Social and Ecological History of the Pyrenees: State, Market, and Landscape
ISBN: 9781598746136 / Angielski / Miękka / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This major work of historical ecology advances the integration of research on environmental and social systems, contributing important lessons for contemporary natural resource policy and management. A diverse, international region, the Pyrenees has been characterized as a quintessential example of rural areas across Europe and North America. The authors use qualitative and quantitative methods from economics, history, anthropology, and ecological science to integrate human agency and ecology across a landscape that moved from agricultural and pastoral production to industrialization, then...
This major work of historical ecology advances the integration of research on environmental and social systems, contributing important lessons for con...
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Dislocating the Orient: British Maps and the Making of the Middle East, 1854-1921
ISBN: 9780226451336 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While the twentieth century's conflicting visions and exploitation of the Middle East are well documented, the origins of the concept of the Middle East itself have been largely ignored. With Dislocating the Orient, Daniel Foliard tells the story of how the land was brought into being, exploring how maps, knowledge, and blind ignorance all participated in the construction of this imagined region. Foliard vividly illustrates how the British first defined the Middle East as a geopolitical and cartographic region in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through their imperial maps....
While the twentieth century's conflicting visions and exploitation of the Middle East are well documented, the origins of the concept of the Middle Ea...
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278,46 zł |
Planet of the Grapes: A Geography of Wine
ISBN: 9781440854385 / Angielski / Twarda / 323 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wine was one the key founding foods of Western culture (bread and oil being the other two). It has played a key role in human history for thousands of years, having been used for enjoyment, rituals, and religious purposes; today, the production and consumption of wine is a billion-dollar industry that plays an important role in the global economy. Planet of the Grapes: A Geography of Wine provides an interesting and accessible lens through which students can learn about geography, culture, society, history, religion, and the environment. The chapters cover the historical geography... Wine was one the key founding foods of Western culture (bread and oil being the other two). It has played a key role in human history for thousands... |
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397,10 zł |
Ruins and Old Trees Associated with Memorable Events in English History
ISBN: 9781633913790 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ruins and Old Trees was written by Mary Roberts, with the original illustrations by Gilbert, engravings by Folkard. Roberts uses creative license and lines of poetry scattered throughout the work, to reimagine life and times of various, notable areas across England. Her descriptions invite readers to put themselves into the events described, ingeniously using various physical landmarks as a reference point. Much of the history is centered on monarchs of Europe and religious figures. Those discussed include the Monks of St. Mary's at York, Howel Sele, the Nunnery of St. Peter's, Queen Victoria...
Ruins and Old Trees was written by Mary Roberts, with the original illustrations by Gilbert, engravings by Folkard. Roberts uses creative license and ...
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59,52 zł |
Climate Change in Human History: Prehistory to the Present
ISBN: 9781472598493 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Climate Change and Human History provides an up-to-date and concise introduction to the relationship between human beings and climate change throughout history. Starting with periods hundreds of thousands of years ago and continuing up to the present day, the book illustrates how natural climate variability affected early human societies, and how humans are now altering climate drastically within much shorter periods of time. For each major period of time, the book will explain how climate change has created opportunities as well as risks and challenges for human... Climate Change and Human History provides an up-to-date and concise introduction to the relationship between human beings and climate change... |
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406,98 zł |
The Ryukyu Kingdom: Cornerstone of East Asia
ISBN: 9780824855178 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This English translation of a key work by one of Okinawa's most respected historians, Mamoru Akamine, provides a compelling new picture of the role played by the Ryukyu Kingdom in the history of East Asia. Okinawa Island, from which the present-day Japanese prefecture derives its name, is the largest of the Ryukyu Islands, an archipelago that stretches between Japan and Taiwan. In the present volume, Akamine chronicles the rise of the Ryukyu Kingdom in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, when it played a major part in East Asian trade and diplomacy. Then Ryukyu was indeed the... This English translation of a key work by one of Okinawa's most respected historians, Mamoru Akamine, provides a compelling new picture of the role... |
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428,40 zł |
Wieje szarkijja. Beduini z pustyni Negew
ISBN: 9788380494022 / Polski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To „szarkijja” pokonała wojska Napoleona, kiedy chciały zawładnąć Bliskim Wschodem. Gdy wieje ten pustynny wiatr, gorący piasek gryzie w oczy i daje się we znaki tak samo jak krzywda, która spotyka Beduinów zepchniętych na najniższy szczebel drabiny społecznej Izraela. Rząd niezmiennie kwestionuje ich prawo do ziemi, przyznane jeszcze przez władze osmańskie i potwierdzone przez mandat brytyjski. Izraelski plan zagospodarowania pustyni Negew zakłada przymusowe wysiedlenia Beduinów, wyburzanie postawionych bez specjalnej zgody domów, osiedli i całych wiosek.
