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The Unending Frontier
University of California Press 2003; US$ 15.95It was the age of exploration, the age of empire and conquest, and human beings were extending their reach--and their numbers--as never before. In the process, they were intervening in the world's natural environment in equally unprecedented and dramatic ways. more...
Climate Change in Prehistory
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 30.00This book explores the challenges that faced humankind in a glacial climate and the opportunities that arose when the climate improved dramatically after the Ice Age. It weaves together studies of the climate with anthropological, archaeological and historical studies, and will fascinate all those interested in climate and human development. more...
Everyday America
University of California Press 2003; US$ 15.95As old as a roadway that was once a Native trail, as new as the suburban subdivisions spreading across the American countryside, the cultural landscape is endlessly changing. The study of cultural landscapes--a far more recent development--has also undergone great changes, ever broadening, deepening, and refining our understanding of the intricate... more...
Impact of the Environment on Human Migration in Eurasia
Springer 2004; US$ 99.00The themes of the book focus on the origin, development, interactions, and migrations of the Scythians, in Eurasia and their relationships with the environment of 1st millennium BC. Without doubt, the environment played an important role in the life of ancient nomadic populations, forming the basis of their economies and influencing various aspects... more...
Down to Earth
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 22.99A tour de force of writing and analysis, Down to Earth offers a sweeping history of our nation, one that for the first time places the environment at the very center of our story. Writing with marvelous clarity, historian Ted Steinberg sweeps across the centuries, re-envisioning the story of America as he recounts how the environment has played a key... more...
Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 85.00This new edition of these good practice guidelines provides advice on assessing the landscape and the visual impacts of development projects. Issues covered by the guidelines include: integration of landscape and visual issues into the development process; the need for a transparent approach to landscape and visual impact assessment; describing the... more...
Territory
Wiley 2008; US$ 121.95This short introduction conveys the complexities associated with the term "territory" in a clear and accessible manner. It surveys the field and brings theory to ground in the case of Palestine. A clear and accessible introduction to the complexities associated with the term "territory". Provides an interdisciplinary survey of the many strands... more...
Pre-industrial Korea and Japan in environmental perspective
BRILL 2004; US$ 170.00Taking the history of Japan and Korea and their environmental interactions from late Pleistocene down to about 1870 AD, this work aims to make a convincing case for viewing the two countries together, looking at their pre-industrial experiences. more...
David Suzuki Collection
Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 29.95Drawing from David Suzuki?s published and unpublished writings, this collection reveals the passions and philosophies that have informed the work of one of the world?s leading environmentalists for over four decades. more...
Geographies of Globalization
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 67.95This informative text offers a geographical perspective on globalization. It provides a lively exploration of its spatial impacts and the distinctive contribution of human geography to studies and debates in this field. Fully up-to-date and engaging, this work: critically appraises the concept and processes of globalization from a geographical... more...









