California's frontier naturalists [[electronic resource] /] / Richard G. Beidleman |
Autore | Beidleman Richard G |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (501 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.794 |
Soggetto topico |
Natural history - California
Scientific expeditions - California Naturalists - California - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
american west
botany boundary surveys california david douglas death valley expedition explorers fieldwork frontier geological survey geology john fremont la perouse land development land management mexican war monterey natural sciences natural world naturalism naturalist nature nonfiction pacific northwest paleontology paolo botta plants railroads richard hinds sara lemmon science scientists settling the west thomas nuttall united states wild west wilderness william brewer zoology |
ISBN |
0-520-92750-8
9786612356339 1-282-35633-X 1-59875-921-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Prelude -- Part 1. The Oceanic Expeditions -- Part 2. The Early Peripatetic Naturalists -- Part 3. The Overland Expeditions and Their Naturalists -- Part 4. Iron Horses and River Steamers -- Part 5. The California Geological Survey -- Part 6. Institutions and Naturalists -- Part 7. The Postwar Naturalists -- Selected References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816301603321 |
Beidleman Richard G
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Caligula [[electronic resource] ] : a biography / / Aloys Winterling ; translated by Deborah Lucas Schneider, Glenn W. Most, and Paul Psoinos |
Autore | Winterling Aloys |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina |
937/.07092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SchneiderDeborah Lucas
MostGlenn W PsoinosPaul |
Collana | Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
Soggetto topico | Emperors - Rome |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient history
ancient rome ancient sources biography brutality caligula career classical period dark dramatic engaging famous tyrant general audience historical analysis history buffs history human cruelty intense mental illness military nobility nonfiction notorious figures political science political system political thriller politics questioned sanity revolt roman emperors roman politics roman senate rome torture tyrant world history worship |
ISBN |
1-283-33183-7
9786613331830 0-520-94314-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: A mad emperor? -- Childhood and youth -- Two years as princeps -- The conflicts escalate -- Five months of monarchy -- Murder on the Palatine -- Conclusion: Inventing the mad emperor -- Epilogue to the English edition. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781510203321 |
Winterling Aloys
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Caligula [[electronic resource] ] : a biography / / Aloys Winterling ; translated by Deborah Lucas Schneider, Glenn W. Most, and Paul Psoinos |
Autore | Winterling Aloys |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina |
937/.07092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SchneiderDeborah Lucas
MostGlenn W PsoinosPaul |
Collana | Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
Soggetto topico | Emperors - Rome |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient history
ancient rome ancient sources biography brutality caligula career classical period dark dramatic engaging famous tyrant general audience historical analysis history buffs history human cruelty intense mental illness military nobility nonfiction notorious figures political science political system political thriller politics questioned sanity revolt roman emperors roman politics roman senate rome torture tyrant world history worship |
ISBN |
1-283-33183-7
9786613331830 0-520-94314-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: A mad emperor? -- Childhood and youth -- Two years as princeps -- The conflicts escalate -- Five months of monarchy -- Murder on the Palatine -- Conclusion: Inventing the mad emperor -- Epilogue to the English edition. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828490803321 |
Winterling Aloys
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Called by the wild [[electronic resource] ] : the autobiography of a conservationist / / Raymond F. Dasmann ; with a foreword by Paul Erhlich |
Autore | Dasmann Raymond F. <1919-2002.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina |
333.7/2/092
B |
Soggetto topico | Conservationists - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
australia autobiography biography biology bioregionalism biosphere california caribbean conservation dasmann ecology ecotourism environment environmental movement environmentalism fieldwork game management kinshasha memoir military service military natural world nature preserve nature nonfiction politics population growth rain forest san francisco soldier south pacific sri lanka sustainability united nations united states veteran wilderness wildlife world war two ww2 |
ISBN |
0-520-92740-0
1-59734-521-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Beginnings: The Lure of Wild Country -- 2. School, the Woods, and War -- 3. Red Arrows Never Glance -- 4. Live Coward or Dead Hero? -- 5. Elizabeth's Story -- 6. Reunion -- 7. Transition -- 8. Deer -- 9. Arcata -- 10. Conservation by Slaughter -- 11. Return to the United States -- 12. Influences and Efforts -- 13. Too Many, Too Much -- 14. Uniting Nations -- 15. Return to Africa -- 16. Ecosystem and Biosphere People -- 17. The Edges of the Sea -- 18. The Incident in Kinshasha -- 19. Return to the South Pacific -- 20. Back to the Land -- 21. Damming Paradise -- 22. Other Ways of Life -- 23. Biosphere Reserves -- 24. Finale -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780378503321 |
Dasmann Raymond F. <1919-2002.>
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Called by the wild [[electronic resource] ] : the autobiography of a conservationist / / Raymond F. Dasmann ; with a foreword by Paul Erhlich |
Autore | Dasmann Raymond F. <1919-2002.> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina |
333.7/2/092
B |
Soggetto topico | Conservationists - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
australia autobiography biography biology bioregionalism biosphere california caribbean conservation dasmann ecology ecotourism environment environmental movement environmentalism fieldwork game management kinshasha memoir military service military natural world nature preserve nature nonfiction politics population growth rain forest san francisco soldier south pacific sri lanka sustainability united nations united states veteran wilderness wildlife world war two ww2 |
ISBN |
0-520-92740-0
1-59734-521-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Beginnings: The Lure of Wild Country -- 2. School, the Woods, and War -- 3. Red Arrows Never Glance -- 4. Live Coward or Dead Hero? -- 5. Elizabeth's Story -- 6. Reunion -- 7. Transition -- 8. Deer -- 9. Arcata -- 10. Conservation by Slaughter -- 11. Return to the United States -- 12. Influences and Efforts -- 13. Too Many, Too Much -- 14. Uniting Nations -- 15. Return to Africa -- 16. Ecosystem and Biosphere People -- 17. The Edges of the Sea -- 18. The Incident in Kinshasha -- 19. Return to the South Pacific -- 20. Back to the Land -- 21. Damming Paradise -- 22. Other Ways of Life -- 23. Biosphere Reserves -- 24. Finale -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821988403321 |
Dasmann Raymond F. <1919-2002.>
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Cannabis [[electronic resource] ] : evolution and ethnobotany / / Robert C. Clarke, Mark D. Merlin |
Autore | Clarke Robert Connell <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (453 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.29/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MerlinMark David |
Soggetto topico |
Cannabis
Cannabis - Evolution Cannabis - Utilization Human-plant relationships |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
botanists botany cannabis fibers cannabis seeds cannabis commercial plant controversy cultural history drugs ethnobotany human interaction human societies interdisciplinary life sciences marijuana medicinal plants nonfiction origins of cannabis plant evolution plant medicine plant sciences pot lovers pot psychoactive compounds public debate religious uses retrospective ritual uses role of cannabis |
ISBN |
0-520-29248-0
1-78402-602-6 0-520-95457-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES TO READERS -- TABLE 1: ACRONYMS USED IN THIS BOOK -- MAP 1: PRESENT-DAY RANGES OF CANNABIS -- 1. Introduction to the Multipurpose Plant Cannabis -- 2. Natural Origins and Early Evolution of Cannabis -- 3. Ethnobotanical Origins, Early Cultivation, and Evolution through Human Selection -- 4. The Cultural Diffusion of Cannabis -- 5. History of Cannabis Use for Fiber -- 6. Food, Feed, and Oil Uses of Hemp -- 7. Historical Aspects of Psychoactive Cannabis Use for Ritual and Recreation -- 8. Ethnobotanical History and Contemporary Context of Medicinal Cannabis -- 9. Nonpsychoactive Ritual Uses of Cannabis -- 10. Recent History of Cannabis Breeding -- 11. Classical and Molecular Taxonomy of Cannabis -- 12. Hypotheses Concerning the Early Evolution of Cannabis -- 13. Cannabis and Homo sapiens -- TIMELINE -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779885703321 |
Clarke Robert Connell <1953->
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Cannabis [[electronic resource] ] : evolution and ethnobotany / / Robert C. Clarke, Mark D. Merlin |
Autore | Clarke Robert Connell <1953-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (453 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.29/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MerlinMark David |
Soggetto topico |
Cannabis
Cannabis - Evolution Cannabis - Utilization Human-plant relationships |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
