U.S. Forest Service Grazing and Rangelands

William D Rowley

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 8
• The early luxury of free forage on unclaimed western public domain allowed the building of fortunes in cattle and sheep and offered opportunities to s... Lees meer

Biocultural Diversity in Europe

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 5
• The book collects a selection of the papers presented at the meeting held in the context of the Joint Programme on the Links between Biological and Cu... Lees meer

The Social Metabolism

Manuel González de Molina, Víctor M Toledo

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 3
• Over this last decade, the concept of Social Metabolism has gained prestige as a theoretical instrument for the required analysis, to such an extent t... Lees meer

Ronald Reagan and the Public Lands

C Brant Short

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 10
• The federal government holds a vast domain of American land. Does it hold these acres in trust for future generations and for the planet itself? Or do... Lees meer

The National Environmental Policy ACT

Matthew J Lindstrom, Zachary A Smith, M J Lindstrom

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 17
• Environmental degradation and the compromised integrity of the earth's ecological system were growing public concerns in the mid to late 1960s. These ... Lees meer

Environmental History in the Making

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 6
• This book is the product of the 2 nd World Conference on Environmental History, held in Guimarães, Portugal, in 2014. It gathers works by authors from... Lees meer

Environmental History in the Making

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 6
• This book is the product of the 2 nd World Conference on Environmental History, held in Guimarães, Portugal, in 2014. It gathers works by authors from... Lees meer

The Social Metabolism of Spanish Agriculture, 1900-2008

Manuel González de Molina, David Soto Fernández, Gloria Guzmán Casado, Juan Infante-Amate, Eduardo Aguilera Fernández, Jaime Vila Traver, Roberto García Ruiz

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 10
• This open access book provides a panoramic view of the evolution of Spanish agriculture from 1900 to the present, offering a more diverse picture to t... Lees meer

Agricultural Heritage Systems in Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America

Mauro Agnoletti, Antonio Santoro, Beatrice Fiore, Francesco Piras, Federica Romano, Alessandra Bazzurro

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 16
• Agriculture is often considered as one of the main threats to ecosystems. Unsustainable farming practices often result in habitat loss, inefficient us... Lees meer

History of the Italian Forest Landscape

Mauro Agnoletti

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 19
• The book explain the history of the italian forest landscape from preroman times to the present. The aim is to demonstrate that all the Italian forest... Lees meer

Bound in Twine

Sterling Evans

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 21
• Before the invention of the combine, the binder was an essential harvesting implement that cut grain and bound the stalks in bundles tied with twine t... Lees meer

Bialowieża Primeval Forest: Nature and Culture in the Nineteenth Century

Tomasz Samojlik, Anastasia Fedotova, Piotr Daszkiewicz, Ian D Rotherham

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 11
• Understanding the current state and dynamics of any forest is extremely difficult - if not impossible - without recognizing its history. Bialowieża Pr... Lees meer

Lumberjacks and Legislators

William G Robbins

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 5
• For years the logging industry and the rich timberlands of the East and West coasts have evoked images of Jigger Jones and Paul Bunyan, lusty lumberme... Lees meer

The Age of Water

Andre E Guillerme

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 9
• Water is essential to human life, as mythology, religion, and history alike have recognized. Its availability has been a key determinant in patterns o... Lees meer

Reconciling Human Needs and Conserving Biodiversity: Large Landscapes as a New Conservation Paradigm

Bila-Isia Inogwabini

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 12
• Protected areas have often been defined as the backbones of biodiversity conservation. Protected areas have often been defined as the backbones of bio... Lees meer

Marshes of the Ocean Shore

Joseph V Siry

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 6
• An early observer remarked that it was doubtful that organic life was anywhere more exquisitely adjusted to its environment "than in the marshes of th... Lees meer

Histories of Bioinvasions in the Mediterranean

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 8
• The first book on the history of bioinvasions focused in the Mediterranean region Brings together researchers from 13 nationalities, to cover cases fr... Lees meer

The Alps

Jon Mathieu

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental History
• Stretching 1,200 kilometres across six countries, the colossal mountains of the Alps dominate Europe, geographically and historically. Enlightenment t... Lees meer

Cultivating Continuity of the European Landscape

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 15
• This edited volume reviews 20 years' worth of research under the European Landscape Convention. The authors from the research network UNISCAPE offer r... Lees meer

Reconciling Human Needs and Conserving Biodiversity: Large Landscapes as a New Conservation Paradigm

Bila-Isia Inogwabini

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 12
• Protected areas have often been defined as the backbones of biodiversity conservation. Protected areas have often been defined as the backbones of bio... Lees meer

The Social Metabolism

Manuel González de Molina, Víctor M Toledo

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 14
• This book helps readers to understand the fast growing and timely concept of social metabolism. Lees meer

Chicken

Paul R Josephson

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental History
• Why has the chicken become the meat par excellence, the most plentifully eaten and popular animal protein in the world, consumed from Beijing to Barce... Lees meer

Profit

Mark Stoll

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental History
• Profit -- getting more out of something than you put into it -- is the original genius of homo sapiens, who learned how to unleash the energy stored i... Lees meer

The Social Metabolism

Manuel González de Molina, Víctor M Toledo

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental History | nr. 3
• Over this last decade, the concept of Social Metabolism has gained prestige as a theoretical instrument for the required analysis, to such an extent t... Lees meer