Search Results

ENGLISH

History Of Geology Without Borders: Armenia And Beyond

~~162,21€~~ 145,99€ 10% OFF

free shipping

 This book presents recent achievements in interdisciplinary history of geological studies as well as new perspectives on the development of geological concepts.
ENGLISH

Discourses On Mountains Of Montenegro And Slovenia

~~60,82€~~ 54,74€ 10% OFF

free shipping

 This open access book will provide an overview of predominantly geographical and historical discourses connected with mountain landscapes in Montenegro and Slovenia. As mountains are important forest areas and their remarkable landscapes constitute a great part of national protected areas attention will also be given to these topics.
ENGLISH

Environment As A Weapon - Geographies, Histories And Literature

by Charles Travis

~~243,33€~~ 219,00€ 10% OFF

free shipping

 Environment as a Weapon considers how the confluence of war and nature from the time of the Agricultural Revolution (10,000 BCE) to our present day has been represented in works of history, geography, and literature.
ENGLISH

Hebridean World - Its Human Ecology Through Time

by Robert Dodgshon

~~198,09€~~ 178,28€ 10% OFF

 The Hebrides has long been seen as an area that, when considered over time, was slow to absorb change. Indeed, from the nineteenth century onwards, it attracted the attention of scholars for being seen as having not just the oldest rocks in Europe but also, some of its oldest cultural practices and institutional forms. This unchanging ‘archaic’ character has continued to attract a great deal of research but, over recent decades, a counter view has emerged that highlights the changes that the region did experience. This book argues the case for the latter by drawing out how the institutional forms around which the region and its farming communities were organised changed over time. As background. It highlights the importance of understanding two key inter-related features that underpinned these changes: the low output of Hebridean farming with its high frequency of poor harvests and the range of environmental hazards that beset the region. Brought together, the interaction between these two features makes the survival strategies adopted by communities an important part of the region’s history.Because society/environment interactions are at the heart of the problem, the book’s discussion is presented as a study in human ecology. One of the benchmark studies of the region in modern times, or Sir Fraser Darling’s The West Highland Problem: A Study in Human Ecology (OUP, 1955) adopted such an approach. This book gives this human ecological perspective on the region a greater time-depth.In addition to a Preface and an Epilogue, it is divided into 12 chapters:Title: The Hebridean World: Its Ecological History Through TimePreface1: The Hebrides: Their Physical Endowment and Its Challenges2: The Oldest Cultural Landscapes3: The Hebridean Mix: Picts, Scots and Vikings 4: How Land was Occupied Before Crofting 5: How the Land was Farmed before Crofting 6: Landscapes of Summer: the Shielings7: The Inter Tidal and Beyond: the Harvest of Shore and Sea 8:Survival on the Margins 9: The Landscapes of Crofting 10: The Harvesting and Processing of Grain 11: The Clearances for Sheep and Deer12: Hebridean Housing and SettlementEpilogue
ENGLISH

Geopolitical Perspectives From The Italian Border - Introducing Gianfranco Battisti, Triestino Geographer

by Christian Sellar e Gianfranco Battisti

~~189,25€~~ 170,33€ 10% OFF

free shipping

 This book presents the work of Gianfranco Battisti, on Geopolitics and Border Geographies in north-eastern Italy, Europeanization, and Globalization, contributing to debates on the inclusion of non-English speaking scholars in international geography.
ENGLISH

The History Of The East Sea And The Sea Of Japan - Origin Of Geographical Names, Conflicts And Solutions

by Jeongbo Shim

175,73€ + 10% CARD

free shipping

 The book covers the modern history of the dispute, reveals the origin of the names for the sea between Korea and Japan, and the historical change of the name on ancient maps of Korea, Japan, and the West, and tracks the naming trends of the East Sea in geography textbooks in the pre-modern and modern times.
ENGLISH

Beneath The Lines - Borders And Boundary-Making From The 18th To The 20th Century

162,21€ + 10% CARD

free shipping

 This book brings together ten empirically rich and theoretically informed contributions that aim to clarify both geo-historical specificities and common transnational and global features of the cultures and practices of boundary making that shaped modern statehood.
ENGLISH

Environment As A Weapon - Geographies, Histories And Literature

by Charles Travis

~~243,33€~~ 219,00€ 10% OFF

free shipping

 Environment as a Weapon considers how the confluence of war and nature from the time of the Agricultural Revolution (10,000 BCE) to our present day has been represented in works of history, geography, and literature.
ENGLISH

The History Of Mining And Geological Surveys In Jamaica

by Suresh Bhalai

162,21€ + 10% CARD

free shipping

 Mining and geological survey work in Jamaica goes back several hundred years and was initiated by the Europeans when they colonized the Island. It is one of the first books of its kind examining the evolution of the mineral sector and geological survey work of Jamaica, set in the framework of the Country's history of over 500 years.
ENGLISH

Environment As A Weapon - Geographies, Histories And Literature

by Charles Travis

~~237,84€~~ 214,06€ 10% OFF

 Environment as a Weapon considers how the confluence of war and nature from the time of the Agricultural Revolution (10,000 BCE) to our present day has been represented in works of history, geography, and literature.
ENGLISH

