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Understanding the Cultural Landscape
ISBN: 9781593851200 / Angielski / Twarda / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This compelling book offers a fresh perspective on how the natural world has been imagined, built on, and transformed by human beings throughout history and around the globe. Coverage ranges from the earliest societies to preindustrial China and India, from the emergence in Europe of the modern world to the contemporary global economy. The focus is on what the places we have created say about us: our belief systems and the ways we make a living. Also explored are the social and environmental consequences of human activities, and how conflicts over the meaning of progress are reflected in...
This compelling book offers a fresh perspective on how the natural world has been imagined, built on, and transformed by human beings throughout histo...
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374,00 |
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Migrants of Identity : Perceptions of 'Home' in a World of Movement
ISBN: 9781859739990 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Global movement is commonly characterized as one of the quintessential experiences of our age. Market forces, territorial conflicts and environmental changes uproot an increasing number of people, while mass communication, travel, tourism, and a global market of commodities, texts, tastes, fashions and ideologies place individuals more than ever in a global arena. As traditional conceptions of individuals as members of stationary, fixed and separate societies and cultures no longer convince, to what extent does movement become central to individuals' self-conceptions? How do people... Global movement is commonly characterized as one of the quintessential experiences of our age. Market forces, territorial conflicts and environment... |
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194,26 |
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Cultural Geography: A Critical Dictionary of Key Concepts
ISBN: 9781860647031 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As geography has become influenced by such themes such as postcolonial studies, feminism and psychoanalysis, so students have been forced to engage with ideas and concepts from outside the traditional boundaries of their subject. This exciting new work provides them with an invaluable aid to understanding the complexities and subtleties of these new ideas. The editors present some thirty essays--written by a wide range of leading practitioners--exploring the key concepts in cultural geography. The essays range from questions that have recently emerged to more established ideas that warrant...
As geography has become influenced by such themes such as postcolonial studies, feminism and psychoanalysis, so students have been forced to engage wi...
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613,62 |
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Animal
ISBN: 9781861891341 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the pet that we live with and care for, to news items such as animal cloning, and the use of various creatures in film, television and advertising, animals are a constant presence in our lives. Animal is a timely overview of the many ways in which we live with animals, and assesses many of the paradoxes of our relationships with them: for example, why is the pet that sits by the dinner table never for eating? Examining novels such as Charlotte's Web, films such as Old Yeller and Babe, science and advertising, fashion and philosophy, Animal also...
From the pet that we live with and care for, to news items such as animal cloning, and the use of various creatures in film, television and advertisin...
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86,68 |
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Human Ecology, Human Economy: Ideas for an Ecologically Sustainable Future
ISBN: 9781864482881 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Designed as an undergraduate textbook, this work investigates our dependence on the integrity of the Earth's ecosystems. It presents an introduction to human ecology, discusses the principles of ecologically sustainable development, and investigates the foundations of ecological economics. It also evaluates biodiversity, assesses the effects of trade on the environment, and analyzes the ethical considerations of ecological economics. Using case studies, the authors investigate the greenhouse effect, soil erosion and the environmental and ecological impact of current economic analysis.
Designed as an undergraduate textbook, this work investigates our dependence on the integrity of the Earth's ecosystems. It presents an introduction t...
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155,40 |
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Early Modern Hist & the Social
ISBN: 9781931112062 / Angielski / Twarda / 289 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of eleven essays furthers the dialogue between early modern history and the social sciences through an analysis of Fernand Braudel's 'The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World of Philip II'. The contributors review various historiographical traditions to arrive at conclusions on contemporary theory and practice in the exchange between history and the disciplines of geography, economics, sociology, anthropology, politics (diplomatic history and the study of revolutions), psychology (law), religion, and area studies (China and the Americas).
This collection of eleven essays furthers the dialogue between early modern history and the social sciences through an analysis of Fernand Braudel's '...
