Описание: This book studies the historical changes of the cityscape of Nanjing from the point of view of geographical systems. Nanjing is a city located along the Yangtze River, originated 2500 years ago, after which ten dynasties established their capital dependent on the geographical conditions. The book focuses on the analysis of the characteristics of mountain and river systems in the various historical periods, and provides investigations of historical sites along with these systems. This enables the search for the laws of historical evolution and spatial structure changes, which is also the research of the relationship between man and nature. It extends the traditional preservation and cityscapes planning to that of geographical landscape system. Readers working in the area of geography, history, urban and landscape planning will benefit from it.
Описание: A comprehensive study of the island that was once Britain`s foremost colonial possession in the Western Hemisphere.
Автор: MacQueen Название: A Geographical Survey of Africa ISBN: 1108031269 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108031264 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Published in 1840, this work by James MacQueen (1778-1870) compiled all the then known information to assist explorers, traders and missionaries in opening up Africa to European influence. He believed that many expeditions and attempts at abolishing the slave trade in Africa had been ineffective because of European ignorance.
Автор: MacQueen Название: A Geographical and Commercial View of Northern Central Africa ISBN: 1108031277 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108031271 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this important study, first published in 1821, the geographer James MacQueen documents his discoveries about the River Niger. Drawing on evidence from a range of authorities, he shows that the Niger terminates in the Atlantic Ocean, opening up trading opportunities between Africa and European countries.
Автор: Tourangeau Название: Hard-to-Survey Populations ISBN: 1107031354 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107031357 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 17741.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Surveys are used extensively in psychology, sociology and business, and many other areas, but they are becoming increasingly difficult to conduct. This book provides the first systematic examination of the populations and settings that present unusual challenges, from Irish travellers to natural disasters, discussing methods to overcome these difficulties.
Описание: The 2012 presidential elections represented the second consecutive defeat for the Republican Party, and the fourth defeat out of the last six presidential elections. In recent years both Republican and Democratic strategists and pundits have spoken of an emerging Democratic Party "lock" on the Electoral College and speculated that even in the wake of Republican victories in Congress, presidential candidates are still at a major disadvantage due to the party's increasing demographic and geographic isolation. This prediction flies in the face of population shifts of the last several decades from Democratic regions (Upper-Midwest and Northeast) to Republican-leaning regions (South and Southwest); at the same time, it seems to follow from demographic changes favoring an increase in the minority vote. In fact, there is an initiative to convert Texas to a Democratic state by mobilizing Latino and Black voters. In Altered States, Thomas Holbrook looks at electoral change in presidential elections since 1972, documenting the magnitude, direction, and consequences of changes in party support in the states. He finds that the Democrats do not have a "lock" on the Electoral College, but that their position has improved dramatically over the past forty years in a number of formerly competitive or Republican-leaning states in the Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest. Republican candidates have made many fewer gains, mostly improving their position in "misplaced," formerly Democratic states, such as Kentucky and West Virginia, or in already deeply Republican states in the Plains and Mountain West. Holbrook looks at the ways that changes in the racial and ethnic composition of the state electorates, migratory patterns from large Democratic states to Republican-leaning states, and changes in the public's level of education and occupational status, state party identification, and ideology drive these changes. Additionally, he explores the extent to which the Republican "problem" stems from the geographic concentration of party support. While Democratic concentration in major metropolitan areas tends to put them at a disadvantage in House races, as Republican votes increasingly are concentrated in fewer states where they win by wider margins, they may be "wasting" more Electoral College votes than Democrats, whose supporters are more efficiently distributed.
Описание: Botanist and explorer John Bartram (1699-1777) set out in 1743 on an expedition into Iroquois lands. Published in London in 1751, this short work chronicles his six-week journey, touching on the native people and the region`s ecology. It also includes a letter on Niagara Falls by the naturalist Peter Kalm.
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