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Geology of the San Francisco Bay region [[electronic resource] /] / Doris Sloan ; with photographs by John Karachewski
| Geology of the San Francisco Bay region [[electronic resource] /] / Doris Sloan ; with photographs by John Karachewski |
| Autore | Sloan Doris |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 557.94/61 |
| Collana | California natural history guides |
| Soggetto topico | Geology - California - San Francisco Bay Area |
| Soggetto non controllato |
alameda
america bay area landscape bay area residents bay area california color photographs contra costa easy to read erosion fault systems field guide geologic formations geologic history geologic processes geologists human impact illustrated marin napa natural sciences regional geology regional history rock formations san franciscans san francisco bay san francisco san mateo santa clara solano sonoma tectonic plates tourism guide |
| ISBN |
1-282-35784-0
9786612357848 0-520-93781-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE BAY AREA AND THE PROCESSES THAT SHAPE ITS GEOLOGY -- 2. THE PLATE TECTONIC FRAMEWORK -- 3. THE REMARKABLE ROCKS OF THE BAY AREA -- 4. MARIN COUNTY: A DIVIDED LANDSCAPE -- 5. SAN FRANCISCO: GEOLOGY BENEATH THE PAVEMENT -- 6. THE BAY AND THE ISLANDS -- 7. THE PENINSULA: COAST, REDWOODS, AND BAY -- 8. THE SOUTH BAY -- 9. THE EAST BAY -- 10. THE NORTH BAY -- GLOSSARY -- FURTHER READING -- FIGURE AND MAP SOURCES -- PHOTO CREDITS -- ADDITIONAL CAPTIONS -- GEOLOGIC MAPS INDEX -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780637003321 |
Sloan Doris
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 | ||
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Geology of the San Francisco Bay region [[electronic resource] /] / Doris Sloan ; with photographs by John Karachewski
| Geology of the San Francisco Bay region [[electronic resource] /] / Doris Sloan ; with photographs by John Karachewski |
| Autore | Sloan Doris |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 557.94/61 |
| Collana | California natural history guides |
| Soggetto topico | Geology - California - San Francisco Bay Area |
| Soggetto non controllato |
alameda
america bay area landscape bay area residents bay area california color photographs contra costa easy to read erosion fault systems field guide geologic formations geologic history geologic processes geologists human impact illustrated marin napa natural sciences regional geology regional history rock formations san franciscans san francisco bay san francisco san mateo santa clara solano sonoma tectonic plates tourism guide |
| ISBN |
1-282-35784-0
9786612357848 0-520-93781-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE BAY AREA AND THE PROCESSES THAT SHAPE ITS GEOLOGY -- 2. THE PLATE TECTONIC FRAMEWORK -- 3. THE REMARKABLE ROCKS OF THE BAY AREA -- 4. MARIN COUNTY: A DIVIDED LANDSCAPE -- 5. SAN FRANCISCO: GEOLOGY BENEATH THE PAVEMENT -- 6. THE BAY AND THE ISLANDS -- 7. THE PENINSULA: COAST, REDWOODS, AND BAY -- 8. THE SOUTH BAY -- 9. THE EAST BAY -- 10. THE NORTH BAY -- GLOSSARY -- FURTHER READING -- FIGURE AND MAP SOURCES -- PHOTO CREDITS -- ADDITIONAL CAPTIONS -- GEOLOGIC MAPS INDEX -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809196403321 |
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Sloan Doris
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 | ||
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Geology of the Sierra Nevada [[electronic resource] /] / Mary Hill
| Geology of the Sierra Nevada [[electronic resource] /] / Mary Hill |
| Autore | Hill Mary <1923-> |
| Edizione | [Rev. ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (467 p.) |
| Disciplina | 557.94/4 |
| Collana | California natural history guides |
| Soggetto topico | Geology - Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
california
campers earth sciences earthquakes easy to read erosion field guide geologists geology textbooks glaciation gold rush gold hikers illustrated maps mineral deposits mountain range national parks natural forces natural history natural sciences natural world nature lovers nonfiction plate tectonics regional geology regional history rock science scientists sierra nevada travel guide travelers united states volcanic regions yosemite |
| ISBN |
1-282-76283-4
9786612762833 0-520-93694-9 |
