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UNINA9910789736903321 |
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Autore |
Grossinger Robin <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Napa valley historical ecology atlas [[electronic resource] ] : exploring a hidden landscape of transformation and resilience / / Robin Grossinger ; design and cartography by Ruth Askevold ; contributing research by Julie Beagle ... [et al.] |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
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1-283-37356-4 |
9786613373564 |
0-520-95172-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (238 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Landscape changes - California - Napa Valley |
Landscapes - California - Napa Valley - History |
Ecology - California - Napa Valley - History |
Natural history - California - Napa Valley |
Physical geography - California - Napa Valley - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Exploring The Napa Valley Through Time -- 2. Oak Savannas And Wildflower Fields -- 3. Creeks -- 4. Valley Wetlands -- 5. Napa River -- 6. Tidal Marshlands -- 7. Landscape Transformation And Resilience -- 8. Landscape Tours -- Common And Scientific Names Of Species -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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How has California's landscape changed? What did now-familiar places look like during prior centuries? What can the past teach us about designing future landscapes? The Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas explores these questions by taking readers on a dazzling visual tour of Napa Valley from the early 1800's onward-a forgotten land of brilliant wildflower fields, lush wetlands, and grand oak savannas. Robin Grossinger weaves together rarely-seen historical maps, traveler's accounts, photographs, and paintings to reconstruct early Napa Valley |
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and document its physical transformation over the past two centuries. The Atlas provides a fascinating new perspective on this iconic landscape, showing the natural heritage that has enabled the agricultural success of the region today. The innovative research of Grossinger and his historical ecology team allows us to visualize the past in unprecedented detail, improving our understanding of the living landscapes we inhabit and suggesting strategies to increase their health and resilience in the future. |
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UNINA9910778066703321 |
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Autore |
Leech Garry M |
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Beyond Bogotá [[electronic resource] ] : diary of a drug war journalist in Colombia / / Garry Leech |
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Boston, : Beacon Press, c2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Drug control - Colombia |
Drug control - United States |
Drug traffic - Economic aspects - Colombia |
Colombia Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations Colombia |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Entering La macarena; my detention -- My introduction to Latin America; a Salvadoran nightmare -- The Panama invasion; Colombia's two faces-- generosity and greed; indigenous villages and oil in Ecuador -- Welcome to Farclandia; Commander Simon Trinidad and the rebel perspective; a meeting with Erika, a teenage FARC guerrilla; Geraldo Rivera visits the rebel safe haven -- Investigating plan Colombia; AUC commander Luis Enrique and the paramilitary perspective; a body in a hole -- The displayed in Barranca; Gregorio and the landmine; the cocaine lab; collusion and murder in Puerto Asis |
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