botanists botany cannabis fibers cannabis seeds cannabis commercial plant controversy cultural history drugs ethnobotany human interaction human societies interdisciplinary life sciences marijuana medicinal plants nonfiction origins of cannabis plant evolution plant medicine plant sciences pot lovers pot psychoactive compounds public debate religious uses retrospective ritual uses role of cannabis |
ISBN |
0-520-29248-0
1-78402-602-6 0-520-95457-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES TO READERS -- TABLE 1: ACRONYMS USED IN THIS BOOK -- MAP 1: PRESENT-DAY RANGES OF CANNABIS -- 1. Introduction to the Multipurpose Plant Cannabis -- 2. Natural Origins and Early Evolution of Cannabis -- 3. Ethnobotanical Origins, Early Cultivation, and Evolution through Human Selection -- 4. The Cultural Diffusion of Cannabis -- 5. History of Cannabis Use for Fiber -- 6. Food, Feed, and Oil Uses of Hemp -- 7. Historical Aspects of Psychoactive Cannabis Use for Ritual and Recreation -- 8. Ethnobotanical History and Contemporary Context of Medicinal Cannabis -- 9. Nonpsychoactive Ritual Uses of Cannabis -- 10. Recent History of Cannabis Breeding -- 11. Classical and Molecular Taxonomy of Cannabis -- 12. Hypotheses Concerning the Early Evolution of Cannabis -- 13. Cannabis and Homo sapiens -- TIMELINE -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823202003321 |
Clarke Robert Connell <1953->
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Carnal thoughts [[electronic resource] ] : embodiment and moving image culture / / Vivian Sobchack |
Autore | Sobchack Vivian Carol |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.43/01/5 |
Soggetto topico |
Motion pictures - Philosophy
Motion pictures - Psychological aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
carnality
cinema media studies cinema scholars cinematic experiences contemporary culture corporeal selves emotional experiences essay collection film studies film theory image saturated world media consumption mind body split modern culture modern philosophy moving image culture nonfiction essays nonfiction phenomenological philosophy photographic spaces physical experiences sense making sensory experiences subjects and objects thoughts and senses |
ISBN |
0-520-93782-1
9786613303943 1-283-30394-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. Sensible Scenes -- PART II. Responsible Visions -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783386303321 |
Sobchack Vivian Carol
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Carnal thoughts : embodiment and moving image culture / / Vivian Sobchack |
Autore | Sobchack Vivian Carol |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.43/01/5 |
Soggetto topico |
Motion pictures - Philosophy
Motion pictures - Psychological aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
carnality
cinema media studies cinema scholars cinematic experiences contemporary culture corporeal selves emotional experiences essay collection film studies film theory image saturated world media consumption mind body split modern culture modern philosophy moving image culture nonfiction essays nonfiction phenomenological philosophy photographic spaces physical experiences sense making sensory experiences subjects and objects thoughts and senses |
ISBN |
0-520-93782-1
9786613303943 1-283-30394-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. Sensible Scenes -- PART II. Responsible Visions -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816780403321 |
Sobchack Vivian Carol
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The Catholic revolution [[electronic resource] ] : new wine, old wineskins, and the Second Vatican Council / / Andrew Greeley |
Autore | Greeley Andrew M. <1928-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
Disciplina | 282/.73/09045 |
Soggetto topico | Councils and synods, Ecumenical |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
america american catholicism american catholics bishops catholic church catholic life catholic revolution catholicism christian christianity church history church leadership church reform clergy comparative religion discussion books nonfiction preachers religion and spirituality religious historians religious history religious scholars religious studies roman curia second vatican council theology vatican council ii |
ISBN |
1-282-35811-1
9781417510633 9786612358111 0-520-93877-1 1-59734-526-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A Catholic revolution -- The "confident" church -- The wineskins burst -- What happened? -- "Effervescence" spreads from the council to the world -- How do they stay? -- New rules, new prophets, and beige Catholicism -- Only in America? -- Why they stay -- Priests -- Recovering the Catholic heritage -- Religious education and beauty -- Authority as charm -- Liturgists and the laity. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780448203321 |
Greeley Andrew M. <1928->
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