| Classificazione | RU 55129 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Ever-Changing Sierra -- Geological Features And Where To See Them -- 1. Geology: Of Time And Rocks -- 2. The Range Today -- 3. Being First -- 4. Plate Tectonics Puts The Sierra Nevada In Its Place -- 5. Seas Of Long Ago -- 6. Great Is Granite -- 7. Treasures From The Earth -- 8. Landscapes Of Yesteryear -- 9. Days Of Fire -- 10. Days Of Ice -- 11. Mono Lake: The "Dead Sea" Of The West -- 12. The Yosemite "Problem" -- 13. The Mountains Tremble -- Coda -- Glossary -- Suggestions For Further Reading -- Quotation References -- Figure References -- Plate Credits -- Index -- About The Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788991703321 |
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Hill Mary <1923->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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Geology of the Sierra Nevada [[electronic resource] /] / Mary Hill
| Geology of the Sierra Nevada [[electronic resource] /] / Mary Hill |
| Autore | Hill Mary <1923-> |
| Edizione | [Rev. ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (467 p.) |
| Disciplina | 557.94/4 |
| Collana | California natural history guides |
| Soggetto topico | Geology - Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
california
campers earth sciences earthquakes easy to read erosion field guide geologists geology textbooks glaciation gold rush gold hikers illustrated maps mineral deposits mountain range national parks natural forces natural history natural sciences natural world nature lovers nonfiction plate tectonics regional geology regional history rock science scientists sierra nevada travel guide travelers united states volcanic regions yosemite |
| ISBN |
1-282-76283-4
9786612762833 0-520-93694-9 |
| Classificazione | RU 55129 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Ever-Changing Sierra -- Geological Features And Where To See Them -- 1. Geology: Of Time And Rocks -- 2. The Range Today -- 3. Being First -- 4. Plate Tectonics Puts The Sierra Nevada In Its Place -- 5. Seas Of Long Ago -- 6. Great Is Granite -- 7. Treasures From The Earth -- 8. Landscapes Of Yesteryear -- 9. Days Of Fire -- 10. Days Of Ice -- 11. Mono Lake: The "Dead Sea" Of The West -- 12. The Yosemite "Problem" -- 13. The Mountains Tremble -- Coda -- Glossary -- Suggestions For Further Reading -- Quotation References -- Figure References -- Plate Credits -- Index -- About The Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829401103321 |
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Hill Mary <1923->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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Germany's Ancient Pasts : Archaeology and Historical Interpretation since 1700 / / Brent Maner
| Germany's Ancient Pasts : Archaeology and Historical Interpretation since 1700 / / Brent Maner |
| Autore | Maner Brent |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (354 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 930.10943 |
| Soggetto topico |
Archaeology - Germany - History
Archaeology and history - Germany |
| Soggetto non controllato |
antiquarianism
archaeology museums narration nationalism pre- and early history regional history |
| ISBN | 0-226-59310-X |
| Classificazione | NF 1120 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. The Discovery of Germany's Ancient Pasts -- Part II. The New Empire and the Ancient Past -- Part III. The New Empire and the Ancient Past -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838361703321 |
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Maner Brent
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| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2018] | ||
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The graves of Tarim [[electronic resource] ] : genealogy and mobility across the Indian Ocean / / Engseng Ho
| The graves of Tarim [[electronic resource] ] : genealogy and mobility across the Indian Ocean / / Engseng Ho |
| Autore | Ho Engseng <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
| Disciplina | 953.35 |
| Collana | The California world history library |
| Soggetto topico | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social |
| Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
