The Contamination of the Earth. A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age, Paperback - Thomas Le Roux

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Thomas Le RouxIllustration(s): 27 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 480Collection: History for a Sus...

The trajectories of pollution in global capitalism, from the toxic waste of early tanneries to the poisonous effects of pesticides in the twentieth...

Reducere. The visionary classic that traces out the twilight of the petroleum age In 2008, as the price of crude oil spiked to record levels, John Michael Gr...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Thomas Le RouxIllustration(s): 25 colour illustrationsNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 161 ...

In this translation of the groundbreaking Le Chant Intime, internationally renowned baritone François Le Roux, in conversation with journalist Roma...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in ...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in ...

An exploration of the hitherto neglected architectural legacy of the boom in manufacturing in the Veneto in the Renaissance, exploiting natural mat...

DescriptionParis in the Middle Ages was home to royalty, mountebanks, Knights Templar, merchants, prostitutes, and canons. Bursting outward from th...

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

Reducere. In 1981, while working as New Mexico State Historian, Stanley M. Hordes began to hear stories of Hispanos who lit candles on Friday night and absta...

The first hopeful book about climate change, The Future Earth shows readers how to reverse the short- and long-term effects of climate change over ...

Reducere. Everyone shops online these days, but there are certain experiences and products that resist the move to e-commerce. When we can order almost anyth...

DescriptionAttitudes to fashion have changed radically in the twenty-first century. Dress is increasingly approached as a means of self-expression,...

Reducere. DescriptionEveryone shops online these days, but there are certain experiences and products that resist the move to e-commerce. When we can order a...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the opening year, 1793, when revolutionary France had beheaded its king, the wrath turned next upon the King of kings, by whose grace...

Reducere. In the years following the Napoleonic Wars, a mysterious manuscript began to circulate among the dissatisfied noble elite of the Russian Empire. En...

Basic Architecture features: Each title contains approximately 120 images, including photographs, sketches, drawings, and floor plans Introductory ...

How the introduction of steam, iron, and steel required new rules and new ways of thinking for the design and building of ships.

Presents the proceedings of a workshop on the remediation of radioactive contamination in agriculture. The workshop brought together specialists fr...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Katherine EbanIn the tradition of the great investigative classics, Dangerous Doses exposes the dark side of America's phar...

Reducere. DescriptionAge of EnlightenmentFrom its beginnings as a loosely definable group of philosophical ideas to the culmination of its revolutionary effe...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 45 bw illusNumber of pages: 288Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 51 bw illusNumber of pages: 320Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom its beginning, the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879-1918) was documented in photographs. The photographic record of the scho...

Reducere. America, how well do you know your history?Who quelled a coup d'etat by putting on a pair of reading glasses? Which U.S. senator was nearly caned t...

This volume addresses the relationship between the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Angkor (Cambodia), and the nearby town of Siem Reap, assessing the...

An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance chronicles the history and development of theatre from the Roman era to the present day. ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 54 bw illusNumber of pages: 304Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2016...

With transitions to more sustainable ways of living already underway, this book examines how we understand the underlying dynamics of the transitio...

DescriptionA novel account of the relationship between postindustrial capitalism and postmodern culture, this book looks at American poetry and art...

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 ...

The life - and life behind the scenes - of one of Britain's best-known chefs.

Reducere. This book studies the connections between the political reform of the Holy Roman Empire and the German lands around 1500 and the sixteenth-century ...

Reducere. 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 ...

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. "one of the most popular books ever published in the United States and the standard work on classical mythology for nearly a century"-Edith Hamilto...

Reducere. "one of the most popular books ever published in the United States and the standard work on classical mythology for nearly a century"-Edith Hamilto...