History Of Mining And Geological Surveys In Jamaica

by Suresh Bhalai

158,99€ + 10% CARD

 Mining and geological survey work in Jamaica goes back several hundred years and was initiated by the Europeans when they colonized the Island. It is one of the first books of its kind examining the evolution of the mineral sector and geological survey work of Jamaica, set in the framework of the Country's history of over 500 years.
ENGLISH

The History Of The East Sea And The Sea Of Japan - Origin Of Geographical Names, Conflicts And Solutions

by Jeongbo Shim

175,73€ + 10% CARD

free shipping

 The book covers the modern history of the dispute, reveals the origin of the names for the sea between Korea and Japan, and the historical change of the name on ancient maps of Korea, Japan, and the West, and tracks the naming trends of the East Sea in geography textbooks in the pre-modern and modern times.
ENGLISH

Geopolitical Perspectives From The Italian Border - Introducing Gianfranco Battisti, Triestino Geographer

by Christian Sellar e Gianfranco Battisti

189,25€ + 10% CARD

free shipping

 This book presents the work of Gianfranco Battisti, on Geopolitics and Border Geographies in north-eastern Italy, Europeanization, and Globalization, contributing to debates on the inclusion of non-English speaking scholars in international geography.
ENGLISH

Fossil Vertebrates Of Greece Vol. 2 - Laurasiatherians, Artiodactyles, Perissodactyles, Carnivorans, And Island Endemics

162,21€ + 10% CARD

free shipping

 This 2-volume set provides a state-of-the-art study of the fossil record and taxonomy of the main vertebrate groups from Greece. Volume 2 contains a synopsis of the fossil record and taxonomy of important groups of mammals represented in the fossil record of Greece.
ENGLISH

Farming Communities In The Western Alps, 1500â€“1914 - The Enduring Bond

by Robert Dodgshon

177,78€ + 10% CARD

free shipping

 This monograph explores traditional farming communities in French-speaking areas of the western Alps for the period 1500-1914 and how they endured in such an environment despite the many problems and risks which it posed for their subsistence and welfare.
ENGLISH

Geopolitical Perspectives From The Italian Border - Introducing Gianfranco Battisti, Triestino Geographer

by Christian Sellar e Gianfranco Battisti

185,49€ + 10% CARD

 This book presents the work of Gianfranco Battisti, on Geopolitics and Border Geographies in north-eastern Italy, Europeanization, and Globalization, contributing to debates on the inclusion of non-English speaking scholars in international geography.
ENGLISH

History Of The East Sea And The Sea Of Japan - Origin Of Geographical Names, Conflicts And Solutions

by Jeongbo Shim

171,59€ + 10% CARD

 The book covers the modern history of the dispute, reveals the origin of the names for the sea between Korea and Japan, and the historical change of the name on ancient maps of Korea, Japan, and the West, and tracks the naming trends of the East Sea in geography textbooks in the pre-modern and modern times.
ENGLISH

Beneath The Lines - Borders And Boundary-Making From The 18th To The 20th Century

162,21€ + 10% CARD

free shipping

 This book brings together ten empirically rich and theoretically informed contributions that aim to clarify both geo-historical specificities and common transnational and global features of the cultures and practices of boundary making that shaped modern statehood.
ENGLISH

Chemically Deposited Nanocrystalline Metal Oxide Thin Films - Synthesis, Characterizations, And Applications

405,55€ + 10% CARD

free shipping

 This book guides beginners in the areas of thin film preparation, characterization, and device making, while providing insight into these areas for experts.
ENGLISH

Beneath The Lines - Borders And Boundary-Making From The 18th To The 20th Century

158,34€ + 10% CARD

 This book brings together ten empirically rich and theoretically informed contributions that aim to clarify both geo-historical specificities and common transnational and global features of the cultures and practices of boundary making that shaped modern statehood.
ENGLISH

Coldest Coast - The 1873 Leigh Smith Expedition To Svalbard In The Diaries And Photographs Of Herbert Chermside

197,43€ + 10% CARD

 <p>This book describes the 1873 voyage of the British explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith, based on the diaries and photographs of Lieutenant Herbert C. Chermside, who joined the expedition of the seas around Svalbard. Chermside’s photographs, long believed lost, have recently been uncovered in Sweden and are being curated there by the Grenna Museum. The three unpublished diaries of Herbert Chermside were lent to the Scott Polar Research Institute in 1939 by Mrs. Benjamin Leigh Smith. For the first time, Chermside’s diaries are published in their entirety, with the original photographs shown alongside modern images of the same locations. This includes the first photographic record of the north coast of Svalbard, images that are today being used as comparative data for the study of climate change in the archipelago.</p>The diaries have been fully transcribed and edited. Introductory chapters are included, written by specialists in the history of exploration, history of science, and the history of photography from Penn State University, the University of Gothenburg, and UiT, the Arctic University of Norway, as well as contributors from the UK and Germany.<br><p></p><p>This volume is published in association with Grenna Museum, which will present Chermside’s photographs in a 2022 exhibit on Leigh Smith and A.E. Nordenskiold.<br></p><div><br></div><div><br></div>
ENGLISH

