The unending frontier : an environmental history of the early modern world / / by John F. Richards |
Autore | Richards John F |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (697 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2 |
Collana |
The California world history library
ACLS Humanities E-Book |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - History
Nature - Effect of human beings on - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
age of exploration
case studies china commercial hunting conquest deforestation early modern period england environmental change environmental history environmental impact frontier life fur trade global history global perspective historical processes human impact imperialism japan natural environment natural historians natural history natural world north america reshaping landscapes russia settlement frontiers wetland ecology |
ISBN |
0-520-90095-2
0-520-93935-2 1-59734-972-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. The Global Context -- Part II. Eurasia and Africa -- Part III. The Americas -- Part IV. The World Hunt -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809442303321 |
Richards John F
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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Vietnam 1946 [[electronic resource] ] : how the war began / / Stein Tønnesson |
Autore | Tønnesson Stein |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
Disciplina | 959.704/11 |
Collana | From Indochina to Vietnam : revolution and war in a global perspective |
Soggetto topico |
Indochinese War, 1946-1954
Indochinese War, 1946-1954 - Causes |
Soggetto non controllato |
1946
american military british military china chinese cold war period comprehensive account engaging french military french global politics global tragedy haiphong hanoi indochina intense modern history nations at war nonfiction page turner paris policymakers politics prewar events research revolution and war secret intelligence documents southeast asia vietnam history vietnam war vietnam war drama war in indochina |
ISBN |
1-282-35987-8
9786612359873 0-520-94460-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword By The Series Editors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. A Clash Of Republics -- 2. The Chinese Trap -- 3. Modus Vivendi -- 4. Massacre -- 5. The French Trap -- 6. Who Turned Out The Lights? -- 7. If Only . . . -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778402203321 |
Tønnesson Stein
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009 | ||
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Vietnam 1946 [[electronic resource] ] : how the war began / / Stein Tønnesson |
Autore | Tønnesson Stein |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
Disciplina | 959.704/11 |
Collana | From Indochina to Vietnam : revolution and war in a global perspective |
Soggetto topico |
Indochinese War, 1946-1954
Indochinese War, 1946-1954 - Causes |
Soggetto non controllato |
1946
american military british military china chinese cold war period comprehensive account engaging french military french global politics global tragedy haiphong hanoi indochina intense modern history nations at war nonfiction page turner paris policymakers politics prewar events research revolution and war secret intelligence documents southeast asia vietnam history vietnam war vietnam war drama war in indochina |
ISBN |
1-282-35987-8
9786612359873 0-520-94460-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword By The Series Editors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. A Clash Of Republics -- 2. The Chinese Trap -- 3. Modus Vivendi -- 4. Massacre -- 5. The French Trap -- 6. Who Turned Out The Lights? -- 7. If Only . . . -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823490303321 |
Tønnesson Stein
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Voyager from Xanadu : Rabban Sauma and the First Journey from China to the West / / Morris Rossabi |
Autore | Rossabi Morris |
Edizione | [1st University of California Press ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 909/.2092 |
Soggetto topico |
Diplomats - China
Diplomats - Travel Voyages and travels Travel, Medieval |
Soggetto non controllato |
13th century
asian travel baghdad beijing china chinese monk commercial networking diplomacy discussion books engaging europe firsthand perspective global travels historical history holy land islamic control jerusalem last crusades medieval period mongol capital mongol empire muslims nestorian christian nonfiction account pilgrimage rabban sauma trans eurasian travel travelogue western travel western world world history xanadu |
ISBN | 0-520-94613-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations -- Preface to the 2010 Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- A Note on Transliteration -- Principal Figures -- 1. Setting the Stage -- 2. A Pilgrimage to the West -- 3. The Mongols, the Muslims, and the Europeans -- 4. An Embassy to the West -- 5. Paris, Bordeaux, Rome, and Return -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About The Author |
Altri titoli varianti | Rabban Sauma and the first journey from China to the West |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248321003316 |
Rossabi Morris
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] | ||
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What is medicine? [[electronic resource] ] : Western and Eastern approaches to healing / / Paul U. Unschuld ; translated from the German by Karen Reimers |
Autore | Unschuld Paul U (Paul Ulrich), <1943-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
