Perspectives on Environmental History in East Asia. Changes in the Land, Water and Air, Paperback - ***

This edited volume engages with some of the most dynamic themes in current research on East Asian environmental history, including agricultural sci...

This book is the first comparative study of media technologies in Japan and the two Koreas which illuminates the peculiar geopolitical relations be...

Why does water always take a winding course in streams and rivers? Do common principles and rhythms underlie its movement--whether in the sea, in a...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: William CrononForeword by: John DemosAfterword by: William CrononThe book that launched environmental history now updated. ...

A first classification series for young children looking at what defines a particular animal typePublisher: Hachette Children's GroupAuthor(s): Sar...

DescriptionIn this critically acclaimed book, Christian Marek masterfully provides the first comprehensive history of Asia Minor from prehistory to...

A first classification series for young children looking at what defines a particular animal type

Publisher: BAR PublishingAuthor(s): Veerle LinseeleNumber of pages: 348Collection: British Archaeological Reports International SeriesPublication d...

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

Can you hear it, the hiss of water wiggling its way out into the world uncaptured, wasted, wanton? British-Egyptian Sabrina Mahfouz grew up with am...

Reducere. The US Navy did not possess any inland river patrol forces prior to the Vietnam War and had only a handful of coastal patrol boats, despite the les...

Provides students with a comprehensive exploration of the history of Korea from its origins to present day. Featuring highly focused and accessible...

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. This collection studies Asia as a second front in the Cold War, examining U.S.-Soviet rivalry in terms of the foreign policies of China, Japan, Nor...

At the close of the nineteenth century, near the end of the Qing empire, Confucian revivalists from central China gained control of the Muslim-majo...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Victor SeowIllustration(s): 25 halftonesNumber of pages: 376Collection: Studies of the Weather...

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In Our Own Tongues: Perspectives from Asia on Mission and Inculturation, Paperback

Offers a look at how nature has been culturally constructed in South and Southeast Asia. This book looks at how social and natural landscapes are c...

De cand a inceput sa creasca nivelul marii, oamenii traiesc in cupolele din adancurile apelor sau din aer. Pana la optsprezece ani, Kenzie nu a vaz...

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 ...

DescriptionA young woman goes on a perilous journey in search of her absent father. What ensues is a Freudian adult fairytale in this exciting debu...

The Lost Samurai reveals the greatest untold story of Japan's legendary warrior class, which is that for almost a hundred years Japanese samurai we...

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

Recent interdisciplinary studies have provided a new perspective on the European Bronze Age. Hudson examines if these approaches can be applied to ...

Gender in Georgia brings together an international group of feminist scholars to explore the socio-political conditions that have shaped gender dyn...

Publisher: Berghahn BooksAuthor(s): Eleonora RohlandNumber of pages: 252Collection: Environment in History: International PerspectivesPublication d...

Reducere. The national monuments of Wupatki, Walnut Canyon, and Montezuma s Castle showcase the treasures of the first people who settled and developed farms...

When Mao Zedong proclaimed The People's Republic of China in 1949, China was a poor and wrecked society after years of continuous wars. For centuri...

In the aftermath of Alexander the Great's conquests in the late fourth century BC, Greek garrisons and settlements were established across Central ...

This book brings together studies conducted by researchers in East Asian countries who seek to better understand the impact of China's rise and the...

A complete history of the maritime struggle in the Mediterranean and Middle East during World War II.Publisher: Casemate PublishersAuthor(s): Brian...

Asia After Versailles addresses an important watershed for Asian nations - the response to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. It marked the end of...

The turn of the century has been a moment of rapid urbanization. Much of this urban growth is taking place in the cities of the developing world an...

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...

Through theoretically-grounded case studies and comparative analysis of consolidating, low quality, and failed democracies in East Asia, this volum...

This book examines the connections between the British Empire and French colonialism in war, peace and the various stages of competitive cooperatio...

Water Security in the Middle East explores the extent and nature of water security problems in transboundary water systems in the Middle East. This...

Heritage and Religion in East Asia examines how religious heritage, in a mobile way, plays across national boundaries in East Asia and, in doing so...

A paradigm-shifting history that reveals how the early Christian churches in the East helped to shape the Asia and the Christianity we know todayPu...

The central issues discussed in this new collected work in the highly successful ancient textiles series are the relationships between fiber resour...

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

Offers a critical and realistic reassessment of the threats posed to the environment in the Middle East, and what can be done about them.

Mushroom Clouds: Ecocritical Approaches to Militarization and the Environment in East Asia examines the growing significance of the eco-implication...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Sorpong (Ryerson University, Canada) PeouNumber of pages: 374Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 154 x 232 ...

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

Reducere. Este jurnalismul o profesie de sine statatoare in Romania? A fost el vreodata? Care sunt limitele autonomiei profesionale? Care sunt limitele trans...

Growing out of a colloquium organised in Sao Paulo in March 2016, here Nine papers approach the potential of materiality in Ancient Egypt based on ...