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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  
London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020
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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  
New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2020]
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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  
New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2020]
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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  
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  
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  
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  
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2011]
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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
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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->  
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->  
Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2009]
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