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Author : Roy E. H. Mellor
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Essays for Professor R.E.H. Mellor written by Roy E. H. Mellor and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tina L. Thurston
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0306471841
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Landscapes of Power, Landscapes of Conflict written by Tina L. Thurston and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-11 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tina Thurston’s Landscapes of Power; Landscapes of Conflict is a thi- generation processual analysis of sociopolitical evolution during the Iron Age in southern Scandinavia. Several red flags seem to be raised at once. Are not archaeologists now postprocessual, using new interpretive approaches to - derstand human history? Is not evolution a discredited concept in which - cieties are arbitrarily arranged along a unilinear scheme? Should not modern approaches be profoundly historical and agent-centered? In any event, were not Scandinavians the ultimate barbarian Vikings parasitizing the complex civilized world of southern and central Europe? Tina Thurston’s book focuses our attention on the significant innovations of anthropological archaeology at the end of the twentieth century. A brief overview of processual archaeology can set the context for - preciating Landscapes ofPower; Landscapes of Conflict. During the 1960s the emergent processual archaeology (a. k. a. the New Archaeology) cryst- lized an evolutionary paradigm that framed research with the comparative ethnography of Service and Fried. It was thought that human societies p- gressed through stages of social development and that the goal was to d- cover the evolutionary prime movers (such as irrigation, warfare, trade, and population) that drove social and cultural change. By the 1970s prime movers had fallen from favor and social evolution was conceived as complicated flows of causation involving many variables.
Author : Anthony W. Parker
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820324566
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Scottish Highlanders in Colonial Georgia written by Anthony W. Parker and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1735 and 1748 hundreds of young men and their families emigrated from the Scottish Highlands to the Georgia coast to settle and protect the new British colony. These men were recruited by the trustees of the colony and military governor James Oglethorpe, who wanted settlers who were accustomed to hardship, militant in nature, and willing to become frontier farmer-soldiers. In this respect, the Highlanders fit the bill perfectly through training and tradition. By focusing on the Scots themselves, Anthony W. Parker explains what factors motivated the Highlanders to leave their native glens of Scotland for the pine barrens of Georgia and attempts to account for the reasons their cultural distinctiveness and "old world" experience aptly prepared them to play a vital role in the survival of Georgia in this early and precarious moment in its history.
Author : J.E. Gordon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401115001
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Quaternary of Scotland written by J.E. Gordon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In describing the geomorphological heritage of Scotland, this volume offers a remarkable account of how the natural environment responded in terms of landforms, processes and plant communities, to severe climatic change as the Quaternary era progressed over the last two million years. This legacy, as preserved in the 138 nationally important GCR sites described, documents a remarkable diversity of landforms in a relatively small area. The rugged highland contrast with the rolling hills and flat plains found further south, while the western and northern islands, together with the highly-indented coastline add further to the scenic diversity. How this variety of landscapes came into being, the forces which shaped it , and the climatic extremes which drove it, are the themes explored in this volume.
Author : Annie Tindley
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748642676
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)
Download or read book Sutherland Estate, 1850-1920 written by Annie Tindley and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the mid-nineteenth century until the end of World War I, the Sutherland Estate was the largest landed estate in western Europe; at 1.1 million acres, the ducal family owned almost the entire county of Sutherland as well as a further 30,000 acres in England. The estate was owned by the dukes of Sutherland, who were among the richest patrician landowners of the period; from the early nineteenth century, however, the family were shadowed by their reputation as great clearance landlords, something that would come back to haunt them throughout the coming decades
Author : David Turnock
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351886126
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)
Download or read book The Making of the Scottish Rural Landscape written by David Turnock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the evolution of rural settlement in Scotland from the Mesolithic period through to the improving movement of the 18th and 19th centuries. The main emphasis is on changes in society and technology, but the book also considers how the development of the physical landscape laid the foundation for such changes. The author strikes a balance between general perspectives (including relevant contextual materials such as the political structures) and local studies, with much emphasis on individual sites. Lack of documentation prior to the 10th century places particular importance on the archaeological evidence, but imaginative interpretation of this evidence has led to a major re-evaluation. Ideas emphasizing continuity of settlement and local adaptation are replacing older ’invasionist’ theories emphasizing Celtic war lords and broch-building pirates.
Author : Peter Jordan
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 9783700005872
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (58 download)
Download or read book Exonyms and the International Standardisation of Geographical Names written by Peter Jordan and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2007 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135835055
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)
Download or read book Berlin written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dorothy Elkins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135835047
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)
Download or read book Berlin written by Dorothy Elkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anniversary study presents a readable, informative account of the development and current structure of Berlin.
Author : Peter E Raper
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1868425509
Total Pages : 1276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (684 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Southern African Place Names written by Peter E Raper and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 1276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of Southern African Place Names - now in its 4th edition - helps you sort your Komkhulu from your Kommetjie with the most comprehensive glossary of Southern African towns, villages, railway stations, mountains, rivers and beaches. The 9 000 short entries incorporate data from sources dating as far back as 1486, encapsulating the linguistic and cultural heritage of all the peoples of the subcontinent, past and present. In this highly readable book the expert authors take you on a fascinating journey of the highways and byways of Southern Africa. Whether you are a motorist, an adventurer or merely an armchair traveller, this book has a multitude of facts and details that will fascinate you. This is much more than a reference book - it gives an insight into what shapes a place and its people through our heroes, events, beliefs, values, fears and aspirations.
