1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778284003321

Titolo

Versions of history from antiquity to the Enlightenment [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Donald R. Kelley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c1991

ISBN

1-281-73537-X

9786611735371

0-300-13795-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (529 p.)

Classificazione

NB 5100

Altri autori (Persone)

KelleyDonald R. <1931->

Disciplina

901

Soggetti

History - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-508) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Looking Backward -- 2. Greece -- 3. Rome -- 4. The Judeo-Christian Tradition -- 5. The Middle Ages -- 6. The Renaissance -- 7. The Reformation -- 8. The Science of History -- 9. The Enlightenment -- 10. Conclusion: Looking Forward -- Select Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The problems, purposes, and methods of history writing have been the subject of debate for almost three millennia. Should history be political or philosophical? Is the writing of history an art or a science? What are the limitations of history? This book is an intriguing collection of views on these and other aspects of history writing by eminent Western historians from early Greece to the end of the eighteenth century. The book contains major texts from 112 historians, both well-known and neglected, ranging from the "mythistories" of Homer and Hesiod to the "reasoned" and "philosophical" accounts of Vico and Voltaire. These texts discuss, for example, theories of historical change, problems of anachronism, narrative, and gender, questions of origins, causation, and historical patterns, and historical criticism. Donald R. Kelley, who selected and arranged the writings, also provides essays and commentary that give background material on the themes of historiography and on the authors included in the book



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910446341603321

Titolo

Ecology and management of giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazziannum) / / edited by P. Pysek ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, USA, : CABI Pub., 2007

ISBN

1-280-73617-8

9786610736171

1-84593-207-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PyšekPetr

Disciplina

632/.5

Soggetti

Giant hogweed - Control - Europe

Giant hogweed - Ecology - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgement; Preface: All You Ever Wanted to Know About Hogweed, but Were Afraid to Ask!; 1 Taxonomy, Identification, Genetic Relationships and Distribution of Large Heracleum Species in Europe; 2 Heracleum mantegazzianum in its Primary Distribution Range of the Western Greater Caucasus; 3 Historical Dynamics of Heracleum mantegazzianum Invasion at Regional and Local Scales; 4 Reproductive Ecology of Heracleum mantegazzianum; 5 Seed Germination, Dispersal and Seed Bank in Heracleum mantegazzianum; 6 Population Dynamics of Heracleum mantegazzianum

7 Regeneration Ability of Heracleum mantegazzianum and Implications for Control8 Ecological Needs, Habitat Preferences and Plant Communities Invaded by Heracleum mantegazzianum; 9 Impact of Heracleum mantegazzianum on Invaded Vegetation and Human Activities; 10 Seed Ecology of Heracleum mantegazzianum and H. sosnowskyi, Two Invasive Species with Different Distributions in Europe; 11 Herbivorous Arthropods on Heracleum mantega

Sommario/riassunto

The Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum is a pernicious invasive species, with significant impact on human health due to its phytoxic sap. From its native area, the Caucasus, it has spread across



Europe creating serious environmental and health problems. This book, the output of a. three-year EU project involving 40 European experts, is an authoritative compendium of current knowledge on this amazing invasive plant and will facilitate improved management. It is an invaluable resource for both practitioner and student, and covers topics including taxonomy, genetics,. reproduction, population