Few developments in 20th-century thought owe more to the power of the written and visual image than the environmental movement. Depictions of despoiled landscapes, trees dying from the effects of acid rain, seabirds coated in oil after tanker accidents and other, similarly emotive representations are memorable images that have played an important role in awakening environmental consciousness. Each day we are bombarded with countless representations of familiar and less familiar environments. This book offers an introductory guide through the representations of the environment found in...

The development of the environmental movement has relied heavily upon written and visual imagery. Representing the Environment offers an introductory guide to representations of the environment found in the media, literature, art and everyday life encounters.

Featuring case studies from Europe, the Americas and Australia, Representing the Environment provides practical guidance on how to study environmental representations from a cultural and historic perspective, and places the reader in the role of active interpreter. The book argues that studying representations...

In this sequel to his widely-acclaimed book The Experience of Modernism (1997), John Gold continues his detailed enquiry into the Modern Movement's involvement in urban planning and city design.

Making extensive use of information gained from hours of in-depth interviews with architects of the time, this new book examines the complex relationship between vision and subsequent practice in the saga of postwar urban reconstruction. The Practice of Modernism:

• traces the personal, institutional and professional backgrounds of the architects involved in...

In this sequel to his widely-acclaimed book The Experience of Modernism (1997), John Gold continues his detailed enquiry into the Modern Movement's involvement in urban planning and city design.

Making extensive use of information gained from hours of in-depth interviews with architects of the time, this new book examines the complex relationship between vision and subsequent practice in the saga of postwar urban reconstruction. The Practice of Modernism:

• traces the personal, institutional and professional backgrounds of the architects involved in...

The Sin. The Truth. The Confession. "If you had to kill the Pope would you do it?" "Only if it depended on national security." - In November of 1962 one hundred and twenty-five men- new recruits barely out of boot camp - from the Army, Navy, and Marines were taken to the U.S. Naval Training center in San Diego. For ten days, each as uninformed as the recruit next to the, were shuttled to an unnamed facility to undergo psychological profiling under the watch of- what was then called, their instructors. On the eleventh day fifty remained. The fifty, given new identities, were flown to North...

Is there a 'spooky' element to success? Is success or failure influenced by forces beyond our control? Do the paranormal and the non-physical dimensions have a proactive impact upon the here and now? In this introductory text, John Gold looks at the evidence and outlines some surprising examples of inter-dimensional activity. A social sciences context is also provided to the wealth of self-help material currently out there. If we really are interconnected, then all sources of energy must be influential ....