Autore	Warner Keith
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, Mass., : MIT, ©2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (292 p.)
Disciplina	577.5/50973
Collana	Food, health, and the environment
Soggetto topico	Agricultural ecology - United States Agricultural innovations - United States Alternative agriculture - United States Agricultural ecology Agricultural innovations Alternative agriculture
Soggetto non controllato	ENVIRONMENT/General ENVIRONMENT/Food Studies
ISBN	1-282-09815-2 9786612098154 0-262-28581-9 1-4294-5539-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910777797303321

Autore	Blatt Harvey
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (347 p.)
Disciplina	363.19/20973
Soggetto topico	Food industry and trade - Health aspects - United States Agriculture - Environmental aspects - United States
Soggetto non controllato	ENVIRONMENT/General ENVIRONMENT/Food Studies
ISBN	0-262-26865-5 1-4356-6797-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Old Mcdonald has no farm: he dies, she dies, sold -- Soil character and plant growth: nature's magic -- Grain farming: the basic crop -- Organic food: as nature intended -- Genetically modified food: food fights among adults -- Chicken, eggs, turkey, and duck: fowl weather -- Cattle, milk, swine, and sheep: raising cholesterol -- Seafood: the killing fields -- Fruits and vegetables: plants to cherish -- Food processing: what is this stuff we're eating -- Eating poorly and too much: poor health and body bloat.
Altri titoli varianti	What you don't know about what you eat
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910782114403321

Autore	Davis Diana K.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2016]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (302 p.)
Disciplina	577.54
Collana	History for a sustainable future
Soggetto topico	Deserts Deserts - History Arid regions Desert ecology Desert resources development
Soggetto non controllato	ENVIRONMENT/General HUMANITIES/History
ISBN	0-262-33354-6 0-262-33353-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Deserts, Dogma, and Dryland Development Policy; 2 Deserts in the Classical, Early Christian, and Medieval Worlds; 3 Exploration, Desiccation, and Improvement; 4 Imperialism and the Desert Blame Game; 5 The Twentieth Century; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Index; Color Plates
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910798147603321

Autore	Egan Michael <1974->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, Mass., : MIT, ©2007
Descrizione fisica	xi, 283 p., [8] p. of plates : ill
Disciplina	363.70973
Collana	Urban and industrial environments
Soggetto topico	Environmentalism - United States - History
Soggetto non controllato	ENVIRONMENT/General
ISBN	1-282-09892-6 9786612098925 0-262-27217-2 1-4294-7711-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preface -- Introduction : The new apparatus -- 1. In the thunderclaps wake -- 2. Guarding the public -- 3. The new jeremiad -- 4. When scientists disagree -- 5. Biological capital -- 6. The other environmentalism -- Conclusion : If we would know life -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910777767803321

Autore	Carse Ashley <1977->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2014]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (315 p.)
Disciplina	972.87/505
Collana	Infrastructures series
Soggetto non controllato	SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General ENVIRONMENT/General
ISBN	0-262-32047-9 0-262-32046-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	The machete and the freighter -- Monte -- Making the Panama Canal Watershed -- Frank Robinson's map -- Life along the river (Miocene-1903) -- Hydropolitics, territory, and canal construction -- Pueblos perdidos or how the lake ate the river -- Banana republic? The agricultural possibilities of the Canal Zone -- Getting across and getting around -- The highway : the world united, Panama divided -- Conquest of the jungle : the moral economy of rural infrastructure -- Weeds -- A demanding environment.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910788077003321