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The Business of Literary Circles in Nineteenth-Century America
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 95.00David Dowling explores the economics of professional authorship - the contiguity between business practice and aesthetic principle - in the most significant literary circles of the American nineteenth century. This comprehensive study ranges from Irving's Knickerbockers, Emerson's Transcendentalists, and Garrison's abolitionists to the popular serial... more...
Capital Letters
University of Iowa Press 1753; US$ 29.95In the 1840s and 1850s, as the market revolution swept the United States, the world of literature confronted for the first time the gaudy glare of commercial culture. Amid growing technological sophistication and growing artistic rejection of the soullessness of materialism, authorship passed from an era of patronage and entered the clamoring free... more...
Chasing the White Whale
University of Iowa Press 2010; US$ 24.95The twenty-five-hour nonstop reading of Melville?s titanic epic has inspired this fresh look at Moby-Dick in light of its most devoted followers at the moment of their high holy day, January 3, 2009. With some trepidation, Dowling joined the ranks of the Melvillians, among the world?s most obsessive literary aficionados, to participate in the event... more...
Literary Partnerships and the Marketplace
LSU Press 2012; US$ 22.95In Literary Partnerships and the Marketplace, David Dowling examines an often overlooked aspect of the history of publishing?relationships, both of a business and a personal nature. The book focuses on a variety of intriguing duos of the nineteenth century, as it explores the economics of literary partnership in a typology of author/publisher, student/mentor,... more...
Geotourism
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 77.95Geotourism is tourism surroounding geological attractions and destinations. This unique text uses a wealth of case studies to discuss the issues involved in the management and care of such attractions, covering topics such as sustainability, impacts and environmental issues. Geotourism: Sustainability, impacts and management leads the reader logically... more...
Geotourism
Goodfellow Publishers Ltd 2010; US$ 88.00Geotourism: the tourism of geology and landscape is a compilation of first class international research which provides insight into the many facets of this emerging subject, and comprehensively explores the nexus between landscape, geological phenomena and tourism. more...
Global Geotourism Perspectives
Goodfellow Publishers Ltd 2010; US$ 56.00An outstanding collection of international case studies that provide insight into and suggest best practice for issues such as conservation, risk management, education, marketing, interpretation and technology of actual and developing geotourism sites. more...
Wildlife Tourism
Multilingual Matters 2005; US$ 54.95This research book is a landmark contribution to the rapidly growing field of wildlife tourism, especially in regard to its underpinning foundations of science and conservation. Written by a number of environmental and biological scientists it explains the synergy between wildlife and tourism by drawing on their global experiences. more...
Phytoremediation and Rhizoremediation
Springer 2006; US$ 229.99Provides information concerning removal of heavy metals from the contaminated environment, and removal, detoxication and even degradation of toxic organic contaminants. This book intends to show the importance of cooperation between plant and microorganisms, there is practically no phytoremediation without rhizoremediation. more...
Molecular Ecology of Rhizosphere Microorganisms
Wiley 2008; US$ 130.00This book helps evaluate the state of the art of rhizosphere microbial ecology and biotechnology. Experts in the field review methods and strategies applied to the detection, identification and monitoring of microorganisms in the rhizosphere. Major topics treated include: - construction of genetically marked rhizosphere bacteria - detection of marked... more...