Author : James Forsyth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521477710
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (777 download)
Download or read book A History of the Peoples of Siberia written by James Forsyth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-09-08 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first ethnohistory of Siberia to appear in English, tracing the history of the native peoples from the Russian conquest onwards. James Forsyth compares the Siberian experience with that of the Indians and Eskimos in North America and the book as a whole will provide readers with a vast corpus of ethnographic information previously inaccessible to Western scholars.
Author : Neil L. Rose
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402039867
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Lochnagar written by Neil L. Rose and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remote mountain loch of Lochnagar is one of the most studied freshwater bodies in Europe. This book brings together knowledge gained over two decades of multi-disciplinary scientific study, with the results of lake sediment research covering millennia, to show how the loch has developed both naturally and as a result of human impact. Particular emphasis is placed on how this fragile ecosystem, and others like it, may be affected by future climate change.
Author : C. K. Ballantyne
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521310161
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (11 download)
Download or read book The Periglaciation of Great Britain written by C. K. Ballantyne and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1994 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effects of periglaciation on the British landscape are synthesised in this 1997 text.
Author : Heather Viles
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317859308
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Coastal Problems written by Heather Viles and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As coastal populations burgeon, problems of erosion, pollution and coastal change are becoming ever more serious and necessitate scientifically informed management strategies. This authoritative new study discusses the causes of, and possible solutions to, some of the more pressing problems at the coast, against a background of the natural geomorphological and ecological workings of coastal environments. A holistic approach to the understanding of coastal problems is suggested, which integrates geomorphology, ecology and society through a consideration of the basic processes at work. Coastal problems are caused by both human and natural impacts, often working in conjunction with each other; thus drawing on their wide experience of temperate and tropical coasts the authors consider all types of coastal problems, ranging from those produced entirely naturally to those where the human impact dominates. Extensive use is made of case studies drawn from around the world, from beach erosion along the Nigerian coast to the recovery of the Vietnamese mangroves from war damage. A major theme of the book is that, given recent downgrading of predictions of future sea level rise, it is the distinctive geomorphological, ecological and societal aspects of each coast which are the vital factors. 'Coastal Problems' brings together material vital to any attempts to understand and manage our coasts and will be of interest to all those concerned with the environment and its management.
Author : Annabel Jane Wharton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226894207
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)
Download or read book Building the Cold War written by Annabel Jane Wharton and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In postwar Europe and the Middle East, Hilton hotels were quite literally "little Americas." For American businessmen and tourists, a Hilton Hotel—with the comfortable familiarity of an English-speaking staff, a restaurant that served cheeseburgers and milkshakes, trans-Atlantic telephone lines, and, most important, air-conditioned modernity—offered a respite from the disturbingly alien. For impoverished local populations, these same features lent the Hilton a utopian aura. The Hilton was a space of luxury and desire, a space that realized, permanently and prominently, the new and powerful presence of the United States. Building the Cold War examines the architectural means by which the Hilton was written into the urban topographies of the major cities of Europe and the Middle East as an effective representation of the United States. Between 1953 and 1966, Hilton International built sixteen luxury hotels abroad. Often the Hilton was the first significant modern structure in the host city, as well as its finest hotel. The Hiltons introduced a striking visual contrast to the traditional architectural forms of such cities as Istanbul, Cairo, Athens, and Jerusalem, where the impact of its new architecture was amplified by the hotel's unprecedented siting and scale. Even in cities familiar with the Modern, the new Hilton often dominated the urban landscape with its height, changing the look of the city. The London Hilton on Park Lane, for example, was the first structure in London that was higher than St. Paul's cathedral. In his autobiography, Conrad N. Hilton claimed that these hotels were constructed for profit and for political impact: "an integral part of my dream was to show the countries most exposed to Communism the other side of the coin—the fruits of the free world." Exploring everything the carefully drafted contracts for the buildings to the remarkable visual and social impact on their host cities, Wharton offers a theoretically sophisticated critique of one of the Cold War's first international businesses and demonstrates that the Hilton's role in the struggle against Communism was, as Conrad Hilton declared, significant, though in ways that he could not have imagined. Many of these postwar Hiltons still flourish. Those who stay in them will learn a great deal about their experience from this new assessment of hotel space.
Author : Gerald Henry Blake
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Razor's Edge:International Boundaries and Political Geography: Essays in Honour of Professor Gerald Blake written by Gerald Henry Blake and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-11-26 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This festschrift by thirty of Blake's colleagues and former students reflects the topics and regional preoccupations Professor Blake has kept returning to throughout his long career, especially the Middle East, maritime boundaries, and the relation between borders and demographics. Several of the authors extend his work in such areas as Arctic jurisdiction, environmental issues of transboundary water management, and geographic information systems (GIS).
Author : Dennis Ward
Publisher : Astra Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Words and Images written by Dennis Ward and published by Astra Publishing. This book was released on 1989 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