arabia colonial rule cultural anthropologists diaspora studies diaspora diasporic literature europe family histories genealogy hadramis historians history and sociology india indian ocean international relations islam islamic texts literary studies malay migration muhammad muslims nonfiction postcolonialism regional history religious studies southeast asia textbooks transcultural exchange transcultural studies world history |
| ISBN |
9786612771828
0-520-93869-0 1-282-77182-5 0-520-90403-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Dates, Abbreviations, and Transliteration -- Preface -- 1. The Society of the Absent -- 2. Geography, a Pathway through History -- 3. A Resolute Localism -- Conclusion to Part I: Making Tarim a Place of Return -- 4. Ecumenical Islam in an Oceanic World -- 5. Hybrid Texts: Genealogy as Light and as Law -- 6. Creole Kinship: Genealogy as Gift -- Conclusion to Part II: Local Cosmopolitans -- 7. Return as Pilgrimage -- 8. Repatriation -- 9. The View from the Verandah -- 10. Evictions -- Concluding Remarks: Names beyond Nations -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784406103321 |
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Ho Engseng <1961->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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The graves of Tarim : genealogy and mobility across the Indian Ocean / / Engseng Ho
| The graves of Tarim : genealogy and mobility across the Indian Ocean / / Engseng Ho |
| Autore | Ho Engseng <1961-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
| Disciplina | 953.35 |
| Collana | The California world history library |
| Soggetto topico | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social |
| Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
arabia colonial rule cultural anthropologists diaspora studies diaspora diasporic literature europe family histories genealogy hadramis historians history and sociology india indian ocean international relations islam islamic texts literary studies malay migration muhammad muslims nonfiction postcolonialism regional history religious studies southeast asia textbooks transcultural exchange transcultural studies world history |
| ISBN |
9786612771828
0-520-93869-0 1-282-77182-5 0-520-90403-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Dates, Abbreviations, and Transliteration -- Preface -- 1. The Society of the Absent -- 2. Geography, a Pathway through History -- 3. A Resolute Localism -- Conclusion to Part I: Making Tarim a Place of Return -- 4. Ecumenical Islam in an Oceanic World -- 5. Hybrid Texts: Genealogy as Light and as Law -- 6. Creole Kinship: Genealogy as Gift -- Conclusion to Part II: Local Cosmopolitans -- 7. Return as Pilgrimage -- 8. Repatriation -- 9. The View from the Verandah -- 10. Evictions -- Concluding Remarks: Names beyond Nations -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815901903321 |
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Ho Engseng <1961->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The grit beneath the glitter [[electronic resource] ] : tales from the real Las Vegas / / edited by Hal K. Rothman and Mike Davis
| The grit beneath the glitter [[electronic resource] ] : tales from the real Las Vegas / / edited by Hal K. Rothman and Mike Davis |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
| Disciplina | 979.3/135034 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RothmanHal <1958-2007.>
DavisMike <1946-2022.> |
| Soggetto topico | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic
casino workers casino culinary drought essay anthology essay collection global hal rotham jon christensen kit miller las vegas strip las vegas mike davis nevada noir norman klein peter goin political economy politics power race issues race racial issues racism regional history regional scholarly sex workers sin city unions urbanization water |
| ISBN |
0-520-93545-4
1-282-76241-9 9786612762413 1-59734-643-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Many Faces of Las Vegas -- Scripting Las Vegas: Noir Naïfs, Junking Up, and the New Strip -- Las Vegas of the Mind: Shooting Movies in and about Nevada -- Discordant Infrastructure -- Growth, Services, and the Political Economy of Gambling in Las Vegas, 1970-2000 -- Lighting Las Vegas: Electricity and the City of Glitz -- Build It and the Water Will Come -- The Social Costs of Rapid Urbanization in Southern Nevada -- Rise to Power: The Recent History of the Culinary Union in Las Vegas -- Class Struggle in Oz -- "Squeezing the Juice Out of Las Vegas": Reflections On Growing Up in Smalltown, USA -- I Didn't Know Anybody Lived There -- How I Became a Native -- Inside the Glitter: Lives of Casino Workers -- "She Works Hard for Her Money": A Reassessment of Las Vegas Women Workers, 1945-1985 -- The Racial Cauldron -- Inside Jean -- Looking into a Dry Lake: Uncovering the Women's View of Las Vegas A Film Journal -- Colony, Capital, and Casino: Money in the Real Las Vegas -- Who Puts the "Sin" in "Sin City" Stories? Girls of Grit and Glitter in the City of Women -- Nevada Goes Global: The Foreign Gaming Rule and the Spread of Casinos -- Canto: Las Vegas -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782968903321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imperial heights [[electronic resource] ] : Dalat and the making and undoing of French Indochina / / Eric T. Jennings
| Imperial heights [[electronic resource] ] : Dalat and the making and undoing of French Indochina / / Eric T. Jennings |
| Autore | Jennings Eric Thomas |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 p.) |
| Disciplina | 959.7/6 |
| Collana | From Indochina to Vietnam : revolution and war in a global perspective |
| Soggetto topico | HISTORY / General |
| Soggetto non controllato |
asia scholars
asian history asian studies colonial historians colonial villas colonialism cultural anthropology cultural historians cultural perspective dalat ethnic relations ethnographers ethnography europe french empire french indochina gender relations health and medicine historians imperialism nonfiction political science postcolonialism regional history southern vietnam tourist destination world history |
| ISBN |
0-520-94844-0
1-283-27764-6 9786613277640 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword by the Series Editors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Escaping Death in the Tropics -- 2. Murder on the Race for Altitude -- 3. Health, Altitude, and Climate -- 4. Early Dalat, 1898-1918 -- 5. Colonial Expectations, Pastimes, Comestibles, Comforts, and Discomforts -- 6. Situating the "Montagnards" -- 7. A Functional City? Architecture, Planning, Zoning, and Their Critics -- 8. The Dalat Palace Hotel -- 9. Vietnamese Dalat -- 10. Some Colonial Categories: Children, European Women, and Métis -- 11. Divine Dalat -- 12. The Maelstrom, 1940-1945 -- 13. Autonomous Province or Federal Capital? -- 14. Dalat at War and Peace, 1946-1975 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787303003321 |
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Jennings Eric Thomas
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imperial heights [[electronic resource] ] : Dalat and the making and undoing of French Indochina / / Eric T. Jennings
| Imperial heights [[electronic resource] ] : Dalat and the making and undoing of French Indochina / / Eric T. Jennings |
| Autore | Jennings Eric Thomas |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 p.) |
| Disciplina | 959.7/6 |
| Collana | From Indochina to Vietnam : revolution and war in a global perspective |
| Soggetto topico | HISTORY / General |
| Soggetto non controllato |
asia scholars
asian history asian studies colonial historians colonial villas colonialism cultural anthropology cultural historians cultural perspective dalat ethnic relations ethnographers ethnography europe french empire french indochina gender relations health and medicine historians imperialism nonfiction political science postcolonialism regional history southern vietnam tourist destination world history |
| ISBN |
0-520-94844-0
1-283-27764-6 9786613277640 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword by the Series Editors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Escaping Death in the Tropics -- 2. Murder on the Race for Altitude -- 3. Health, Altitude, and Climate -- 4. Early Dalat, 1898-1918 -- 5. Colonial Expectations, Pastimes, Comestibles, Comforts, and Discomforts -- 6. Situating the "Montagnards" -- 7. A Functional City? Architecture, Planning, Zoning, and Their Critics -- 8. The Dalat Palace Hotel -- 9. Vietnamese Dalat -- 10. Some Colonial Categories: Children, European Women, and Métis -- 11. Divine Dalat -- 12. The Maelstrom, 1940-1945 -- 13. Autonomous Province or Federal Capital? -- 14. Dalat at War and Peace, 1946-1975 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826371103321 |
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Jennings Eric Thomas
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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