Autore	Macdougall J. D. <1944->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (305 p.)
Disciplina	551.7
Soggetto topico	Historical geology Geology
Soggetto non controllato	asteroids biodiversity climate change conservation earth sciences earth earthquakes environmental impact environmentalism environmentalists geological history geologists geology geoscience geoscientists greenhouse gases historical human impact ice cores natural archives natural history natural phenomena nonfiction ocean temperatures past lessons retrospective rock science science history scientists sustainable agriculture
ISBN	1-283-27799-9 9786613277992 0-520-94892-0
Classificazione	RB 10123
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Set in Stone -- Chapter Two. Building Our Planet -- Chapter Three. Close Encounters -- Chapter Four. The First Two Billion Years -- Chapter Five. Wandering Plates -- Chapter Six. Shaky Foundations -- Chapter Seven. Mountains, Life, and the Big Chill -- Chapter Eight. Cold Times -- Chapter Nine. The Great Warming -- Chapter Ten. Reading LIPs -- Chapter Eleven. Restless Giants -- Chapter Twelve. Swimming, Crawling, and Flying toward the Present -- Chapter Thirteen. Why Geology Matters -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910791978603321

Autore	Richards John F.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (182 p.)
Disciplina	333.95/4
Collana	California World History Library
Soggetto topico	Human ecology - History Nature - Effect of human beings on - History Hunting Animal welfare Wildlife conservation Wildlife management
Soggetto non controllato	american history animal products animals california world history library series capitalism coastlands cod fishing commercial hunting of wildlife deerskin environmental history environmentalism european history european quests fur trade furs global impact history hunting modern world economy natural world nature north america north atlantic oceans political retrospective russia russian history sealing siberia the unending frontier series walruses whales whaling wildlife world history
ISBN	0-520-95847-0
Classificazione	HIS037000HIS010020HIS036020
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Maps and Tables -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Furs and Deerskins in Eastern North America -- Chapter 2. The Hunt for Furs in Siberia -- Chapter 3. Cod and the New World Fisheries -- Chapter 4. Whales and Walruses in the Northern Oceans -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910791036103321

Autore	Kaplan David E
Edizione	[25th anniversary ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (440 p.)
Disciplina	364.1060952
Altri autori (Persone)	DubroAlec
Soggetto topico	Yakuza - Japan - History Yakuza - History Organized crime - Japan - History Crime - Japan - History Gangs - Japan - History
Soggetto non controllato	anthropology asia scholars asian history asian studies controversial crime historians crime history crime syndicates crime criminal class criminal culture criminal organizations criminology cultural historians gangsters japan japanese culture japanese history japanese society japans underworld modern impact organized crime outlaws retrospective sociologists sociology western perspective yakuza culture yakuza society yakuza
ISBN	1-282-13417-5 9786613806758 0-520-95381-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	pt. 1. Early history -- pt. 2. The Kodama years -- pt. 3. The modern Yakuza -- pt. 4. The move abroad.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910779223003321