1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778065303321

Titolo

The Little Green Data Book 2009

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2009

ISBN

1-282-11476-X

9786612114762

0-8213-7851-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 pages)

Collana

World Development Indicators

Disciplina

333.7021

Soggetti

Economic development

Economic history - 21st century

Economic indicators

Social indicators

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

From the World Development Indicators.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Focus: urbanization; Data notes; Regional tables; Income group tables; Country tables (in alphabetical order); Glossary; References

Sommario/riassunto

This pocket-sized reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries includes key indicators on agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation. The volume helps establish a sound base of information to help set priorities and measure progress toward environmental sustainability goals.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960196903321

Autore

Mier y Teran Manuel de

Titolo

Texas by Teran : the diary kept by General Manuel de Mier y Teran on his 1828 inspection of Texas / / edited by Jack Jackson ; translated by John Wheat ; with Botanical Notes by Scooter Cheatham and Lynn Marshall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, c2000

ISBN

0-292-77328-5

0-292-79900-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

The Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; ; no. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

JacksonJack <1941-2006.>

CheathamScooter <1945->

MarshallLynn <1953->

Disciplina

976.4/03

Soggetti

Generals - Mexico

Texas Description and travel

Texas History To 1846

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.[275]-283) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The diary: "Texas by Terán, his journey, 1828" -- Diary: Béxar to Nacogdoches -- Terán's letters from Nacogdoches -- Diary: trip to the Red River -- Diary: trip down the Trinity -- Diary: Nacogdoches to Matamoros -- Diary: up the Rio Grande to Mier -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Pavie's view of East Texas -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Texas was already slipping from the grasp of Mexico when Manuel Mier y Terán made his tour of inspection in 1828. American settlers were pouring across the vaguely defined border between Mexico's northernmost province and the United States, along with a host of Indian nations driven off their lands by American expansionism. Terán's mission was to assess the political situation in Texas while establishing its boundary with the United States. Highly qualified for these tasks as a soldier, scientist, and intellectual, he wrote perhaps the most perceptive account of Texas' people, politics, natural resources, and



future prospects during the critical decade of the 1820s. This book contains the full text of Terán's diary—which has never before been published—edited and annotated by Jack Jackson and translated into English by John Wheat. The introduction and epilogue place the diary in historical context, revealing the significant role that Terán played in setting Mexican policy for Texas between 1828 and 1832.