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Fluid Arguments: Five Centuries of Western Water Conflict
ISBN: 9780816501366 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Water or the lack of it has shaped the contours of the American West and continues to dominate the region's development. From the incursions of the Spanish conquistadores to the dams of the New Deal era, humans have sought water in these arid lands as the key to survival and success. And as the West becomes more urbanized, water is an issue as never before. This book sets contemporary and often bitter debates over water in their historical contexts by examining some of the most contentious issues that have confronted the region over five centuries.
Seventeen contributors... Water or the lack of it has shaped the contours of the American West and continues to dominate the region's development. From the incursions of...
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121,89 zł |
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Theodore Roosevelt: Naturalist in the Arena - audiobook
ISBN: 9781496213143 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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95,89 zł |
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Hetch Hetchy: A History in Documents: (From the Broadview Sources Series)
ISBN: 9781554814404 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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142,67 zł |
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Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism
ISBN: 9781559638234 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 458 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This new biography, the first in more than three decades, offers a fresh interpretation of the life and work of the famed conservationist and Progressive politician. In addition to considering Gifford Pinchot's role in the environmental movement, historian Char Miller sets forth an engaging description and analysis of the man-his character, passions, and personality-and the larger world through which he moved. The author brings together insights from cultural and social history and recently discovered primary sources to support a new interpretation of Gifford Pinchot, whose activism not only...
This new biography, the first in more than three decades, offers a fresh interpretation of the life and work of the famed conservationist and Progress...
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225,92 zł |
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Burn Scars: A Documentary History of Fire Suppression, from Colonial Origins to the Resurgence of Cultural Burning
ISBN: 9781962645201 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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134,32 zł |
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River Basins of the American West: A High Country News Reader
ISBN: 9780870715747 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This companion volume to Water in the 21st-Century West examines water issues through the lens of major Western U.S. watersheds. From the pages of High Country News, the voice of Western environmental issues, River Basins of the American West explores why water has been, and remains, the West's most essential and controversial subject. Editor Char Miller has organized writings into sections defined by the great watersheds of the West-the Colorado River, the Rio Grande, the Columbia River, the Klamath River, and the Missouri River. Arguably, these drainage systems form the real boundaries of...
This companion volume to Water in the 21st-Century West examines water issues through the lens of major Western U.S. watersheds. From the pages of Hig...
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97,50 zł |
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The Atlas of U.S. and Canadian Environmental History
ISBN: 9780415937818 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This visually dynamic historical atlas chronologically covers American environmental history through the use of four-color maps, photos, and diagrams, and in written entries from well known scholars.
Organized into seven categories, each chapter covers: agriculture * wildlife and forestry * land use and management * technology and industry * pollution and human heath * human habitats * and ideology and politics. With valuable reference aids--including bibliographies, sources for further research, an extensive index, and newly designed maps--this is an indispensable tool for students... This visually dynamic historical atlas chronologically covers American environmental history through the use of four-color maps, photos, and diagrams,...
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1073,11 zł |
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Fluid Arguments: Five Centuries of Western Water Conflict
ISBN: 9780816520619 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Water or the lack of it has shaped the contours of the American West and continues to dominate the region's development. From the incursions of the Spanish conquistadores to the dams of the New Deal era, humans have sought water in these arid lands as the key to survival and success. And as the West becomes more urbanized, water is an issue as never before. This book sets contemporary and often bitter debates over water in their historical contexts by examining some of the most contentious issues that have confronted the region over five centuries.
Seventeen contributors representing... Water or the lack of it has shaped the contours of the American West and continues to dominate the region's development. From the incursions of the Sp...
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204,87 zł |
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San Antonio: A Tricentennial History
ISBN: 9781625110497 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Presents a general history of San Antonio. Its past is complex and ranges across 300 years, from its origins as a tiny Spanish frontier town to its contemporary status as an American mega-city. This study weaves together the environmental, social, political, and cultural pressures that have shaped life in the city over the last three centuries.
Presents a general history of San Antonio. Its past is complex and ranges across 300 years, from its origins as a tiny Spanish frontier town to its co...
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77,99 zł |
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Natural Consequences
ISBN: 9781634050371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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65,53 zł |
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Water in the 21st-Century West: A High Country News Reader
ISBN: 9780870715662 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Water in the 21st-Century West offers a timely look at the central issue facing the American West the region's diminishing water supply. It collects the best reporting on the subject, drawn from the pages of High Country News, the newspaper that sets the standard for coverage of environmental issues in the West. This book provides compelling perspectives on the water issues and controversies that roil the region, from the Pacific Northwest to the Great Plains, from the interior mountains to the southwestern deserts. The book's contributors, mong them activists, scholars, scientists, and many...
Water in the 21st-Century West offers a timely look at the central issue facing the American West the region's diminishing water supply. It collects t...
