Man and nature [[electronic resource] /] / by George Perkins Marsh ; edited by David Lowenthal |
Autore | Marsh George P (George Perkins), <1801-1882.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (504 p.) |
Disciplina | 910 |
Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on
Conservation of natural resources |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-674-04063-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""A Note on the Text""; ""Man and Nature""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introductory""; ""2. Transfer, Modification, and Extirpation of Vegetable and of Animal Species""; ""3. The Woods""; ""4. The Waters""; ""5. The Sands""; ""6. Projected or Possible Geographical Changes by Man""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455162203321 |
Marsh George P (George Perkins), <1801-1882.> | ||
Cambridge, : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Man and nature / / George Perkins Marsh ; edited by David Lowenthal |
Autore | Marsh George P (George Perkins), <1801-1882.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass. : , : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, , 1965 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxix, 472 pages) |
Disciplina | 910 |
Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on
Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN | 0-674-04063-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""A Note on the Text""; ""Man and Nature""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introductory""; ""2. Transfer, Modification, and Extirpation of Vegetable and of Animal Species""; ""3. The Woods""; ""4. The Waters""; ""5. The Sands""; ""6. Projected or Possible Geographical Changes by Man""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778568303321 |
Marsh George P (George Perkins), <1801-1882.> | ||
Cambridge, Mass. : , : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, , 1965 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Paradox of Preservation : Wilderness and Working Landscapes at Point Reyes National Seashore / / Laura Alice Watt |
Autore | Watt Laura Alice |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 979.4/62 |
Soggetto topico | Natural resources conservation areas - California - Point Reyes Peninsula - Management |
ISBN | 0-520-96642-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Management Controversy at Point Reyes -- 1. Landscapes, Preservation, and the National Park Ideal -- 2. Public Parks from Private Lands -- 3. Acquisition and Its Alternatives -- 4. Parks as (Potential) Wilderness -- 5. Remaking the Landscape -- 6. Reassertion of the Park Ideal -- 7. The Politics of Preservation -- Conclusion: Point Reyes as a Leopoldian Park -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150255903321 |
Watt Laura Alice | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The politics of the past / / edited by Peter Gathercole, David Lowenthal |
Autore | Gathercole P. W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvi, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 930.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LowenthalDavid |
Collana | One World Archaeology |
Soggetto topico |
Archaeology - Political aspects
Archaeology and state Archaeology and state - Developing countries Ethnocentrism |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors page; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Introduction; The Western world view in archaeological atlases; Public presentations and private concerns: archaeology in the pages of National Geographic; American nationality and ethnicity in the depicted past; Afro-Americans in the Massachusetts historical landscape; Black people and museums: the Caribbean Heritage Project in Southampton; 'Volk und Germanentum': the presentation of the past in Nazi Germany; Introduction; Maori control of the Maori heritage
Nga Tukemata: Nga Taonga o Ngati Kahungunu (The awakening: the treasures of Ngati Kahungunu); God's police and damned whores: images of archaeology in Hawaii; Aboriginal perceptions of the past: the implications for cultural resource management in Australia; Search for the missing link: archaeology and the public in Lebanon; The legacy of Eve; Museums: two case studies of reaction to colonialism; Introduction; Cultural education in West Africa: archaeological perspectives; The development of museums in Botswana: dilemmas and tensions in a front-line state A past abandoned? Some experiences of a regional museum in Botswana; Archaeology and museum work in the Solomon Islands; Fifty years of conservation experience on Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile; Introduction; Didactic presentations of the past: some retrospective considerations in relation to the Archaeological and Ethnographical Museum, d, Poland; Reconstruction as interpretation: the example of the Jorvik Viking Centre, York; Fort Loudoun, Tennessee, a mid-18th century British fortification: a case study in research archaeology, reconstruction, and interpretive exhibits Conservation and information in the display of prehistoric sites; The epic of the Ekpu: ancestor figures of Oron, south-east Nigeria; Conclusion: archaeologists and others; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783957103321 |
Gathercole P. W | ||
Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The politics of the past / / edited by Peter Gathercole, David Lowenthal |
Autore | Gathercole P. W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvi, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 930.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LowenthalDavid |
Collana | One World Archaeology |
Soggetto topico |
Archaeology - Political aspects
Archaeology and state Archaeology and state - Developing countries Ethnocentrism |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors page; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Introduction; The Western world view in archaeological atlases; Public presentations and private concerns: archaeology in the pages of National Geographic; American nationality and ethnicity in the depicted past; Afro-Americans in the Massachusetts historical landscape; Black people and museums: the Caribbean Heritage Project in Southampton; 'Volk und Germanentum': the presentation of the past in Nazi Germany; Introduction; Maori control of the Maori heritage
Nga Tukemata: Nga Taonga o Ngati Kahungunu (The awakening: the treasures of Ngati Kahungunu); God's police and damned whores: images of archaeology in Hawaii; Aboriginal perceptions of the past: the implications for cultural resource management in Australia; Search for the missing link: archaeology and the public in Lebanon; The legacy of Eve; Museums: two case studies of reaction to colonialism; Introduction; Cultural education in West Africa: archaeological perspectives; The development of museums in Botswana: dilemmas and tensions in a front-line state A past abandoned? Some experiences of a regional museum in Botswana; Archaeology and museum work in the Solomon Islands; Fifty years of conservation experience on Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile; Introduction; Didactic presentations of the past: some retrospective considerations in relation to the Archaeological and Ethnographical Museum, d, Poland; Reconstruction as interpretation: the example of the Jorvik Viking Centre, York; Fort Loudoun, Tennessee, a mid-18th century British fortification: a case study in research archaeology, reconstruction, and interpretive exhibits Conservation and information in the display of prehistoric sites; The epic of the Ekpu: ancestor figures of Oron, south-east Nigeria; Conclusion: archaeologists and others; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910799980303321 |
Gathercole P. W | ||
Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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