Called by the wild [[electronic resource] ] : the autobiography of a conservationist / / Raymond F. Dasmann ; with a foreword by Paul Erhlich |
Autore | Dasmann Raymond F. <1919-2002.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina |
333.7/2/092
B |
Soggetto topico | Conservationists - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
australia autobiography biography biology bioregionalism biosphere california caribbean conservation dasmann ecology ecotourism environment environmental movement environmentalism fieldwork game management kinshasha memoir military service military natural world nature preserve nature nonfiction politics population growth rain forest san francisco soldier south pacific sri lanka sustainability united nations united states veteran wilderness wildlife world war two ww2 |
ISBN |
0-520-92740-0
1-59734-521-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Beginnings: The Lure of Wild Country -- 2. School, the Woods, and War -- 3. Red Arrows Never Glance -- 4. Live Coward or Dead Hero? -- 5. Elizabeth's Story -- 6. Reunion -- 7. Transition -- 8. Deer -- 9. Arcata -- 10. Conservation by Slaughter -- 11. Return to the United States -- 12. Influences and Efforts -- 13. Too Many, Too Much -- 14. Uniting Nations -- 15. Return to Africa -- 16. Ecosystem and Biosphere People -- 17. The Edges of the Sea -- 18. The Incident in Kinshasha -- 19. Return to the South Pacific -- 20. Back to the Land -- 21. Damming Paradise -- 22. Other Ways of Life -- 23. Biosphere Reserves -- 24. Finale -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780378503321 |
Dasmann Raymond F. <1919-2002.> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Called by the wild [[electronic resource] ] : the autobiography of a conservationist / / Raymond F. Dasmann ; with a foreword by Paul Erhlich |
Autore | Dasmann Raymond F. <1919-2002.> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina |
333.7/2/092
B |
Soggetto topico | Conservationists - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
australia autobiography biography biology bioregionalism biosphere california caribbean conservation dasmann ecology ecotourism environment environmental movement environmentalism fieldwork game management kinshasha memoir military service military natural world nature preserve nature nonfiction politics population growth rain forest san francisco soldier south pacific sri lanka sustainability united nations united states veteran wilderness wildlife world war two ww2 |
ISBN |
0-520-92740-0
1-59734-521-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Beginnings: The Lure of Wild Country -- 2. School, the Woods, and War -- 3. Red Arrows Never Glance -- 4. Live Coward or Dead Hero? -- 5. Elizabeth's Story -- 6. Reunion -- 7. Transition -- 8. Deer -- 9. Arcata -- 10. Conservation by Slaughter -- 11. Return to the United States -- 12. Influences and Efforts -- 13. Too Many, Too Much -- 14. Uniting Nations -- 15. Return to Africa -- 16. Ecosystem and Biosphere People -- 17. The Edges of the Sea -- 18. The Incident in Kinshasha -- 19. Return to the South Pacific -- 20. Back to the Land -- 21. Damming Paradise -- 22. Other Ways of Life -- 23. Biosphere Reserves -- 24. Finale -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821988403321 |
Dasmann Raymond F. <1919-2002.> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The coming famine [[electronic resource] ] : the global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it / / Julian Cribb |
Autore | Cribb Julian |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Food supply
Food industry and trade Sustainable agriculture Climatic changes |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
armed conflict call to action easy to read economic growth energy shortages environmental issues environmental problems famine food prices food shortages food system global food crisis global threats international impact land shortages near future nonfiction overcoming challenges planetary crisis political economy population growth poverty practical solutions societal factors technological advancements water shortages |
ISBN |
1-282-66080-2
9786612660801 0-520-94716-9 |
Classificazione | ZA 57000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What food crisis? -- Food-- or war -- The well runs dry -- Peak land -- Nutrients : the new oil -- Troubled waters -- Losing our brains -- Eating oil -- The climate hammer -- Elephants in the kitchen -- A fair deal for farmers -- Food in the future. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785283203321 |
Cribb Julian | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The coming famine [[electronic resource] ] : the global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it / / Julian Cribb |
Autore | Cribb Julian |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Food supply
Food industry and trade Sustainable agriculture Climatic changes |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
armed conflict call to action easy to read economic growth energy shortages environmental issues environmental problems famine food prices food shortages food system global food crisis global threats international impact land shortages near future nonfiction overcoming challenges planetary crisis political economy population growth poverty practical solutions societal factors technological advancements water shortages |
ISBN |
1-282-66080-2
9786612660801 0-520-94716-9 |
Classificazione | ZA 57000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What food crisis? -- Food-- or war -- The well runs dry -- Peak land -- Nutrients : the new oil -- Troubled waters -- Losing our brains -- Eating oil -- The climate hammer -- Elephants in the kitchen -- A fair deal for farmers -- Food in the future. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820204503321 |
Cribb Julian | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Democratic eco-socialism as a real utopia : transitioning into an alternative world system / / Hans A. Baer |
Autore | Baer Hans A. <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 335 |
Soggetto topico |
Socialism
Capitalism Democracy Social ecology |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropogenic
birth rate capitalism change of heart climate change compromise culture economic economics economy ecosocialism environmentalism global historical history human nature justice liberal life changing modern world political population growth population priorities progressive realistic research social equality socialism socioeconomic sustainability timely true story utopia world history |
ISBN | 1-78533-696-7 |
Classificazione | ME 3000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Contradictions of the Capitalist World System at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 2 Twentieth-Century Attempts to Create Socialism: Successes and Failures -- Chapter 3 Technoliberal and Countercultural Visions of the Future -- Chapter 4 Eff orts to Reconceptualize Socialism -- Chapter 5 The Role of Anti-systemic Movements in Creating a Socio-ecological Revolution -- Chapter 6 Transitional System-Challenging Reforms -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: The Future in the Balance -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795500003321 |
Baer Hans A. <1944-> | ||
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Democratic eco-socialism as a real utopia : transitioning into an alternative world system / / Hans A. Baer |
Autore | Baer Hans A. <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 335 |
Soggetto topico |
Socialism
Capitalism Democracy Social ecology |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropogenic
birth rate capitalism change of heart climate change compromise culture economic economics economy ecosocialism environmentalism global historical history human nature justice liberal life changing modern world political population growth population priorities progressive realistic research social equality socialism socioeconomic sustainability timely true story utopia world history |
ISBN | 1-78533-696-7 |
Classificazione | ME 3000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Contradictions of the Capitalist World System at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 2 Twentieth-Century Attempts to Create Socialism: Successes and Failures -- Chapter 3 Technoliberal and Countercultural Visions of the Future -- Chapter 4 Eff orts to Reconceptualize Socialism -- Chapter 5 The Role of Anti-systemic Movements in Creating a Socio-ecological Revolution -- Chapter 6 Transitional System-Challenging Reforms -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: The Future in the Balance -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811882403321 |
Baer Hans A. <1944-> | ||
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Distant strangers : how Britain became modern / / James Vernon |
Autore | Vernon James <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (185 p.) |
Disciplina | 941 |
Collana | Berkeley Series in British Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Social change - Great Britain - History
Civilization, Modern Civilization, Modern - British influences |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century britain
19th century history berkeley series in british studies british studies concentrated population cultural studies economic relations european history great britain historians historical increased mobility living among strangers modern social condition modern world modernity modernization political population growth queen victoria social strangers the charismatic state urbanization victorian period |
ISBN | 0-520-95778-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1. What Is Modernity? -- 2. A Society of Strangers -- 3. Governing Strangers -- 4. Associating with Strangers -- 5. An Economy of Strangers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786559103321 |
Vernon James <1965-> | ||
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Distant strangers : how Britain became modern / / James Vernon |
Autore | Vernon James <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (185 p.) |
Disciplina | 941 |
Collana | Berkeley Series in British Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Social change - Great Britain - History
Civilization, Modern Civilization, Modern - British influences |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century britain
19th century history berkeley series in british studies british studies concentrated population cultural studies economic relations european history great britain historians historical increased mobility living among strangers modern social condition modern world modernity modernization political population growth queen victoria social strangers the charismatic state urbanization victorian period |
ISBN | 0-520-95778-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1. What Is Modernity? -- 2. A Society of Strangers -- 3. Governing Strangers -- 4. Associating with Strangers -- 5. An Economy of Strangers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823855403321 |
Vernon James <1965-> | ||
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The environment and world history [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Edmund Burke III and Kenneth Pomeranz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2 |
Collana | The California world history library |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - History
Nature - Effect of human beings on - History Environmental sciences - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
african environment
california world history library chinese environment commercialism developmentalism ecology energy regimes environmental change environmental history environmentalism fossil fuel revolution global environment history historical history human history imperialism indian environment industrialization latin american environment middle eastern environment politics of knowledge population growth property rights russian environment southeast asian environment world history |
ISBN |
1-282-77257-0
9786612772573 0-520-94348-1 |
Classificazione | NB 5600 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- THE CALIFORNIA WORLD HISTORY LIBRARY -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES, MAPS, AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction: World History and Environmental History -- 2. The Big Story: Human History, