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Author : William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Alps in Nature and History written by William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jon Mathieu
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509527745
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)
Download or read book The Alps written by Jon Mathieu and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stretching 1,200 kilometres across six countries, the colossal mountains of the Alps dominate Europe, geographically and historically. Enlightenment thinkers felt the sublime and magisterial peaks were the very embodiment of nature, Romantic poets looked to them for divine inspiration, and Victorian explorers tested their ingenuity and courage against them. Located at the crossroads between powerful states, the Alps have played a crucial role in the formation of European history, a place of intense cultural fusion as well as fierce conflict between warring nations. A diverse range of flora and fauna have made themselves at home in this harsh environment, which today welcomes over 100 million tourists a year. Leading Alpine scholar Jon Mathieu tells the story of the people who have lived in and been inspired by these mountains and valleys, from the ancient peasants of the Neolithic to the cyclists of the Tour de France. Far from being a remote and backward corner of Europe, the Alps are shown by Mathieu to have been a crucible of new ideas and technologies at the heart of the European story.
Author : Spiegel Stefan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783946719328
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (193 download)
Download or read book Book of the Alps written by Spiegel Stefan and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tait Keller
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469625040
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)
Download or read book Apostles of the Alps written by Tait Keller and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the Alps may appear to be a peaceful place, the famed mountains once provided the backdrop for a political, environmental, and cultural battle as Germany and Austria struggled to modernize. Tait Keller examines the mountains' threefold role in transforming the two countries, as people sought respite in the mountains, transformed and shaped them according to their needs, and over time began to view them as national symbols and icons of individualism. In the mid-nineteenth century, the Alps were regarded as a place of solace from industrial development and the stresses of urban life. Soon, however, mountaineers, or the so-called apostles of the Alps, began carving the crags to suit their whims, altering the natural landscape with trails and lodges, and seeking to modernize and nationalize the high frontier. Disagreements over the meaning of modernization opened the mountains to competing agendas and hostile ambitions. Keller examines the ways in which these opposing approaches corresponded to the political battles, social conflicts, culture wars, and environmental crusades that shaped modern Germany and Austria, placing the Alpine borderlands at the heart of the German question of nationhood.
Author : William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Alps in Nature and History written by William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Susanne Muhar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783258081175
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (811 download)
Download or read book Rivers of the Alps written by Susanne Muhar and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marco Armiero
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821419161
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Nature and History in Modern Italy written by Marco Armiero and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marco Armiero is Senior Researcher at the Italian National Research Council and Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Universitat Aut(noma de Barcelona. He has published extensively on-Italian environmental history and edited Views from the South: Environmental Stories from the Mediterranean World. --
Author : Stephen O'Shea
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393634191
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (936 download)
Download or read book The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond written by Stephen O'Shea and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An entertaining, turbocharged race among the high mountain passes of six alpine countries.” —Liesl Schillinger, New York Times Book Review For centuries the Alps have been witness to the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers, and the dreams of engineers. In The Alps, Stephen O’Shea ("a graceful and passionate writer"—Washington Post) takes readers up and down these majestic mountains. Journeying through their 500-mile arc across France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia, he explores the reality behind historic events and reveals how the Alps have profoundly influenced culture and society.
Author : Oliver Goldsmith
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1408 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of the Earth and Animated Nature written by Oliver Goldsmith and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 1408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sir Norman Lockyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Nature written by Sir Norman Lockyer and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Oliver Goldmsith
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 668 pages
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Download or read book A History of the Earth and Animated Nature written by Oliver Goldmsith and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Forsberg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022668167X
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)
Download or read book Great Plains written by Michael Forsberg and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-03-22 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Plains were once among the greatest grasslands on the planet. But as the United States and Canada grew westward, the Plains were plowed up, fenced in, overgrazed, and otherwise degraded. Today, this fragmented landscape is the most endangered and least protected ecosystem in North America. But all is not lost on the prairie. Through lyrical photographs, essays, historical images, and maps, this beautifully illustrated book gets beneath the surface of the Plains, revealing the lingering wild that still survives and whose diverse natural communities, native creatures, migratory traditions, and natural systems together create one vast and extraordinary whole. Three broad geographic regions in Great Plains are covered in detail, evoked in the unforgettable and often haunting images taken by Michael Forsberg. Between the fall of 2005 and the winter of 2008, Forsberg traveled roughly 100,000 miles across 12 states and three provinces, from southern Canada to northern Mexico, to complete the photographic fieldwork for this project, underwritten by The Nature Conservancy. Complementing Forsberg’s images and firsthand accounts are essays by Great Plains scholar David Wishart and acclaimed writer Dan O’Brien. Each section of the book begins with a thorough overview by Wishart, while O’Brien—a wildlife biologist and rancher as well as a writer—uses his powerful literary voice to put the Great Plains into a human context, connecting their natural history with man’s uses and abuses. The Great Plains are a dynamic but often forgotten landscape—overlooked, undervalued, misunderstood, and in desperate need of conservation. This book helps lead the way forward, informing and inspiring readers to recognize the wild spirit and splendor of this irreplaceable part of the planet.
Author : Deirdre Slattery
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 1486301738
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (863 download)
Download or read book Australian Alps written by Deirdre Slattery and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australian Alps is a fascinating guide to Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks. It introduces the reader to Australia’s highest mountains, their climate, geology and soils, plants and animals and their human history. It traces the long-running conflicts between successive users of the mountains and explores the difficulties in managing the land for nature conservation. The book gives credit to little-known or understood stories of the people who have worked to establish better understanding of the Alps, especially their vital role as the major water catchments for south-eastern Australia. This new edition updates many themes, including the involvement of Aboriginal people in the region, catchment function and condition, pest plants and animals, fire and the issue of climate change. Written by a specialist with over 25 years’ experience in community education in and about the Australian Alps National Parks, this new edition features many excellent natural history and historical photographs. Ideal as support information for field trips, it will make a wonderful memento of an alpine visit. This book acts as a detailed companion to park interpretive material and to topic-specific field guides: it caters for readers who want a broad overview of areas of interest they will come across in a visit to the mountains.
Author : Oliver Goldsmith
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature written by Oliver Goldsmith and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mariana Gosnell
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307791467
Total Pages : 797 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Ice written by Mariana Gosnell and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2011-04-27 with total page 797 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the adventurer who circled an iceberg to see it on all sides, Mariana Gosnell, former Newsweek reporter and author of Zero Three Bravo, a book about flying a small plane around the United States, explores ice in all its complexity, grandeur, and significance.More brittle than glass, at times stronger than steel, at other times flowing like molasses, ice covers 10 percent of the earth’s land and 7 percent of its oceans. In nature it is found in myriad forms, from the delicate needle ice that crunches underfoot in a winter meadow to the massive, centuries-old ice that forms the world’s glaciers. Scientists theorize that icy comets delivered to Earth the molecules needed to get life started, and ice ages have shaped much of the land as we know it.Here is the whole world of ice, from the freezing of Pleasant Lake in New Hampshire to the breakup of a Vermont river at the onset of spring, from the frozen Antarctic landscape that emperor penguins inhabit to the cold, watery route bowhead whales take between Arctic ice floes. Mariana Gosnell writes about frostbite and about the recently discovered 5,000-year-old body of a man preserved in an Alpine glacier. She discusses the work of scientists who extract cylinders of Greenland ice to study the history of the earth’s climate and try to predict its future. She examines ice in plants, icebergs, icicles, and hail; sea ice and permafrost; ice on Mars and in the rings of Saturn; and several new forms of ice developed in labs. She writes of the many uses humans make of ice, including ice-skating, ice fishing, iceboating, and ice climbing; building ice roads and seeding clouds; making ice castles, ice cubes, and iced desserts. Ice is a sparkling illumination of the natural phenomenon whose ebbs and flows over time have helped form the world we live in. It is a pleasure to read, and important to read—for its natural science and revelations about ice’s influence on our everyday lives, and for what it has to tell us about our environment today and in the future.
Author : Oliver Goldsmith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book The History of the Earth and Animated Nature written by Oliver Goldsmith and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Oliver Goldsmith
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368739832
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (687 download)
Download or read book A History of the Earth and Animated Nature Vol. I Part I written by Oliver Goldsmith and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-08-28 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.
