Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Hardcover. Environmental debates often pit the protection of nature against economic growth. This book reveals that environmentalism has unsuspected roots in consumerism that extend deeper than our everyday dilemmas. It tells of an early confrontation that set the stage for Silent Spring, pushing the dawn of environmental politics back several decades. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JH; 3JJ; RNK; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614868
- ISBN
- 9780700614868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.55
€ 71.55
Paperback. The 1978 decision in TVA v Hill, the Court's first decision interpreting the Endangered Species Act, remains one of the most instructive cases in American environmental law. This work reveals that the snail darter case was just one part of a long struggle over whether the TVA should build the Tellico Dam. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBTB; LAZ; RNKH1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615056
- ISBN
- 9780700615056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.29
€ 43.29
Hardcover. Links African American and environmental studies to show that black Americans have been far from indifferent to environmental concerns. This book examines the works of such canonical figures as Frederick Douglass, Booker Washington, and others, who wrote about how slavery and racial oppression affected black Americans' relationship to environment. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPA; RNA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615162
- ISBN
- 9780700615162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.43
€ 74.43
Hardcover. George Catlin gained renown for his nineteenth-century paintings of Indians and their lands. The author argues that, despite his sympathies, Catlin's work embodied the same prevailing sentiment toward Nature that sanctioned Indian removal and thus undercut his own alternate vision for westward expansion. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616312
- ISBN
- 9780700616312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Paperback. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNA; RNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618217
- ISBN
- 9780700618217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.45
€ 46.45
Place Matters: Metropolitics for the TwentyFirst Century (Studies in G...
Dreier, Peter, Mollenkopf, John, Swanstrom, T...
Paperback. A thoroughly updated third edition of an urban politics classic. Analyzes the problematic trends facing America's cities and older suburbs and assesses what's needed to put America's urban crisis back on the national agenda. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPP; JPV; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619276
- ISBN
- 9780700619276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.68
€ 52.68
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJ; RGBS; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619320
- ISBN
- 9780700619320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.98
€ 44.98
Hardcover. Compelling essays on Alaskan bears by a writer whose work "Publishers Weekly" calls "captivating, lyrical, and bewitching." In this beautifully written natural history, she describes black, brown, and polar bears and their behavior across a wide range of interactions with each other, their environment, and especially human society. Num Pages: 440 pages, , black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; HBJK; RNK; WNCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 146 x 38. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619351
- ISBN
- 9780700619351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.31
€ 37.99
€ 35.31
Paperback. The career of controversial San Francisco publisher James Mason Hutchings, the tireless promoter whose efforts were essential to establishing Yosemite's place in the American imagination and to its preservation. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGT; HBJK; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619672
- ISBN
- 9780700619672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.73
€ 40.73
Paperback. Series: American Political Thought (University Press of Kansas). Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619696
- ISBN
- 9780700619696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.88
€ 41.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 172 pages, 20 illustrations, 5 maps,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; RNKH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 273 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700622276
- ISBN
- 9780700622276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.08
€ 37.99
€ 33.08
Paperback / so. Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763 Num Pages: black & white illustrations, maps, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469600864
- ISBN
- 9781469600864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.41
€ 53.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 34, 12 colour illustrations, 3 maps, 19 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; RNK; RNP; TQK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700606
- ISBN
- 9781501700606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.65
€ 162.65
Paperback. Why communities and institutions need to work together to reduce disaster risk Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC; JFFN; RNF; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773539921
- ISBN
- 9780773539921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 44.98
€ 47.99
€ 44.98
The Lewis and Clark Journals. An American Epic of Discovery.
Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, William; Members Of...
Paperback. Following orders from President Thomas Jefferson, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from their wintering camp in Illinois in 1804 to search for a river passage to the Pacific Ocean. This title combines the narrative highlights of the Lewis and Clark journals. It explains their triumphs and terrors. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 497 pages, 6 illustrations, 13 maps, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 497
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280397
- ISBN
- 9780803280397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.04
€ 25.99
€ 25.04
Paperback. Covering 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, the longleaf pine ecosystem was one of the biologically diverse ecosystems. The author explores the history of these forests and the biodiversity within them, telling the story through first-person travel accounts and interviews with foresters, ecologists, biologists, botanists, and landowners. Num Pages: 336 pages, 34 illustrations, 1 map, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; RGBL; RNF; RNKH; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856994
- ISBN
- 9780807856994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.52
€ 46.52
Paperback. The American South is generally warmer, wetter, weedier, snakier, and insect infested and disease prone than other regions of the country. This title offers a personal recounting of the centuries-old human-nature relationship in the South. It explores various South's peoples and their landscapes. Num Pages: 384 pages, 29 illustrations, 5 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; RGC; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859223
- ISBN
- 9780807859223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.71
€ 49.71
Paperback. Offers a history of environmental journalism which looks at how the practice defines issues and sets the public agenda. This book includes the works of authors such as Pliny the Elder, John Muir, and Rachel Carson. Series: Medill School of Journalism Visions of the American Press. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810124035
- ISBN
- 9780810124035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.47
€ 25.99
€ 23.47
Paperback. Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; KCN; RNC; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810134065
- ISBN
- 9780810134065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.96
€ 42.96
Paperback. Bringing together ten essays by social scientists and activists, this book provides the most comprehensive exploration of the range of environmental issues facing the region and the social movements that have developed to deal with them. The authors consider the role that global and regional political economies play in this process. Editor(s): Baver, Sherrie L.; Lynch, Barbara Deutsch. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJ; KCP; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813536545
- ISBN
- 9780813536545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.31
€ 48.31
Paperback. Using a case study approach to uncover the causes and consequences of decisions regarding land use, this book documents the innovations and compromises created in response to growing environmental concerns in New Jersey. Topics considered range from solid waste and wildlife management to the effects of sprawl on natural disaster preparedness. Editor(s): Maher, Neil M. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813537191
- ISBN
- 9780813537191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.40
€ 45.40
Paperback. In 1978, residents of predominantly African American Warren County, North Carolina, were horrified to learn that the state planned to build a landfill in their country to hold forty thousand cubic yards of soil that was contaminated with PCBs from illegal dumping. This book traces the approaches that residents took to contest environmental racism. Num Pages: 220 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; HBJK; HBTB; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813546780
- ISBN
- 9780813546780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.06
€ 45.06
Paperback. In the last three decades of the twentieth century, the environmental movement experienced a quiet revolution. This is Our Land documents this little-noted change as he describes the efforts of three representative grassroots groups - in Montana, Arizona, and Tennessee - revealing how quite ordinary citizens fought to solve environmental problems. Series: Nature, Society, and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; RNA; RNB; RNT; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813565620
- ISBN
- 9780813565620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.60
€ 45.60
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Neill, Karen M.; Abs, Daniel J. van. Num Pages: 250 pages, 10 photographs, 14 maps, 11 figures, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNR; RPC; TNF; TQ. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813573762
- ISBN
- 9780813573762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.82
€ 52.82