japan an environmental history hardcover

Japan: An Environmental History (Hardcover)

From the outset,society in Japan has been shaped by its environmental context. The lush green mountainous archipelago of today supports a population of over 127 million people and one of the most advanced economies in the world. How has this come about? At what environmental cost? Conrad Totman,one of the world's foremost scholars on Japan,here provides a comprehensive and detailed account of the country's environmental history,from its beginnings to the present day. What makes the Japanese story p

Book- Holocene, an environmental history

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The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the

New in paperbackThe Republic of Nature reframes standard accounts of American history based on the simple but radical premise that historical events are shaped by natural circumstances. From the natural philosophy of the founding fathers to the environmental forces behind Brown v. Board of Education,the book's focus on nature reveals a powerful new perspective on the most familiar icons of U.S. history.Mark Fiege is an associate professor of history at Colorado State University,

Seminole History and Culture (Hardcover)

Offers an overview of the past and present lives of the Seminole Indians,covering their customs,beliefs,and government.

Apple: A Global History (Hardcover)

Gravenstein. Coe’s Golden Drop. Mendocino Cox. The names sound like something from the imagination of Tolkien or perhaps the ingredients in a dubious magical potion rather than what they are—varieties of apples. But as befits their enchanting names,apples have transfixed and beguiled humans for thousands of years. Apple: A Global History explores the cultural and culinary importance of a fruit born in the mountains of Kazakhstan that has since traversed the globe

Comanche History and Culture (Hardcover)

Offers an overview of the past and present lives of the Comanche Indians,covering their customs,beliefs,and government.

Ojibwe History and Culture (Hardcover)

Offers an overview of the past and present lives of the Ojibwa Indians,covering their customs,beliefs,and government.

Game: A Global History (Hardcover)

Antelope and porcupines in Africa. Feral cats and wild goats in Australia. Deer,pheasants,and rabbits in the United States and Europe. These are just a few of the world’s game animals,or creatures hunted for food. Game has been central to the development of humanity and forms a core part of cultures—and meat industries—from the Amazon to the Arctic. But despite the ubiquity of its consumption,it has never been the subject of a culinary overview. Paula Young Lee rectifies this oversight inGame,de

Oneida History and Culture (Hardcover)

Offers an overview of the past and present lives of the Oneida Indians,covering their customs,beliefs,and government.

Cree History and Culture (Hardcover)

Offers an overview of the past and present lives of the Cree Indians,covering their customs,beliefs,and government.

The History of Western Ethics (Hardcover)

This book looks at the development of the three major fields of Western ethics over time,while providing cross-cultural comparisons between ancient moral philosophies of societies across the globe.

The Jurists: A Critical History (Hardcover)

Jurists,or legal scholars,have had a profound impact on the development of the law. Their emergence can be traced back to ancient Rome and traced through the centuries to today. Since their inception,jurists have worked in like-minded schools united by the particular project they were pursuing. The project can be described by the goal they sought and the methods they used to achieve it. These projects were heavily influenced by their historical context and as such they pursued different goals by differen

The History of Western Africa (Hardcover)

Economically lucrative for European slave traders and later for their colonial successors,the territories along Africa's Atlantic coast were forced to overcome great adversity before achieving autonomy. This volume surveys the history of the many nations of western Africa where vestiges of its past are still visible in cities like Timbuktu and where its diverse peoples continue to navigate a path towards a more stable future. --from publisher description

Industrial Cities: History and Future (Hardcover)

Bringing together essays from leading experts who analyze how the landscapes,images,social dynamics,and economies of the industrial city have changed through boom and bust,this volume covers a wide range of subjects,from car cities to steel towns,from visualization of industrial cities in avant-garde art to the role of industrial heritage in urban regeneration. In total,Industrial Cities makes a significant contribution to our understanding of how the past shapes the future; it will be of

Trinity College Library Dublin: A History (Hardcover)

This is the first comprehensive,scholarly history of Trinity College Library Dublin. It covers the whole 400 years of the Library's development,from its foundation by James Ussher in the seventeenth century to the electronic revolution of the twenty-first century. Particular attention is given to the buildings and the politics involved in obtaining funding for them,as well as to the acquisition of the great treasures,such as the Book of Kells and the libraries of Ussher,Claudius Gilbert and HendrikFag

