1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798147603321

Autore

Davis Diana K.

Titolo

The arid lands : history, power, knowledge / / Diana K. Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-262-33354-6

0-262-33353-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

History for a sustainable future

Disciplina

577.54

Soggetti

Deserts

Deserts - History

Arid regions

Desert ecology

Desert resources development

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; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Deserts, Dogma, and Dryland Development Policy; 2 Deserts in the Classical, Early Christian, and Medieval Worlds; 3 Exploration, Desiccation, and Improvement; 4 Imperialism and the Desert Blame Game; 5 The Twentieth Century; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Index; Color Plates

Sommario/riassunto

An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabitants must be empowered.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996247967703316

Autore

John Rufus, Bishop of Maiuma, <fl. 476-518.>

Titolo

The lives of Peter the Iberian, Theodosius of Jerusalem, and the Monk Romanus / / John Rufus ; edited and translated with an introduction and notes by Cornelia B. Horn and Robert R. Phenix Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta, GA, : Society of Biblical Literature, c2008

ISBN

1-58983-431-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xcii, 370 p.)

Collana

Society of Biblical Literature. Writings from the Greco-Roman world. ; ; no. 24

Altri autori (Persone)

HornCornelia B

PhenixRobert R

John Rufus, Bishop of Maiuma,  <fl. 476-518.>

Disciplina

270.2092/2

B

Soggetti

Monasticism and religious orders - Iberia (Kingdom) - History - Early church, ca. 30-600

Monasticism and religious orders - Palestine - History - Early church, ca. 30-600

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also published in hardback: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-335) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The context of the history of Georgia from the fourth to the sixth centuries -- Christianity and monasticism in Georgia in the fourth and fifth centuries -- Peter's genealogy in the Life of Peter the Iberian : hagiographic ancestry -- The history of the christological controversies and their context in Palestine from the fourth to the sixth centuries -- Monasticism in fifth-century Palestine -- On the death of Theodosius -- The anti-chalcedonian defeat in Palestine -- Authorship -- John Rufus -- Rhetoric and genre in the Life of Peter the Iberian -- Text-critical overview -- Versions and original text -- Synopsis of the Vita Petri Iberi and the De obitu Theodosii -- Outline of the Vita Petri Iberi -- Outline of the De obitu Theodosii -- Genealogical tables of the families of Peter the Iberian and Zuzo -- Chronological timeline -- Texts and translations -- Life of Peter the Iberian -- On the death of Theodosius.