| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910457380403321 |
|
|
Autore |
Schaan Denise Pahl <1962-, > |
|
|
Titolo |
Sacred geographies of ancient Amazonia : historical ecology of social complexity / / Denise P. Schaan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-315-42052-X |
1-315-42053-8 |
1-59874-505-0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (234 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
New frontiers in historical ecology ; ; v. 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Indians of South America - Amazon River Region - Antiquities |
Indigenous peoples - Ecology - Amazon River Region |
Human geography - Amazon River Region |
Social archaeology - Amazon River Region |
Indian pottery - Amazon River Region |
Petrolgyphs - Amazon River Region |
Rock paintings - Amazon River Region |
Electronic books. |
Amazon River Region Antiquities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
First published 2012 by Left Coast Press, Inc. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Contents; List of Figures and Table; Chapter 1: Introduction: Historical Ecology and Archaeological Landscapes in Amazonia; Chapter 2: Moving Earth, Managing Water; Chapter 3: Land of the Ancestors; Chapter 4: Ponds, Lakes, and Feasts: The Cultural Geography of Anthropogenic Soils; Chapter 5: Marks on the Earth: Territoriality and Memory; Chapter 6: Conclusion; References; Index; About the Author |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
The legendary El Dorado-the city of gold-remains a mere legend, but astonishing new discoveries are revealing a major civilization in ancient Amazonia that was more complex than anyone previously dreamed. Scholars have long insisted that the Amazonian ecosystem placed severe limits on the size and complexity of its ancient cultures, but leading researcher Denise Schaan reverses that view, synthesizing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
exciting new evidence of large-scale land and resource management to tell a new history of indigenous Amazonia. Schaan also engages fundamental debates about the development of social complexity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910957073003321 |
|
|
Autore |
Powell Lynda W |
|
|
Titolo |
The influence of campaign contributions in state legislatures : the effects of institutions and politics / / Lynda W. Powell |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2012 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
9786613532473 |
9781280128592 |
1280128593 |
9780472028276 |
0472028278 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (271 pages) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
Legislative politics & policy making |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Campaign funds - United States - States |
Legislators - United States - States |
Legislation - United States - States |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Measuring the influence of campaign contributions in the legislative process -- Patterns of state legislative campaign finance -- An investment model of campaign contributions -- The time legislators devote to fundraising -- How much is a legislator's time worth to a contributor? -- The influence of campaign contributions in legislative chambers -- Fundraising for the caucus: expectations and practices -- Fundraising and lobbying. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
Campaign contributions are widely viewed as a corrupting influence but most scholarly research concludes that they have marginal impact on legislative behavior. Lynda W. Powell shows that contributions have considerable influence in some state legislatures but very little in others. Using a national survey of legislators, she develops an |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
innovative measure of influence and delineates the factors that explain this great variation across the 99 U.S. state legislative chambers. Powell identifies the personal, institutional, and political factors that determine how much time a legislator devotes to personal fundraising and fundraising for the caucus. She shows that the extent of donors' legislative influence varies in ways corresponding to the same variations in the factors that determine fundraising time. She also confirms a link between fundraising and lobbying with evidence supporting the theory that contributors gain access to legislators based on donations, Powell's findings have important implications for the debate over the role of money in the legislative process. |
|
|
|
|
|
| |