Disciplina | 610.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine - Philosophy - History
Medicine, Oriental - Philosophy - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient healing
china chinese medicine cognitive dynamics comparative history debate doctors and patients eastern medicine economics europe european medicine healing and medicine health and wellness health care policies health care professionals history of medicine human health medical theory modern medicine molecular biology nonfiction pathology physiology political shifts scientists traditional practices western adaptations western medicine |
ISBN | 0-520-94470-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Life = Body Plus X -- 2. Medicine, or Novelty Appeal -- 3. Why Laws of Nature? -- 4. Longing for Order -- 5. Ethics and Legality -- 6. Why Here? Why Now? -- 7. Thales' Trite Observation -- 8. Polis, Law, and Self-determination -- 9. The Individual and the Whole -- 10. Nonmedical Healing -- 11. Mawangdui: Early Healing in China -- 12. Humans Are Biologically Identical across Cultures. So Why Not Medicine? -- 13. The Yellow Thearch's Body Image -- 14. The Birth of Chinese Medicine -- 15. The Division of the Elite -- 16. A View to the Visible, and Opinions on the Invisible -- 17. State Concept and Body Image -- 18. Farewell to Demons and Spirits -- 19. New Pathogens, and Morality -- 20. Medicine without Pharmaceutics -- 21. Pharmaceutics without Medicine -- 22. Puzzling Parallels -- 23. The Beginning of Medicine in Greece -- 24. The End of Monarchy -- 25. Troublemakers and Ostracism -- 26. See Something You Don't See -- 27. Powers of Self-healing: Self-evident? -- 28. Confucians' Fear of Chaos -- 29. Medicine: Expression of the General State of Mind -- 30. Dynamic Ideas and Faded Model Images -- 31. The Hour of the Dissectors -- 32. Manifold Experiences of the World -- 33. Greek Medicine and Roman Incomprehension -- 34. Illness as Stasis -- 35. Head and Limbs -- 36. The Rediscovery of Wholeness -- 37. To Move the Body to a Statement -- 38. Galen of Pergamon: Collector in All Worlds -- 39. Europe's Ancient Pharmacology -- 40. The Wheel of Progress Turns No More -- 41. Constancy and Discontinuity of Structures -- 42. Arabian Interlude -- 43. The Tang Era: Cultural Diversity, Conceptual Vacuum -- 44. Changes in the Song Era -- 45. The Authority of Distant Antiquity -- 46. Zhang Ji's Belated Honors -- 47. Chinese Pharmacology |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790258003321 |
Unschuld Paul U (Paul Ulrich), <1943->
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What is medicine? [[electronic resource] ] : Western and Eastern approaches to healing / / Paul U. Unschuld ; translated from the German by Karen Reimers |
Autore | Unschuld Paul U (Paul Ulrich), <1943-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
Disciplina | 610.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine - Philosophy - History
Medicine, Oriental - Philosophy - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient healing
china chinese medicine cognitive dynamics comparative history debate doctors and patients eastern medicine economics europe european medicine healing and medicine health and wellness health care policies health care professionals history of medicine human health medical theory modern medicine molecular biology nonfiction pathology physiology political shifts scientists traditional practices western adaptations western medicine |
ISBN | 0-520-94470-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Life = Body Plus X -- 2. Medicine, or Novelty Appeal -- 3. Why Laws of Nature? -- 4. Longing for Order -- 5. Ethics and Legality -- 6. Why Here? Why Now? -- 7. Thales' Trite Observation -- 8. Polis, Law, and Self-determination -- 9. The Individual and the Whole -- 10. Nonmedical Healing -- 11. Mawangdui: Early Healing in China -- 12. Humans Are Biologically Identical across Cultures. So Why Not Medicine? -- 13. The Yellow Thearch's Body Image -- 14. The Birth of Chinese Medicine -- 15. The Division of the Elite -- 16. A View to the Visible, and Opinions on the Invisible -- 17. State Concept and Body Image -- 18. Farewell to Demons and Spirits -- 19. New Pathogens, and Morality -- 20. Medicine without Pharmaceutics -- 21. Pharmaceutics without Medicine -- 22. Puzzling Parallels -- 23. The Beginning of Medicine in Greece -- 24. The End of Monarchy -- 25. Troublemakers and Ostracism -- 26. See Something You Don't See -- 27. Powers of Self-healing: Self-evident? -- 28. Confucians' Fear of Chaos -- 29. Medicine: Expression of the General State of Mind -- 30. Dynamic Ideas and Faded Model Images -- 31. The Hour of the Dissectors -- 32. Manifold Experiences of the World -- 33. Greek Medicine and Roman Incomprehension -- 34. Illness as Stasis -- 35. Head and Limbs -- 36. The Rediscovery of Wholeness -- 37. To Move the Body to a Statement -- 38. Galen of Pergamon: Collector in All Worlds -- 39. Europe's Ancient Pharmacology -- 40. The Wheel of Progress Turns No More -- 41. Constancy and Discontinuity of Structures -- 42. Arabian Interlude -- 43. The Tang Era: Cultural Diversity, Conceptual Vacuum -- 44. Changes in the Song Era -- 45. The Authority of Distant Antiquity -- 46. Zhang Ji's Belated Honors -- 47. Chinese Pharmacology |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824819303321 |
Unschuld Paul U (Paul Ulrich), <1943->
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Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Women in China's long twentieth century [[electronic resource] /] / Gail Hershatter |
