Описание: When and how did the Himalaya become the highest mountains in the world? Lachlan Fleetwood tells the story of the scientific, political and imaginative remaking needed to fit the Himalaya into a new global scientific and imperial order in the nineteenth century.
Автор: Hallmannsecker Martin Название: Roman Ionia: Constructions of Cultural Identity in Western Asia Minor ISBN: 1009150189 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781009150187 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 16474.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Through a detailed study of Roman Ionia, this book offers insight into the perceptions and constructions of collective cultural identities in the ancient world. It will benefit scholars and students interested in the issues of regional identities and the cultural history of Ancient Greece overall.
Автор: Rogers Pat Название: Defoe`s Tour and Early Modern Britain: Panorama of the Nation ISBN: 1009098861 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781009098861 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 20714.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This first comprehensive account of Daniel Defoe`s Tour thro` the Whole Island of Great Britain explores the content, sources, form, and historical significance of one of the foremost books written about Britain during the eighteenth century. Pat Rogers` study offers fresh interdisciplinary insight for both new readers and Defoe students.
Автор: Merrills Andy Название: Roman Geographies of the Nile ISBN: 1316628280 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316628287 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 9771.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The River Nile fascinated the Romans and appeared in maps, written descriptions, philosophical texts, poems and landscape paintings. This book examines these representations and their interdependence. It thereby proposes a new approach to the study of ancient geography, providing an accessible introduction to the field for a variety of audiences.
Описание: This book is for anyone interested in Native American studies, environmental studies, and sustainability studies who wants to learn more about contemporary and historic examples of Indigenous peoples` ethical and practical relationship to land, place, and the environment.
Автор: Nordstrom Karl F. Название: Beach and Dune Restoration ISBN: 1316516156 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316516157 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 28921.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book continues the themes of the first edition: the need to restore the biodiversity, ecosystem health, and ecosystem services provided by coastal landforms and habitats. It reports on progress made to practices, presents additional case studies, and addresses new and emerging issues, for coastal scientists, engineers, planners, and managers.
Автор: Conroy Melanie Название: Literary Geographies in Balzac and Proust ISBN: 1108994911 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108994910 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 4495.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This Element explores the literary geographies of Balzac and Proust as exemplary of realist and post-realist traditions of place-making in novelistic spaces. The central concern of this Element is how literary cartography, or the mapping of place-names, can contribute to our understanding of place-making in the novel.
Автор: Olberding Garret Pagenstecher Название: Designing Boundaries in Early China ISBN: 1316513696 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316513699 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 20714.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Designing Boundaries in Early China explores how ritual structures signified the organization of sovereign space in early China. By drawing on a range of source materials, Garret Pagenstecher Olberding makes a compelling case for how sovereign boundaries were formed and negotiated in the ancient world.
Описание: Kyle J. Gardner reveals how colonial border-making practices in the Himalayas transformed a historical crossroads into a disputed borderland and geography into politics. Despite a century of attempts, experts failed to produce a border through the mountainous Himalayas, leading to war between India and China in 1962.
Автор: Thomas Julia Adeney Название: Altered Earth: Getting the Anthropocene Right ISBN: 1316517470 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316517475 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 19737.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In ways anyone can understand, Altered Earth presents the growing scientific consensus on the Anthropocene and the challenges that planetary transformation poses to politics, economics, history, ethics, and imagination. Finally, this landmark collection envisions the mutualistic cities that could help stabilize our newly dangerous Earth System.
Автор: Thomas Julia Adeney Название: Altered Earth: Getting the Anthropocene Right ISBN: 1009045539 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781009045537 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 5280.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In ways anyone can understand, Altered Earth presents the growing scientific consensus on the Anthropocene and the challenges that planetary transformation poses to politics, economics, history, ethics, and imagination. Finally, this landmark collection envisions the mutualistic cities that could help stabilize our newly dangerous Earth System.
Автор: Goodman Rob Название: Words on Fire: Eloquence and Its Conditions ISBN: 1316517659 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316517659 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 18564.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Why is political rhetoric broken-and how can it be fixed? Ranging from Cicero`s Rome to modern polarization, Words on Fire is a new history of eloquence from political theorist and speechwriter Rob Goodman. It offers a powerful critique of today`s political language-and shows how the struggle over the meaning of eloquence has shaped our world.
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