Mathematics in Ancient Iraq: A Social History (Hardcover)

This monumental book traces the origins and development of mathematics in the ancient Middle East,from its earliest beginnings in the fourth millennium BCE to the end of indigenous intellectual culture in the second century BCE when cuneiform writing was gradually abandoned. Eleanor Robson offers a history like no other,examining ancient mathematics within its broader social,political,economic,and religious contexts,and showing that mathematics was not just an abstract discipline for elites but a k

Congo: The Epic History of a People (Hardcover)

Hailed as "a monumental history... more exciting than any novel" (NRC Handelsblad),David van Reybrouck’s rich and gripping epic,in the tradition of Robert Hughes'The Fatal Shore,tells the extraordinary story of one of the world's most devastated countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo.Epic in scope yet eminently readable,penetrating and deeply moving,David van Reybrouck'sCongo: The Epic History of a People traces the fate of one of the world's most critical,

Beastly London: A History of Animals in City (Hardcover)

Horse-drawn cabs rattling down muddy roads,cattle herded through the streets to the Smithfield meat market for slaughter,roosters crowing at the break of dawn—London was once filled with a cacophony of animal noises (and smells). But over the last thirty years,the city seems to have banished animals from its streets. In Beastly London,Hannah Velten uses a wide range of primary sources to explore the complex and changing relationship between Londoners of all classes and their animal neighbors.

Ship Killer: A History of the American Torpedo (Hardcover)

Many books have been published about submarine and aircraft attacks on ships. While the torpedo was the principal weapon of most of those submarine attacks and many of the aerial attacks,there exist only a few books on this formidable weapon. This book,by Thomas Wildenberg and Norman Polmar,is the definitive work on the development and use of the torpedo by the U.S. Navy. The book begins with an overview of the early undersea weapons developed by Bushnell and Fulton,moves to the spar torpedo of the Civi

Japan; Ju Hachi Shiryaku - China History - Book Of Maps -

Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. Old Japanese Print BookMeiji Period. Ju Hachi ShiryakuChina History - Book Of Maps Pages 36 in total 11 Double Paged Maps of old ChinaExcellent conditionsSize 17.5 x 12.5 cmShipping with tracking codes Read more

H.R. Giger - Taschen Hardcover (Artbook & Databook & History of Works)

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Sahwira: An African Friendship (Hardcover)

Set in the volatile Rhodesia of the s,this dramatic story,narrated from alternating viewpoints,tells of an interracial friendship tested. Like his best friend,Blessing — a Shona boy whose father is his church’s pastor — twelve-year-old Evan,a white American,lives on a Methodist mission in what is now Zimbabwe. Blessing attends the mission school for black Africans,while Evan goes to a whites-only boys’ school in town. As Martin Luther King Jr. marches a world away,local headlines a

Iron Man: An Origin Story (Hardcover)

Inventions are only as good as the men who make them. Billionaire inventor Tony Stark had always put himself firstuntil one fateful day when his inventions were used for evil. But when Tony tried to set things right,his inventions were turned against him. In order to survive,Tony built himself a high-tech suit of armor and promised to use this technology to help those in need as the Invincible Iron Man!

Leo Strauss: An Intellectual Biography (Hardcover)

Since political theorist Leo Strauss’s death in ,American interpreters have heatedly debated his intellectual legacy. Daniel Tanguay recovers Strauss from the atmosphere of partisan debate that has dominated American journalistic,political,and academic discussions of his work. Tanguay offers in crystal-clear prose the first assessment of the whole of Strauss’s thought,a daunting task owing to the vastness and scope of Strauss’s writings. This comprehensive overview of Strauss’s thought is indispe

Contemporary Iraqi Fiction: An Anthology (Hardcover)

The first anthology of its kind in the West,Contemporary Iraqi Fiction gathers work from sixteen Iraqi writers,all translated from Arabic. Shedding a bright light on the rich diversity of Iraqi experience,Shakir Mustafa has included selections by Iraqi women,Iraqi Jews now living in Israel,and Christians and Muslims living both in Iraq and abroad. While each voice is distinct,they are united in writing about a homeland that has suffered under repression,censorship,war,and occupation. Many of the

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