the world's coal, a quarter of its petroleum products, and a tenth of its ...

Reducere. Conflicts over water prevalent in prehistory continue to expand and intensify. Although this natural resource informed our history, it will definit...

Reducere. A greater understanding of China is no longer optional in our global village. It is necessary if we want to tackle global challenges such as the CO...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book is a short treatment of a long history. Nebraska has been inundated by ancient seas, carved by glaciers, and settled by ancien...

Few American towns went untouched by World War II, even those in remote corners of the country. During that era, the federal government forever cha...

Reducere. The landscape of the Calumet, an area that sits astride the Indiana-Illinois state line at the southern end of Lake Michigan was shaped by the glac...

A Man of DevotionAs the Minister of Culture and Fine Arts for the last Shah of Iran, Mehrdad Pahlbod's life was entangled with royalty, celebrity, ...

The Middle East is one of the world's most volatile regions. In recent years, from the optimism and then crushing disappointment of the Arab uprisi...

Reducere. In French on Shifting Ground: Cultural and Coastal Erosion in South Louisiana, Nathalie Dajko introduces readers to the lower Lafourche Basin, Loui...