Choć... To „szarkijja” pokonała wojska Napoleona, kiedy chciały zawładnąć Bliskim Wschodem. Gdy wieje ten pustynny wiatr, gorący piasek gryzie w ocz...
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37,51 zł |
The Uae: Geopolitics, Modernity and Tradition
ISBN: 9781784539306 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates were little known until the spectacular success of Dubai.
The seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates were little known until the spectacular success of Dubai.
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610,47 zł |
The Mystery of the Ancient Maps: Those extraordinary anomalies which question the history of humanity (colour version)
ISBN: 9791096132133 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Colour version) "The Mystery of the Ancient Maps" starts with two maps of the 10th century, with America drawn five centuries before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492, who obviously did not discover the New World. Thus, not only does this book definitely question the official history about the discovery of America, but also about Australia, Africa and Antarctica, because the information shown on these maps was supposedly impossible in their time. In the end, all these maps also question the official history of... (Colour version) "The Mystery of the Ancient Maps" starts with two maps of the 10th century, with America drawn five cent... |
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85,46 zł |
Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life
ISBN: 9780520292826 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When you think of a map of the United States, what do you see? Now think of the Seattle that begot Jimi Hendrix. The Dallas that shaped Erykah Badu. The Holly Springs, Mississippi, that compelled Ida B. Wells to activism against lynching. The Birmingham where Martin Luther King, Jr., penned his most famous missive. Now how do you see the United States? Chocolate Cities offers a new cartography of the United States--a "Black Map" that more accurately reflects the lived experiences and the future of Black life in America. Drawing on cultural sources such as film, music, fiction, and...
When you think of a map of the United States, what do you see? Now think of the Seattle that begot Jimi Hendrix. The Dallas that shaped Erykah Badu. T...
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428,40 zł |
Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life
ISBN: 9780520292833 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When you think of a map of the United States, what do you see? Now think of the Seattle that begot Jimi Hendrix. The Dallas that shaped Erykah Badu. The Holly Springs, Mississippi, that compelled Ida B. Wells to activism against lynching. The Birmingham where Martin Luther King, Jr., penned his most famous missive. Now how do you see the United States? Chocolate Cities offers a new cartography of the United States--a "Black Map" that more accurately reflects the lived experiences and the future of Black life in America. Drawing on cultural sources such as film, music, fiction, and...
When you think of a map of the United States, what do you see? Now think of the Seattle that begot Jimi Hendrix. The Dallas that shaped Erykah Badu. T...
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133,88 zł |
The Politics of Chinese Medicine Under Mongol Rule
ISBN: 9781138099326 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Under the rule of the descendants of Chinggis Khan (1167-1227), China saw the development of a new culture in which medical practice came to be considered a highly respected occupation for elite men. During this period, further major steps were also taken towards the codification of medical knowledge and promotion of physicians’ social status. This book traces the history of the politics, institutions, and culture of medicine of China under Mongol rule, through the eyes of a successful South Chinese official Yuan Jue (1266-1327). As the first comprehensive monograph on history of medicine...
