Antarctica, art and archive / / by Polly Gould
| Antarctica, art and archive / / by Polly Gould |
| Autore | Gould Polly |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 345 pages) |
| Disciplina | 759.989 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature and civilization
Nature (Aesthetics) Documentation - Social aspects Art & Visual Culture History and Theory of Art Architecture |
| ISBN |
9781350158351
1350158356 9781350158344 1350158348 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Elsewhere -- Watercolour -- Antarctica through the archive -- The colour of water -- Where else. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910973205003321 |
Gould Polly
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| London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A brief natural history of civilization : why a balance between cooperation & competition is vital to humanity / / Mark Bertness
| A brief natural history of civilization : why a balance between cooperation & competition is vital to humanity / / Mark Bertness |
| Autore | Bertness Mark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 pages) |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Soggetto topico | Nature and civilization |
| ISBN | 0-300-25264-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Natural History? -- 1. Cooperative Life -- 2. Life in the Food Chain -- 3. Taming Nature -- 4. The Triumph and Curse of Civilization -- 5. Resource Exploitation -- 6. Famine and Disease -- 7. Domination versus Cooperation -- 8. Our Ethnocentric, Entheogenic Universe -- 9. Preserving Food and Improving Health -- 10. Civilization on Fire -- 11. Unnatural Nature -- Epilogue: The Natural History of Civilizations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794174103321 |
Bertness Mark
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| New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2020] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A brief natural history of civilization : why a balance between cooperation & competition is vital to humanity / / Mark Bertness
| A brief natural history of civilization : why a balance between cooperation & competition is vital to humanity / / Mark Bertness |
| Autore | Bertness Mark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 pages) |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Soggetto topico | Nature and civilization |
| ISBN | 0-300-25264-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Natural History? -- 1. Cooperative Life -- 2. Life in the Food Chain -- 3. Taming Nature -- 4. The Triumph and Curse of Civilization -- 5. Resource Exploitation -- 6. Famine and Disease -- 7. Domination versus Cooperation -- 8. Our Ethnocentric, Entheogenic Universe -- 9. Preserving Food and Improving Health -- 10. Civilization on Fire -- 11. Unnatural Nature -- Epilogue: The Natural History of Civilizations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817511003321 |
Bertness Mark
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| New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2020] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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City of flows : modernity, nature, and the city / / Maria Kaika
| City of flows : modernity, nature, and the city / / Maria Kaika |
| Autore | Kaika Maria |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76 |
| Soggetto topico |
Urbanization
Nature and civilization Municipal water supply |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-429-23891-6
0-203-82692-2 1-283-88360-0 1-136-79766-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface : visions of modernisation -- The urbanisation of nature -- The phantasmagoria of the modernist dream -- Nature as the urban uncanny -- Awesome nature : modernizing as an archaeological project -- Tamed nature : late 19th and early 20th century -- Late 20th century : tamed nature as a source of crisis -- Epilogue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452538003321 |
Kaika Maria
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 | ||
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City of flows : modernity, nature, and the city / / Maria Kaika
| City of flows : modernity, nature, and the city / / Maria Kaika |
| Autore | Kaika Maria |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76 |
| Soggetto topico |
Urbanization
Nature and civilization Municipal water supply |
| ISBN |
1-136-79765-3
0-429-23891-6 0-203-82692-2 1-283-88360-0 1-136-79766-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface : visions of modernisation -- The urbanisation of nature -- The phantasmagoria of the modernist dream -- Nature as the urban uncanny -- Awesome nature : modernizing as an archaeological project -- Tamed nature : late 19th and early 20th century -- Late 20th century : tamed nature as a source of crisis -- Epilogue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779460403321 |
Kaika Maria
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 | ||
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The Face of the Earth : Natural Landscapes, Science, and Culture / / SueEllen Campbell
| The Face of the Earth : Natural Landscapes, Science, and Culture / / SueEllen Campbell |
| Autore | Campbell SueEllen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (335 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Soggetto topico |
Earth
Natural history Nature and civilization History & Archaeology History - General |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-27864-2
9786613278647 0-520-95071-2 |
| Classificazione | RB 10528 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Face of the Earth -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Landscapes of Internal Fire -- On the Spot: Over a River of Lava -- Prologue -- Imagining the Interior -- On the Spot: At the Edge of an Overthrust Belt -- Mundus subterraneus -- On the Spot: Among the Aeolian Islands -- The Globe, Tectonic Plates, and Mountain Building -- On the Spot: Along the Disturbance Gradient -- Volcanoes and Their Eruptions -- On the Spot: Approaching Chaitén Volcano -- Hot Springs and Geysers -- 2. Climate and Ice -- Prologue -- On the Spot: Up and Down the Himalaya -- How the Climate Works -- The Ghosts of Climates Past -- On the Spot: On the Burren -- Our Ice Age -- Landscapes Shaped by Ice -- On the Spot: In the Channeled Scablands -- Ice-Age Humans -- On the Spot: On the Arctic Tundra -- The Little Ice Age, Glaciology, and the Sublime -- On the Spot: Toward a Glacier's Edge -- The Story Now -- 3. Wet and Fluid -- Prologue -- On the Spot: In the Rocky Intertidal Zone -- The Water Cycle -- On the Spot: Along a Rain Forest Stream -- The Moving Waters of Rivers -- The Dream of Water in Deserts -- The Slow Water of Wetlands -- On the Spot: At the Bog on Céide Fields -- Peat, Mires, Bogs, Fens -- On the Spot: At Wicken Fen -- Marshes and Swamps -- Wet/Dry -- On the Spot: At the Billabong -- 4. Desert Places, Desert Lives -- Prologue -- On the Spot: Down a Desert River Canyon -- Dry, Hot, Windy, and Dusty -- On the Spot: In Jabal Ajā -- What We See -- On the Spot: In the Chihuahuan Desert -- Clever Plants -- On the Spot: In the Red Center -- Clever Creatures -- On the Spot: In the Negev Desert -- The Human Desert -- 5. The Complexities of the Real -- Prologue -- Underfoot -- On the Spot: In Antarctica's Dry Valleys -- Oceans of Grass -- The Shapes of Complexity -- On the Spot: On the Chalk Downs -- Evolving Together . . . -- On the Spot: In the Tallgrass Prairie -- . . . And Moving Apart -- On the Spot: On the Tibetan Plateau -- Among Trees -- On the Spot: In a Eucalypt Forest -- Zooming In -- Return to Wonder -- Epilogue: In a High Flower Meadow -- Sources -- Contributor Biographies -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456785903321 |
Campbell SueEllen
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
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The face of the Earth : natural landscapes, science, and culture / / SueEllen Campbell
| The face of the Earth : natural landscapes, science, and culture / / SueEllen Campbell |
| Autore | Campbell SueEllen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 320 pages) |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature and civilization
Natural history |
| ISBN |
1-283-27864-2
9786613278647 0-520-95071-2 |
| Classificazione | RB 10528 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Face of the Earth -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Landscapes of Internal Fire -- On the Spot: Over a River of Lava -- Prologue -- Imagining the Interior -- On the Spot: At the Edge of an Overthrust Belt -- Mundus subterraneus -- On the Spot: Among the Aeolian Islands -- The Globe, Tectonic Plates, and Mountain Building -- On the Spot: Along the Disturbance Gradient -- Volcanoes and Their Eruptions -- On the Spot: Approaching Chaitén Volcano -- Hot Springs and Geysers -- 2. Climate and Ice -- Prologue -- On the Spot: Up and Down the Himalaya -- How the Climate Works -- The Ghosts of Climates Past -- On the Spot: On the Burren -- Our Ice Age -- Landscapes Shaped by Ice -- On the Spot: In the Channeled Scablands -- Ice-Age Humans -- On the Spot: On the Arctic Tundra -- The Little Ice Age, Glaciology, and the Sublime -- On the Spot: Toward a Glacier's Edge -- The Story Now -- 3. Wet and Fluid -- Prologue -- On the Spot: In the Rocky Intertidal Zone -- The Water Cycle -- On the Spot: Along a Rain Forest Stream -- The Moving Waters of Rivers -- The Dream of Water in Deserts -- The Slow Water of Wetlands -- On the Spot: At the Bog on Céide Fields -- Peat, Mires, Bogs, Fens -- On the Spot: At Wicken Fen -- Marshes and Swamps -- Wet/Dry -- On the Spot: At the Billabong -- 4. Desert Places, Desert Lives -- Prologue -- On the Spot: Down a Desert River Canyon -- Dry, Hot, Windy, and Dusty -- On the Spot: In Jabal Ajā -- What We See -- On the Spot: In the Chihuahuan Desert -- Clever Plants -- On the Spot: In the Red Center -- Clever Creatures -- On the Spot: In the Negev Desert -- The Human Desert -- 5. The Complexities of the Real -- Prologue -- Underfoot -- On the Spot: In Antarctica's Dry Valleys -- Oceans of Grass -- The Shapes of Complexity -- On the Spot: On the Chalk Downs -- Evolving Together . . . -- On the Spot: In the Tallgrass Prairie -- . . . And Moving Apart -- On the Spot: On the Tibetan Plateau -- Among Trees -- On the Spot: In a Eucalypt Forest -- Zooming In -- Return to Wonder -- Epilogue: In a High Flower Meadow -- Sources -- Contributor Biographies -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781212103321 |
Campbell SueEllen
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geoambiente on-line
| Geoambiente on-line |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jataí, : Universidade Federal de Goiás |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Soggetto topico |
Geography
Nature and civilization - Brazil Environmental impact analysis - Brazil Environmental impact analysis Nature and civilization |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | por |
| Altri titoli varianti | Geoambient |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910891473203321 |
| Jataí, : Universidade Federal de Goiás | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Matter and form : from natural science to political philosophy / / Ann Ward
| Matter and form : from natural science to political philosophy / / Ann Ward |
| Autore | Ward Ann <1970-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.01 |
| Soggetto topico |
Political science - Philosophy
Natural history - Philosophy Philosophy of nature Nature and civilization |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-7391-3570-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | part I. Ancient science, natural teleology, and the order of politics -- part II. Heavenly perfection and psychic harmony -- part III. Skepticism, mechanism, and the new politics -- part IV. The scientific roots of liberalism and contemporary "biopolitics". |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463057203321 |
Ward Ann <1970->
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2009] | ||
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Matter and form : from natural science to political philosophy / / Ann Ward
| Matter and form : from natural science to political philosophy / / Ann Ward |
| Autore | Ward Ann <1970-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.01 |
| Soggetto topico |
Political science - Philosophy
Natural history - Philosophy Philosophy of nature Nature and civilization |
| ISBN | 0-7391-3570-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | part I. Ancient science, natural teleology, and the order of politics -- part II. Heavenly perfection and psychic harmony -- part III. Skepticism, mechanism, and the new politics -- part IV. The scientific roots of liberalism and contemporary "biopolitics". |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786934203321 |
Ward Ann <1970->
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2009] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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