Empire of Water: An Environmental and Political History of the New York City Water Supply, Paperback - David Soll

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...

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...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Daryl Joji MaedaIllustration(s): 9 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimens...

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

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Reducere. The first comprehensive history of the DREAM Act and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) In 1982, the Supreme Court of the United States ...

Reducere. DescriptionFor over two hundred years, the Catskill Mountains have been repeatedly and dramatically transformed by New York City. In Making Mountai...

Reducere. "There are eight million stories in the Naked City." This famous line from the 1948 film The Naked City has become an emblem of New York City itsel...

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

The book presents an introduction to the science and the many advantages and benefits of "structured water." Contents include writings, articles by...

An electrifying memoir that braids together the urgent issues of Indigenous rights and environmental policy, from a nationally and internationally ...

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Publisher: University of California PressIllustration(s): 31 color illustrationsNumber of pages: 270Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 2...

The real Pirates of the Caribbean -- a swashbuckling slice of history that thrillingly re-creates the den of iniquity that was the pirates' HQ, Por...

Reducere. Majestic and lyrically written, The Conquest of Nature traces the rise of Germany through the development of water and landscape. David Blackbourn ...

Contributor(s): Author: Jeremy J. SchmidtAn intellectual history of America's water management philosophy Humans take more than their geological sh...

Experience a seldom-seen New York City with journalists and NYC natives Sharon Seitz and Stuart Miller as they show you the 42 islands in this city...

"I trace my ancestry back to the Mayflower, " writes Andrew S. Dolkart. "Not to the legendary ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachus...

Reducere. DescriptionDavid Ruggles (1810-1849) was one of the most heroic--and has been one of the most often overlooked--figures of the early abolitionist m...

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Reducere. Native Neopolitan and distinguished scholar Tommaso Astarita gives us a history both erudite and full of personality--from the freethinking, cosmop...

In the field of philosophy, the common view of philosophy as an essentially Western discipline persists even today, while non-Western philosophy te...

Reducere. One hundred fifty haiku on New York City in just three lines each. New York City Haiku collects 150 of the best haiku inspired by the Big Apple. Th...

Reducere. In this lively and engaging book, Bruce W. Dearstyne presents New York State history through an exploration of nineteen dramatic events. From the l...

A powerful meditation on the influence of the British Empire in the Middle East, intertwining history, politics, poetry, myth and personal experien...

Reducere. DescriptionWater and wastewater professionals spend their careers inside the "green maze" of environmental law. If you have ever felt a bit lost, y...

Reducere. This special re-print edition of the US Dept. of Interior's book "Well Drilling Methods" is a guide to drilling and boring water boring. Written in...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

From its origins as a primitive Dutch outpost to the sprawling urban complex it is today, the defining characteristic of New York has been constant...

How much do you actually know about New York City? Did you know they tried to anchor Zeppelins at the top of the Empire State Building? Or that the...

Water in North American Environmental History offers twenty-five cases studies that explore the range of uses and perceptions of water throughout C...

Reducere. The best one-volume history of the United States ever written (Joseph J. Ellis), now updated to cover the Obama and Trump presidenciesIn America, E...

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'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMESPublisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Edward Wilson-LeeNumber of pages: 352Publication date: ...

Reducere. Winner of the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir Jeffery Smith was living in Missoula, Montana, working as a psychiatric case manag...

Reducere. In the 19th century, New York saw the development of a sex industry at the heart of a consumer world of entertainment, goods, newspapers and advert...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Henry Hudson's expedition around Manhattan and relations with the Lenape natives *Includes accounts of tra...

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Integrated Water Resources Management in the Middle East, held in Kibbutz Kera, Israel, 6-17 Fe...

Reducere. Winner, Abbott Lowell Cummings Award, Vernacular Architecture Forum, 2020 From the boundary surveys of the 1850s to the ever-expanding fences and h...

Reducere. Water for Life is an illustrated activity book for 8-11 year olds (although adults will also find it informative) and families. It can be used in a...

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