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184,55 |
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How Landscapes Change: Human Disturbance and Ecosystem Fragmentation in the Americas
ISBN: 9783540436973 / Angielski / Twarda / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. North and South America share similar human and ecological histories and, increasingly, economic and social linkages. As such, issues of ecosystem functions and disruptions form a common thread among these cultures. This volume synthesizes the perspectives of several disciplines, such as ecology, anthropology, economy, and conservation biology. The chief goal is to gain an understanding of how human and ecological processes interact to affect ecosystem functions and species in the Americas. Throughout the text the emphasis is placed on habitat fragmentation. At the same time, the book...
North and South America share similar human and ecological histories and, increasingly, economic and social linkages. As such, issues of ecosystem fun...
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805,10 |
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A History of the Animal World in the Ancient Near East
ISBN: 9789004121263 / Angielski / Twarda / 648 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about all aspects of man's contact with the animal world; sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, domestication, in short, from the sublime to the mundane. Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry provide the reader with a complete picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals. A reference guide and key to the menagerie of the Ancient Near East, with ample original illustrations.
This book is about all aspects of man's contact with the animal world; sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, domestication, in short, from the sublime to t...
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1219,56 |
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The Spatial Factor in African History: The Relationship of the Social, Material, and Perceptual
ISBN: 9789004139138 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors of this inter-disciplinary collection examine the role of space in six areas of West, Central and East Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They demonstrate the active quality of space and analyze the ways in which people have contested and shaped space, including responses to crises. In addition, a lengthy essay re-interprets tropical African history, 1800-1930, using spatial theory. Contributors look at how people have constructed mental maps, used discourse to organize territories, and perceived social landscapes. The studies employ a tri-level approach, one...
The authors of this inter-disciplinary collection examine the role of space in six areas of West, Central and East Africa during the nineteenth and tw...
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505,67 |
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A Historical-Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Russian Habitation Names of the Crimea
ISBN: 9789004154339 / Angielski / Twarda / 1298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This dictionary, the first of its kind in Turkological studies, will prove to be an invaluable research tool for those studying the Crimea, Ukraine, as well as Eurasian Nomadism. It is the result of year-long painstaking research into the etymology of Crimean pre-Russian habitation names, providing insight into the Turkic, Greek, Caucasian place-names in a comparative context, as well as the histories of these cities, towns and villages themselves. The dictionary contains approximately 1,500 entries, preceded by an introduction with notes on the history of the Crimea and the structure of...
This dictionary, the first of its kind in Turkological studies, will prove to be an invaluable research tool for those studying the Crimea, Ukraine, a...
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1619,01 |
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Man, a Geomorphological Agent: An Introduction to Anthropic Geomorphology
ISBN: 9789027714015 / Angielski / Twarda / 165 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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402,53 |
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Famine: As a Geographical Phenomenon
ISBN: 9789027717627 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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603,81 |
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Atlas of Thailand: Spatial Structures and Development
ISBN: 9789749575437 / Angielski / Miękka / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This atlas portrays Thailand's social anad economic development within a geographical context. The Kingdom of Thailand has undergone many changes throughout its long history, most recently during its vigorous growth from the middle of the 1980s. This volume interprets Thailand's internal dynamics as well as its integration at the regional and global levels. This is the first atlas of its kind for Thailand. It includes a wide range of maps and spatial information using various computer-assisted techniques. Seventy plates of maps, accompanied with commentary, cover significant topics... This atlas portrays Thailand's social anad economic development within a geographical context. The Kingdom of Thailand has undergone many changes t... |
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Catastrophes in Nature and Society: Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems
ISBN: 9789812569172 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. People often learn about various crises leading to catastrophes in nature, in social and economic life, or in living organisms (including humans). The book offers a popular account of the causative mechanisms of critical and catastrophic states in a broad range of natural and cultural systems -- which obey the same laws -- and thus makes the reader aware of the reasons and ways to avoid and mitigate the negative consequences of catastrophic events. The authors apply a single mathematical approach to investigate the revolt of cancer cells that destroy organisms and population outbreaks that...
