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13 produkter
Life in a Shell
A Physiologist’s View of a Turtle
Häftad, 2013
265 kr
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Trundling along in essentially the same form for some 220 million years, turtles have seen dinosaurs come and go, mammals emerge, and humankind expand its dominion. Is it any wonder the persistent reptile bested the hare? In this engaging book physiologist Donald Jackson shares a lifetime of …
Thomas Jefferson and the Rocky Mountains
Exploring the West from Monticello
Häftad, 2002
292 kr
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Recounts Thomas Jefferson's role in advocating and shaping the exploration, settlement and development of the trans-Mississippi West. Jackson argues that although he did not travel farther inland than the slopes of the Appalachians, Jefferson must take his place alongside the pioneers.
Big Dams of the New Deal Era
A Confluence of Engineering and Politics
Av David P. Billington, Donald C. Jackson
Häftad, 2017
298 kr
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The massive dams of the American West were designed to serve multiple purposes: improving navigation, irrigating crops, storing water, controlling floods, and generating hydroelectricity. Their construction also put thousands of people to work during the Great Depression. Only later did the dams' …
Man Who Dammed Hetch Hetchy Volume 8
San Francisco's Fight for a Yosemite Water Supply
Inbunden, 2025
547 kr
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The damming of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park is widely seen as a watershed event in American environmental history. Passionately opposed by naturalist John Muir and his ardent supporters, the massive undertaking succeeded largely through the efforts of John R. Freeman, one of the …
Dams
Inbunden, 1998
3065 kr
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Dams have been used to control water for thousands of years, with the oldest known dam being a small earthen structure in present-day Jordan dating to c.4000 BCE. Since then, cultures throughout the world have practised the art of dam-building and the technology has evolved in myriad ways. The …
Dams
E-bok, 2017
3636 kr
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Dams have been used to control water for thousands of years, with the oldest known dam being a small earthen structure in present-day Jordan dating to c.4000 BCE. Since then, cultures throughout the world have practised the art of dam-building and the technology has evolved in myriad ways. The …
Dams
E-bok, 2017
3664 kr
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Dams have been used to control water for thousands of years, with the oldest known dam being a small earthen structure in present-day Jordan dating to c.4000 BCE. Since then, cultures throughout the world have practised the art of dam-building and the technology has evolved in myriad ways. The …
The History of Large Federal Dams: Planning, Design, and Construction in the Era of Big Dams
Av Donald C. Jackson, Martin V. Melosi
Häftad
391 kr
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Sportsman's Journey
Inbunden, 2021
1331 kr
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A Sportsman's Journey lyrically and spiritually connects readers with the natural world. Donald C. Jackson explores the rhythms and ways of hunting and fishing, particularly in America’s Deep South, and in so doing helps readers understand and find meaning in why hunters and anglers venture far …
Sportsman's Journey
Häftad, 2021
293 kr
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A Sportsman's Journey lyrically and spiritually connects readers with the natural world. Donald C. Jackson explores the rhythms and ways of hunting and fishing, particularly in America’s Deep South, and in so doing helps readers understand and find meaning in why hunters and anglers venture far …
Restless Winds
Memoirs of an Outdoorsman
Inbunden, 2026
1185 kr
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Donald C. Jackson’s newest book of outdoor essays, Restless Winds: Memoirs of an Outdoorsman, takes the reader on a journey from America’s Deep South out into the world. Jackson’s essays explore landscapes, waters, and cultures that have defined Jackson’s career and life. Hunting and fishing …
Restless Winds
Memoirs of an Outdoorsman
Häftad, 2026
269 kr
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Donald C. Jackson’s newest book of outdoor essays, Restless Winds: Memoirs of an Outdoorsman, takes the reader on a journey from America’s Deep South out into the world. Jackson’s essays explore landscapes, waters, and cultures that have defined Jackson’s career and life. Hunting and fishing …
Heavy Ground
William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster
Av Norris Hundley, Donald C. Jackson
Häftad, 2020
513 kr
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Minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed, sending more than twelve billion gallons of water surging through Southern California's Santa Clara Valley, killing some four hundred people and causing the greatest civil engineering disaster in twentieth-century American …