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97,50 zł |
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Public Lands, Public Debates: A Century of Controversy
ISBN: 9780870716591 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The subject of historic struggle and contemporary dispute, public lands in the United States are treasured spaces. In "Public Lands, Public Debates, "environmental historian Char Miller explores the history of conservation thinking and the development of a government agency with stewardship at its mission.Owned in common, our national forests, monuments, parks, and preserves are funded through federal tax receipts, making these public lands national in scope and significance. Their controversial histories demonstrate their vulnerability to shifting tides of public opinion, alterations in...
The subject of historic struggle and contemporary dispute, public lands in the United States are treasured spaces. In "Public Lands, Public Debates, "...
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97,50 zł |
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Taylored Citizenship: State Institutions and Subjectivity
ISBN: 9780275972233 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Miller shows how government institutions changed the meaning of American citizenship during the World War II era. He considers the state's role in creating concepts of citizenship and subjectivity by analyzing the application within military and educational institutions of systems of discipline associated with Frederick W. Taylor and scientific management. Miller also explores a neglected aspect of Michel Foucault's concerns about citizenship and subjectivity when examining the power of institutions and bureaucracies in creating and precluding political identities. Of particular... Miller shows how government institutions changed the meaning of American citizenship during the World War II era. He considers the state's role in ... |
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385,09 zł |
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Water in the West: A High Country News Reader
ISBN: 9780870714801 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) A lively primer on the region's most precious and scarce resource, drawn from the pages of the newspaper that sets the standard for coverage of environmental issues in the West.
A lively primer on the region's most precious and scarce resource, drawn from the pages of the newspaper that sets the standard for coverage of enviro...
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117,02 zł |
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Ground Work: Conservation in American Culture
ISBN: 9780890300695 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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92,63 zł |
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Cities and Nature in the American West
ISBN: 9780874178241 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In less than a century, the American West has transformed from a predominantly rural region to one where most people live in metropolitan centers. Cities and Nature in the American West offers provocative analyses of this transformation. Each essay explores the intersection of environmental, urban, and western history, providing a deeper understanding of the com- plex processes by which the urban West has shaped and been shaped by its sustaining environment. The book also considers how the West s urban development has altered the human experience and perception of nature, from the...
In less than a century, the American West has transformed from a predominantly rural region to one where most people live in metropolitan centers. ...
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136,53 zł |
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Seeking the Greatest Good: The Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot
ISBN: 9780822962670 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) President John F. Kennedy officially dedicated the Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies on September 24, 1963 to further the legacy and activism of conservationist Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946). Pinchot was the first chief of the United States Forest Service, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt in 1905. During his five-year term, he more than tripled the national forest reserves to 172 million acres. A pioneer in his field, Pinchot is widely regarded as one of the architects of American conservation and an adamant steward of natural resources for future generations.
Author Char Miller... President John F. Kennedy officially dedicated the Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies on September 24, 1963 to further the legacy and activism...
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134,51 zł |
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American Forests: Nature, Culture, and Politics
ISBN: 9780700608485 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Endangered ecosystem or renewable resource? How we feel about forests has to do with more than trees. This interdisciplinary collection of essays examines the history of forestry in the United States, exploring the impact of the discipline on natural and human landscapes since the mid-nineteenth century. Through important articles that have helped define the field, it assesses the development of the forestry profession and the U.S. Forest Service, analyzes the political and scientific controversies that have marked forestry's evolution, and discloses the transformations in America's...
Endangered ecosystem or renewable resource? How we feel about forests has to do with more than trees. This interdisciplinary collection of essays ...
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404,86 zł |
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Out Of The Woods: Essays in Environmental History
ISBN: 9780822956310 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Through the pages of Environmental History Review, now Environmental History, an entire discipline has been created and defined over time through the publication of the finest scholarship by humanists, social and natural scientists, and other professionals concerned with the complex relationship between people and our global environment. Out of the Woods gathers together the best of this scholarship. Covering a broad array of topics and reflecting the continuing diversity within the field of environmental history, Out of the Woods begins with three... Through the pages of Environmental History Review, now Environmental History, an entire discipline has been created and defined over... |
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251,34 zł |
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Toward a Natural Forest: The Forest Service in Transition (a Memoir)
ISBN: 9780870718137 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Jim Furnish joined the U.S. Forest Service in 1965, enthusiastic and naive, proud to be part of such a storied and accomplished agency. Nothing could have prepared him for the crisis that would soon rock the agency to its foundation, as a burgeoning environmental movement challenged the Forest Service s legacy and legitimacy.
The Forest Service stumbled in responding to a wave of lawsuits from environmental groups in the late 20th Century a phenomenon best symbolized by the spotted owl controversy that shut down logging on public forests in the Pacific Northwest in the 1990s. The agency... Jim Furnish joined the U.S. Forest Service in 1965, enthusiastic and naive, proud to be part of such a storied and accomplished agency. Nothing could ...
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77,99 zł |
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