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Great Wall of China as a Climate Frontier
Climatic and Historical Perspectives on the Ordos Region
Av Nicola Di Cosmo, David Bello m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1572 kr
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The Great Wall—the most imposing manifestation of Chinese frontier history—crosses a vast territory subject to political, environmental and climatic instabilities that the volume approaches as mutually conditioning, focusing on the Ordos region. This has been a central point of contact between …
History, Exploration & Exploitation of Oil and Gas
Av Silvia Fernanda Figueirôa, Gregory A. Good m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1425 kr
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This edited volume discusses scientific and technological aspects of the history of the oil and gas industry in national and international contexts. The search for oil for industrial uses began in the nineteenth century, the first drills made in Azerbaijan and the United States. This intense search …
Oil of Brazil
Exploration, Technical Capacity, and Geosciences Teaching (1864-1968)
Inbunden, 2019
1128 kr
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This book investigates the role of the National Petroleum Council (CNP) and especially of Petrobras in the construction and shaping of courses in Geosciences, as part of the historical process of the search for and exploration of oil, which began in Brazil in 1864 and ended in 1968 with the …
Oil of Brazil
Exploration, Technical Capacity, and Geosciences Teaching (1864-1968)
Häftad, 2020
1128 kr
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This book investigates the role of the National Petroleum Council (CNP) and especially of Petrobras in the construction and shaping of courses in Geosciences, as part of the historical process of the search for and exploration of oil, which began in Brazil in 1864 and ended in 1968 with the …
Farming Communities in the Western Alps, 1500–1914
The Enduring Bond
Inbunden, 2019
1692 kr
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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. Using an extensive amount of archival …
Farming Communities in the Western Alps, 1500–1914
The Enduring Bond
Häftad, 2020
1692 kr
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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. Using an extensive amount of archival …
Historical Geography, GIScience and Textual Analysis
Landscapes of Time and Place
Av Charles Travis, Francis Ludlow m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1861 kr
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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 …
Historical Geography, GIScience and Textual Analysis
Landscapes of Time and Place
Av Charles Travis, Francis Ludlow m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
1861 kr
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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 …
Decolonising and Internationalising Geography
Essays in the History of Contested Science
Av Bruno Schelhaas, Federico Ferretti m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1692 kr
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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 …
Decolonising and Internationalising Geography
Essays in the History of Contested Science
Av Bruno Schelhaas, Federico Ferretti m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
1692 kr
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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 …
Coldest Coast
The 1873 Leigh Smith Expedition to Svalbard in the Diaries and Photographs of Herbert Chermside
Inbunden, 2021
1917 kr
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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 …
Coldest Coast
The 1873 Leigh Smith Expedition to Svalbard in the Diaries and Photographs of Herbert Chermside
Häftad, 2022
1917 kr
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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 …
Historical Geography of Croatia
Territorial Change and Cultural Landscapes
Av Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš, Nikola Glamuzina
Inbunden, 2021
1692 kr
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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, …
Historical Geography of Croatia
Territorial Change and Cultural Landscapes
Av Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš, Nikola Glamuzina
Häftad, 2022
1692 kr
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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, …
Beneath the Lines
Borders and Boundary-Making from the 18th to the 20th Century
Av Jacobo García-Álvarez, Paloma Puente-Lozano
Inbunden, 2022
1580 kr
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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. Written by scholars from Spain, …
Beneath the Lines
Borders and Boundary-Making from the 18th to the 20th Century
Av Jacobo García-Álvarez, Paloma Puente-Lozano
Häftad, 2023
1580 kr
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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. Written by scholars from Spain, …
History of the East Sea and the Sea of Japan
Origin of Geographical Names, Conflicts and Solutions
Av Jeongbo Shim
Inbunden, 2022
1692 kr
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This monograph discusses the dispute in geographical naming of the sea between Korea and Japan, which has been a long-lasting issue in East Asia and beyond. 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 …
History of the East Sea and the Sea of Japan
Origin of Geographical Names, Conflicts and Solutions
Av Jeongbo Shim
Häftad, 2023
1692 kr
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This monograph discusses the dispute in geographical naming of the sea between Korea and Japan, which has been a long-lasting issue in East Asia and beyond. 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 …
Geopolitical Perspectives from the Italian Border
Introducing Gianfranco Battisti, Triestino Geographer
Av Christian Sellar, Gianfranco Battisti
Inbunden, 2023
1752 kr
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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. It highlights the institutions and cultures …
Geopolitical Perspectives from the Italian Border
Introducing Gianfranco Battisti, Triestino Geographer
Av Christian Sellar, Gianfranco Battisti
Häftad, 2024
1752 kr
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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. It highlights the institutions and cultures …
History of Mining and Geological Surveys in Jamaica
Inbunden, 2023
1534 kr
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Mining and geological survey work in Jamaica goes back several hundred years and was initiated by the Europeans when they colonized the Island. The year 2019 marked 160 years since the first Government-commissioned Geological Survey of Jamaica. This is one of the oldest survey activity of this type …
History of Mining and Geological Surveys in Jamaica
Häftad, 2024
1534 kr
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Mining and geological survey work in Jamaica goes back several hundred years and was initiated by the Europeans when they colonized the Island. The year 2019 marked 160 years since the first Government-commissioned Geological Survey of Jamaica. This is one of the oldest survey activity of this type …
Environment as a Weapon
Geographies, Histories and Literature
Inbunden, 2024
2253 kr
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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. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Torah and Greco-Roman myths, warfare is a trope …
Environment as a Weapon
Geographies, Histories and Literature
Häftad, 2025
2253 kr
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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. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Torah and Greco-Roman myths, warfare is a trope …
Hebridean World
Its Human Ecology Through Time
Inbunden, 2024
1907 kr
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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 …
Hebridean World
Its Human Ecology Through Time
Häftad, 2025
1917 kr
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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 …
Geographical Societies in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Case Studies and Comparisons
Inbunden, 2026
1580 kr
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This book studies geographical societies, which were the institutional basis of geography until the early twentieth century. Although they were a global phenomenon, most research has focused on the most famous societies (such as Paris, London, and Washington/D.C.), and/or studied societies in …
Discourses on Mountains of Montenegro and Slovenia
Av Matija Zorn, Olga Pelcer-Vujačić m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
569 kr
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This open access book will provide an overview of predominantly geographical and historical discourses connected with mountain landscapes in Montenegro and Slovenia. Very few countries, even considerably larger ones, can boast the mountain landscape diversity found in both countries. Special …
History of Geology Without Borders: Armenia and Beyond
Av Barry Cooper, Marianne Klemun m. fl.
Inbunden, 2027
1694 kr
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This book presents recent achievements in interdisciplinary history of geological studies as well as new perspectives on the development of geological concepts. There is the substantive conceptual aspect, as the regional history of geology in and about Armenia and its uniqueness allow us to point …
Mapping the Contested Line
Cartography and Border Disputes in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and Latin America (18–20th Centuries)
Av Jacobo García-Álvarez, André Reyes Novaes
Inbunden, 2026
1580 kr
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This book brings together eight contributions on the relationships between cartography and border disputes, using map history to frame the construction of nation-states and colonial territories in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and Latin America from the 18th to the 20th century. Written by …