Historical Geography Of Croatia - Territorial Change And Cultural Landscapes

by Borna Fuerst-Bjelis e Nikola Glamuzina

174,24€ + 10% CARD

 This monograph gives a comprehensive but in-depth analysis of the territorial development of Croatia and historical processes of significant spatial impact. It covers the millennial time span - from prehistory till the present, through relevant periods, e.g., prehistory, antiquity, Middle Ages, period of Ottoman progression and retreat, Post-Ottoman period of development of the Central European railway network, the period of South Slavic political associations (old and new Yugoslavia), and the post-Yugoslav period of independent Croatia. <div><br></div><div>The book is highly illustrated with maps and figures. It is written by scholars from the region, based on the original research and the vast body of literature. It is one of the only books in English that interprets the overall development of the territory and cultural landscape of Croatia. Its scientific but comprehensive approach makes it of use to scholars, students and anyone interested in historical and geographicalprocesses and features of Croatia and the Balkan region.<br></div>
ENGLISH

Decolonising And Internationalising Geography - Essays In The History Of Contested Science

174,24€ + 10% CARD

 <p>International scholarship is increasingly aware that the ‘geographical tradition’ is a contentious and contested field: while critical reflections on the imperial past of the discipline are still ongoing, new tendencies including de-colonial studies and geographies of internationalism are focusing on the progressive aspects of plural geographical traditions. This volume contains selected papers presented at two Symposia of the Commission on the History of Geography of the International Geographical Union within the 25th International Congress of History of Science and Technology which took place in Rio de Janeiro in July 2017.</p><p>The papers address processes of ‘decolonising’ and ‘internationalising’ science in the 19th and 20th century, with a special emphasis on geography. Internationalization, circulation and dissemination of geographical concepts and ideas are in the focus. The volume includes case studies on Latin America, tropical regions as well as Europe and Japan. Thereis also an emphasis on the history of international congresses and organizations and on the international circulation of knowledge.<br></p><div><br></div>
ENGLISH

Historical Geography, Giscience And Textual Analysis - Landscapes Of Time And Place

197,43€ + 10% CARD

 <div><div>This book illustrates how literature, history and geographical analysis complement and enrich each other’s disciplinary endeavors. The Hun-Lenox Globe, constructed in 1510, contains the Latin phrase ''Hic sunt dracones'' (''Here be dragons''), warning sailors of the dangers of drifting into uncharted waters. Nearly half a millennium earlier, the practice of ‘earth-writing’ (geographia) emerged from the cloisters of the great library of Alexandria, as a discipline blending the twin pursuits of Strabo’s poetic impression of places, and Herodotus’ chronicles of events and cultures. Eratosthenes, a librarian at Alexandria, and the mathematician Ptolemy employed geometry as another language with which to pursue ‘earth-writing’. From this ancient, East Mediterranean fount, the streams of literary perception, historical record and geographical analysis (phenomenological and Euclidean) found confluence. The aim of this collection is to recover such means and seek the fount of such rich waters, by exploring relations between historical geography, geographic information science (GIS) / geoscience, and textual analysis. The book discusses and illustrates current case studies, trends and discourses in European, American and Asian spheres, where historical geography is practiced in concert with human and physical applications of GIS (and the broader geosciences) and the analysis of text - broadly conceived as archival, literary, historical, cultural, climatic, scientific, digital, cinematic and media. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Time as a multi-scaled concept (again, broadly conceived) is the pivot around which the interdisciplinary contributions to this volume revolve. In The Landscape of Time (2002) the historian John Lewis Gaddis posits: "What if we were to think of history as a kind of mapping?" He links the ancient practice of mapmaking with the three-part conception of time (past, present, and future). Gaddis presents the practices of cartography and historical narrative as attempts to manage infinitely complex subjects by imposing abstract grids to frame the phenomena being examined— longitude and latitude to frame landscapes and, occidental and oriental temporal scales to frame timescapes. Gaddis contends that if the past is a landscape and history is the way we represent it, then it follows that pattern recognition constitutes a primary form of human perception, one that can be parsed empirically, statistically and phenomenologically. In turn, this volume reasons that literary, historical, cartographical, scientific, mathematical, and counterfactual narratives create their own spatio-temporal frames of reference. Confluences between the poetic and the positivistic; the empirical and the impressionistic; the epic and the episodic; and the chronologic and the chorologic, can be identified and studied by integrating practices in historical geography, GIScience / geoscience and textual analysis. As a result, new perceptions and insights, facilitating further avenues of scholarship into uncharted waters emerge. The various ways in which geographical, historical and textual perspectives are hermeneutically woven together in this volume illuminates the different methods with which to explore terrae incognitaes of knowledge beyond the shores of their own separate disciplinary islands.</div></div><div><br></div>
Loading results...

View more results