People often learn about various crises leading to catastrophes in nature, in social and economic life, or in living organisms (including humans). The...
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514,93 |
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Urban Ecology: An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature
ISBN: 9780387734118 / Angielski / Twarda / 808 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. to a Research Project Ernest W. Burgess Abstract The aggregation of urban population has been described by Bucher and Weber. A soc- logical study of the growth of the city, however, is concerned with the de nition and description of processes, as those of (a) expansion, (b) metabolism, and (c) mobility. The typical tendency of urban growth is the expansion radially from its central business district by a series of concentric circles, as (a) the central business district, (b) a zone of deterioration, (c) a zone of workingmen s homes, (d)a residential area, and (e) a commuters zone. Urban...
to a Research Project Ernest W. Burgess Abstract The aggregation of urban population has been described by Bucher and Weber. A soc- logical study of t...
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483,04 |
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Animals and Modern Cultures: A Sociology of Human-Animal Relations in Modernity
ISBN: 9780761956235 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An investigation into the dramatic transformation of relationships between humans and animals in the 20th century. Arguing that changing relations with animals can only make sense by relating them to key aspects of social and cultural change, the author discusses issues including: theories of human-animal relations in modernity and postmodernity; zoos, pets and modern cultures; hunting and angling in modernity; and animals in the agricultural and food industries.
An investigation into the dramatic transformation of relationships between humans and animals in the 20th century. Arguing that changing relations wit...
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272,03 |
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Place, Power, Situation and Spectacle: A Geography of Film
ISBN: 9780847678266 / Angielski / Miękka / 267 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using contemporary film theory and elements of socio-cultural and political discourse, fourteen geographers examine the effects of cinematic representation of place and space on perceptions of self and societies in the world.
Using contemporary film theory and elements of socio-cultural and political discourse, fourteen geographers examine the effects of cinematic represent...
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267,18 |
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Writing the Rural: Five Cultural Geographies
ISBN: 9781853961977 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book arises out of an ESRC project devoted to an examination of the economic, social and cultural impacts of the 'service class' on rural areas. The research was an attempt to document these impacts through close empirical work in a set of three rural communities, but something happened on the way. The authors found that the 'rural' became a real sticking point. Respondents used it in different ways - as a bludgeon, as a badge, as a barometer - to signify many different things - security, identity, community, domesticity, gender, sexuality, ethnicity - nearly always by drawing on many...
This book arises out of an ESRC project devoted to an examination of the economic, social and cultural impacts of the 'service class' on rural areas. ...
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310,91 |
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The Earth in Transition
ISBN: 9780521391375 / Angielski / Twarda / 548 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Earth's biotic resources are experiencing a spreading crisis, which is leading not only to the most rapid loss of species in the past 65 million years, but also causing abrupt changes in the structure and function of natural communities. This disturbance, unfortunately, is the result of man's carelessness in the name of advancing civilization. To identify and begin rectifying this dangerous situation, a group of outstanding environmental scientists has compiled a collection of case studies that illustrate the changes being wrought on the biosphere by the human presence. The first part of...
The Earth's biotic resources are experiencing a spreading crisis, which is leading not only to the most rapid loss of species in the past 65 million y...
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627,60 |
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European Rural Landscapes: Persistence and Change in a Globalising Environment
ISBN: 9781402020674 / Angielski / Twarda / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, a compendium of 28 papers selected from two recent conferences on the topic, focuses on aspects of rural landscape, broadly related to issues of language, representation and power. These are issues that have not been addressed on a pan-European landscape level before.The aim is to offer a deeper interdisciplinary understanding of historical and contemporary processes in European landscapes. This book, a compendium of 28 papers selected from two recent conferences on the topic, focuses on aspects of rural landscape, broadly related to i... |
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805,10 |
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