Under the rule of the descendants of Chinggis Khan (1167-1227), China saw the development of a new culture in which medical practice came to be consid...
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228,88 zł |
Powhatan Indian Place Names in Tidewater Virginia
ISBN: 9780806320625 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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113,52 zł |
Rowerem i pieszo przez Czarny Ląd. Audiobook
ISBN: 9788394787608 / Polski / Digipack / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. „Przejęty jestem lekturą książki Kazimierza Nowaka "Rowerem i pieszo przez Czarny Ląd". To zupełnie niezwykła książka ze względu na treść i osobę autora, zasługująca na dużo większą uwagę i szerszy oddźwięk. Rewelacyjna to rzecz, którą włączam jako stałą pozycję do swoich wykładów, rozmów, refleksji na temat reportażu zagranicznego; oby zajęła ona stałe miejsce na listach klasyki polskiego reportażu - czego zresztą jestem od tego momentu sam gorącym zwolennikiem...” - Ryszard Kapuściński.
Samotnie, bez pieniędzy, ale za... „Przejęty jestem lekturą książki Kazimierza Nowaka "Rowerem i pieszo przez Czarny Ląd". To zupełnie niezwykła książka ze ...
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37,91 zł |
Herder Warfare in East Africa: A Social and Spatial History
ISBN: 9781874267966 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
Herder Warfare in East Africa presents a regional analysis of the spatial and social history of warfare among the nomadic peoples of East Africa, covering a period of 600 years. The long dureE facilitates understanding of how warfare among pastoralist communities in earlier centuries contributed to political, economic and ethnic shifts across the grazing lands in East Africa. The book discusses herder warfare from the perspective of warfare ecology, highlighting the interrelations between environmental and cultural causalities - including droughts, famine, floods, ritual wars,...
Herder Warfare in East Africa presents a regional analysis of the spatial and social history of warfare among the nomadic peoples of E... |
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471,37 zł |
Trees, Forested Landscapes and Grazing Animals: A European Perspective on Woodlands and Grazed Treescapes
ISBN: 9781138304482 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this comprehensive book, the critical components of the European landscape - forest, parkland, and other grazed landscapes with trees are addressed. The book considers the history of grazed treed landscapes, of large grazing herbivores in Europe, and the implications of the past in shaping our environment today and in the future. Debates on the types of anciently grazed landscapes in Europe, and what they tell us about past and present ecology, have been especially topical and controversial recently. This treatment brings the current discussions and the latest research to a much wider... In this comprehensive book, the critical components of the European landscape - forest, parkland, and other grazed landscapes with trees are addres... |
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244,14 zł |
The Source: How Rivers Made America and America Remade Its Rivers
ISBN: 9780393242355 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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112,40 zł |
The Smoke of London: Energy and Environment in the Early Modern City
ISBN: 9781107421318 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William M. Cavert investigates the origins of urban air pollution, explaining how this problem arose during the early modern period.
William M. Cavert investigates the origins of urban air pollution, explaining how this problem arose during the early modern period.
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122,04 zł |
Risen from Ruins: The Cultural Politics of Rebuilding East Berlin
ISBN: 9781503603202 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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340,85 zł |
Desert Borderland: The Making of Modern Egypt and Libya
ISBN: 9781503605008 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Desert Borderland investigates the historical processes that transformed political identity in the easternmost reaches of the Sahara Desert in the half century before World War I. Adopting a view from the margins--illuminating the little-known history of the Egyptian-Libyan borderland--the book challenges prevailing notions of how Egypt and Libya were constituted as modern territorial nation-states. Matthew H. Ellis draws on a wide array of archival sources to reconstruct the multiple layers and meanings of territoriality in this desert borderland. Throughout the decades, a... Desert Borderland investigates the historical processes that transformed political identity in the easternmost reaches of the Sahara Desert ... |
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132,22 zł |