Historical Ecology

Theoretical Ecology: concepts and applications continues the authoritative and established sequence of theoretical ecology books initiated by Rober...

An accessible introduction to community ecology which looks at the linkages between communities separated in space (metacommunity dynamics), niche ...

Cultural Forests of the Amazon is a comprehensive and diverse account of how indigenous people transformed landscapes and managed resources in the ...

Reducere. In an age of climate crisis and political confusion, ecology seems to offer clear answers to urgent questions about the current global predicament....

Reducere. Description"Nazi Ecology" deconstructs the anti-Semitic historical background of the early German green movement of the 19th century which was abso...

The disconcerting reappearance of fascism in many parts of the Western world since the late twentieth century has prompted a re-evaluation of previ...

A range of international scholars highlight the thematic and formal coherence of James Benning's practice, whilst providing readers with an artisti...

In The End of Japanese Cinema Alexander Zahlten traces the evolution of a new form of holistic media studies-media ecology-through historical overv...

Reducere. DescriptionWinner, Ottis Lock Endowment Award for the best book on East Texas, East Texas Historical Association, 1985Texas Literary Festival Award...

Transect Urbanism: Readings in Human Ecology is the definitive reference on the Rural-to-Urban Transect, a compilation of the most important essays...

Reducere. DescriptionHedges and field margins are important wildlife habitats and deliver a range of ecosystem services, and their value is increasingly reco...

Reducere. Bridges the gap between social and environmental critiques of capitalismIn the nineteenth century, Karl Marx, inspired by the German chemist Justus...

Reducere. Drawing on Jesuit values as well as perspectives from disciplines across the humanities and sciences, this volume is oriented toward care for the p...

Environmental history in southern Africa has only recently come into its own as a distinct field of historical inquiry. While natural resources lie...

Reducere. In The Bear Doesn't Know, Paul Schullery--honored naturalist, storyteller, and former Yellowstone ranger--has given us a bear-lover's book of wonde...

Our understanding of ourselves and the world as historical has drastically changed since the postwar period, yet this emerging historical sensibili...

Description Few concepts are as central to understanding the modern world as borders, and the now-thriving field of border studies has already prod...

Reducere. Jonathan Crary's Techniques of the Observer provides a dramatically new perspective on the visual culture of the nineteenth century, reassessing pr...

Reducere. So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Guns, Germs, and Steel tells you what you need to know--before or after you read Jared Diam...

Reducere. The concept of Anthropocene has been incorporated within a hegemonic narrative that represents 'Man' as the dominant geological force of our epoch,...

The Atlas of Mammals in Great Britain and Northern Ireland provides the most up-to-date distributions of both terrestrial and marine species. It us...

DescriptionA celebration of beer--its science, its history, and its impact on human culture What can beer teach us about biology, history, and the ...

DescriptionThe revised edition of Educational Psychology Reader: The Art and Science of How People Learn presents an exciting amalgam of educationa...

Reducere. In this commentary James McKeown treats Genesis as a book of beginnings and a foundational sourcebook for biblical theology. He begins with exegesi...

A powerful and innovative argument that explores the complexity of the human relationship with material things, demonstrating how humans and societ...

Reducere. Leo Panitch, Sam Gindin, and Stephen Maher provide a newly updated and expanded primer for twenty-first century democratic socialists. The Socialis...

Linear algebra is a fundamental area of mathematics, and is arguably the most powerful mathematical tool ever developed. It is a core topic of stud...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Rick LamplughWhen Rick Lamplugh arrives at the historic Lamar Buffalo Ranch on New Year's Eve, he has one goal: to learn as...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Peter J. BowlerThis authoritative volume chronicles humanity's long quest to understand its own origins. Peter J. Bowler br...

The Bec Hellouin model for growing food, sequestering carbon, creating jobs, and increasing biodiversity without using fossil fuels When Charles an...

Reducere. The West and the World engages students and provokes discussion by presenting the past through the prism of current and perennial issues. Interpret...

What keeps capitalism afloat? The global ocean has through the centuries served as a trade route, strategic space, fish bank and supply chain for t...

Reducere. Karl Marx: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works covers all aspects of his life and works. Marx was a philosopher, a crusading journalist, as wel...

Reducere. An examination of the relationship between art and cybernetics and their intersections, with works that use the powerlessness of art. Cybernetics o...

Reducere. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * One of NPR's Best Books of 2020A provocative, absorbing read. -- People "A feast of a read... I finished A Good...

Reducere. Below white pines, at water's edge, in guarded nest of mud and sedge, squeezed inside an olive egg, beak meets wing meets folded leg. With these fe...