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Southeast Asia
ABC-CLIO 2006; US$ 85.00An in-depth, historical encyclopedia of Southeast Asia, with coverage from prehistoric times to the end of the 20th century for each country in the region. Colonial playground ... hotbed of communism ... exotic tourist destination ... nexus of terrorism and the drug trade. more...
Cultures of Contamination, Volume 14
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 99.95This volume ponders the cultures that generated the bulk of our global contamination legacy. Insight is sought into its creation and an understanding of differences in how it is being addressed. Hopefully the illumination of the problem will contribute to a better understanding of the constraining conditions and will help guide us in meeting the twin... more...
Multifunctional Land Use
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2007; US$ 129.99New demands on landscapes and natural resources call for multifunctional approaches to land development. This book analyses general principles of land use multifunctionality, highlights the requirements and approaches, and, discusses modelling and monitoring approaches to scientifically assess the impact of mutlifunctional land use implementation. more...
The Grasslands of the United States
ABC-CLIO 2007; US$ 85.00ÒTreeless, level, and semi-arid.Ó Walter Prescott WebbÕs famous description of the Great Plains is really only part of their story. From their creation at the end of the Ice Age to the ongoing problems of depopulation, soil erosion, polluted streams, and depleted groundwater aquifers, human interaction with the prairies has often been controversial.||The... more...
Landscapes of a New Cultural Economy of Space
Springer 2006; US$ 159.99Aims to tie together various perspectives, insights and constructions pertaining to landscapes and landscape representations from different theoretical and methodological positions as well as from diverse geographical and historical contexts in order to elucidate and illustrate processes of cultural transformation inscribed in space. more...
Textures of Place
University of Minnesota Press 2001; US$ 105.00The contributors to this volume?distinguished scholars from geography, art history, philosophy, anthropology, and American and English literature?investigate the ways in which place is embedded in everyday experience, its crucial role in the formation of group and individual identity, and its ability to reflect and reinforce power relations. more...
The Archaeology of Islands
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 25.00A new perspective on the characterization of islands as distinct physical and social entities. more...
Catastrophes In Nature And Society
World Scientific Publishing Company 2007; US$ 83.20Many people are concerned about crises leading to disasters in nature, in social and economic life. The book offers a popular account of the causative mechanisms of critical states and breakdown in a broad range of natural and cultural systems which obey the same laws and thus makes the reader aware of the origin of catastrophic events... more...
The Cultural Geography Reader
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 64.95The Cultural Geography Reader draws together fifty-two classic and contemporary abridged readings that represent the scope of the discipline and its key concepts. Readings have been selected based on their originality, accessibility and empirical focus, allowing students to grasp the conceptual and theoretical tools of cultural geography through... more...
The Sacred Balance
Allen & Unwin 2008; US$ 24.50This special 10th anniversary edition of the David Suzuki classic, re-examines our place in the natural world in light of sweeping environmental changes and recent advances in scientific knowledge. more...









