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UNINA9910460008303321 |
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Autore |
Hageneder Fred |
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Titolo |
Yew / / Fred Hageneder |
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London : , : Reaktion Books, , 2013 |
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1 online resource (210 p.) |
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Yew |
Yew - History |
Yew - Utilization |
Yew in art |
Plants and civilization |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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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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Cover; Yew; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; One: Early Yew; Two: Botanical Yew; Three: Social Yew; Four: Ancient Yew; Five: Hospitable Yew; Six: Poisonous Yew; Seven: Political Yew; Eight: Aesthetic Yew; Nine: Metaphysical Yew; Ten: Sacred Yew; Eleven: Threatened Yew; Timeline; References; Further Reading; Associations and Websites; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index |
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The yew is the oldest and most common tree in the world, but it is a plant of puzzling contradictions: it is a conifer with juicy scarlet berries, but no cones; deer can feast on its poisonous foliage, but it is lethal to farm animals; and it thrives where other plants cannot because of its extraordinarily low rate of photosynthesis. Exploring this paradoxical plant in Yew, Fred Hageneder surveys its position in religious and cultural history, its role in the creation of the British Empire, and its place in modern medicine. Hageneder explains the way the yew is able to renew itself from the i |
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UNINA9910891328003321 |
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Francia . 3 19./20. Jahrhundert = : Histoire contemporaine : Forschungen zur westeuropäischen Geschichte / / Herausgegeben vom Deutschen Historischen Institut Paris |
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Sigmaringen, : Thorbecke |
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Stuttgart, : Thorbecke |
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Ostfildern, : Thorbecke |
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History |
Periodicals. |
Europe History 1789-1900 Periodicals |
Europe History 20th century Periodicals |
Europe |
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UNINA9910973320703321 |
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Autore |
Speth James Gustave |
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The bridge at the edge of the world : capitalism, the environment, and crossing from crisis to sustainability / / James Gustave Speth |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2008 |
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0-300-13611-0 |
9786612089503 |
1-282-08950-1 |
1-282-08951-X |
9786612089510 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (319 p.) |
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Environmental economics |
Capitalism - Environmental aspects |
Environmental policy |
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"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-279) and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Between Two Worlds -- 1. Looking into the Abyss -- 2. Modern Capitalism: Out of Control -- 3. The Limits of Today's Environmentalism -- 4. The Market: Making It Work for the Environment -- 5. Economic Growth: Moving to a Post-Growth Society -- 6. Real Growth: Promoting the Well-Being of People and Nature -- 7. Consumption: Living with Enough, Not Always More -- 8. The Corporation: Changing the Fundamental Dynamics -- 9. Capitalism's Core: Advancing beyond Today's Capitalism -- 10. A New Consciousness -- 11. A New Politics -- 12. The Bridge at the Edge of the World -- Notes -- Index |
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How serious are the threats to our environment? Here is one measure of the problem: if we continue to do exactly what we are doing, with no growth in the human population or the world economy, the world in the latter part of this century will be unfit to live in. Of course human activities are not holding at current levels-they are accelerating, dramatically-and so, too, is the pace of climate disruption, biotic |
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impoverishment, and toxification. In this book Gus Speth, author of Red Sky at Morning and a widely respected environmentalist, begins with the observation that the environmental community has grown in strength and sophistication, but the environment has continued to decline, to the point that we are now at the edge of catastrophe. Speth contends that this situation is a severe indictment of the economic and political system we call modern capitalism. Our vital task is now to change the operating instructions for today's destructive world economy before it is too late. The book is about how to do that. |
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