Autore | Hershatter Gail |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : Global, Area, and International Archive, University of California, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (171 p.) |
Disciplina |
305.409510904
305.420951 |
Collana | Global, Area, and International Archive |
Soggetto topico |
Feminism - China
Sex role - China Women and communism - China Women - Employment - China Women - China - Social conditions - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
asian women
china chinese history chinese literature chinese women communism communist cultural revolution domesticity employment factory workers factory family female infanticide femininity feminism gender roles gender studies gender gendered labor historiography history household labor labor marriage nonfiction peoples republic republic rural women sex roles sexuality urban women women and labor women in the workforce womens history womens studies |
ISBN |
1-281-38544-1
9786611385446 0-520-91612-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Marriage, Family, Sexuality, and Gender Difference -- 2. Labor -- 3. National Modernity -- Afterthoughts -- Works Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782162303321 |
Hershatter Gail
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Women in China's long twentieth century [[electronic resource] /] / Gail Hershatter |
Autore | Hershatter Gail |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : Global, Area, and International Archive, University of California, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (171 p.) |
Disciplina |
305.409510904
305.420951 |
Collana | Global, Area, and International Archive |
Soggetto topico |
Feminism - China
Sex role - China Women and communism - China Women - Employment - China Women - China - Social conditions - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
asian women
china chinese history chinese literature chinese women communism communist cultural revolution domesticity employment factory workers factory family female infanticide femininity feminism gender roles gender studies gender gendered labor historiography history household labor labor marriage nonfiction peoples republic republic rural women sex roles sexuality urban women women and labor women in the workforce womens history womens studies |
ISBN |
1-281-38544-1
9786611385446 0-520-91612-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Marriage, Family, Sexuality, and Gender Difference -- 2. Labor -- 3. National Modernity -- Afterthoughts -- Works Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823903103321 |
Hershatter Gail
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Berkeley, Calif., : Global, Area, and International Archive, University of California, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
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Wuhan, 1938 [[electronic resource] ] : war, refugees, and the making of modern China / / Stephen R. MacKinnon ; includes photographs by Robert Capa |
Autore | MacKinnon Stephen R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
Disciplina | 951.04/2 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CapaRobert <1913-1954.> |
Soggetto topico | Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 - China - Wuhan Shi |
Soggetto non controllato |
1930s
anti japanese asia asian history carnage china chinese culture chinese history chinese refugees contemporary history contemporary cultural history cultural studies heroism international japanese history modern china modern history modern life modern world political politics race racism refugee stories refugee social studies society true story wuhan xenophobia |
ISBN |
1-282-35941-X
9786612359415 0-520-93460-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Wuhan before the war -- Defending central China, 1938: military leadership and strategy -- The battle for Xuzhou and the defense of Wuhan -- Wuhan's refugee crisis -- Culture and the press -- Mobilizing youth -- Romantic Hankou: the international dimension. |
Altri titoli varianti | War, refugees, and the making of modern China |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778485803321 |
MacKinnon Stephen R
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
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Wuhan, 1938 [[electronic resource] ] : war, refugees, and the making of modern China / / Stephen R. MacKinnon ; includes photographs by Robert Capa |
Autore | MacKinnon Stephen R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
Disciplina | 951.04/2 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CapaRobert <1913-1954.> |
Soggetto topico | Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 - China - Wuhan Shi |
Soggetto non controllato |
1930s
anti japanese asia asian history carnage china chinese culture chinese history chinese refugees contemporary history contemporary cultural history cultural studies heroism international japanese history modern china modern history modern life modern world political politics race racism refugee stories refugee social studies society true story wuhan xenophobia |
ISBN |
1-282-35941-X
9786612359415 0-520-93460-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Wuhan before the war -- Defending central China, 1938: military leadership and strategy -- The battle for Xuzhou and the defense of Wuhan -- Wuhan's refugee crisis -- Culture and the press -- Mobilizing youth -- Romantic Hankou: the international dimension. |
Altri titoli varianti | War, refugees, and the making of modern China |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813506903321 |
MacKinnon Stephen R
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
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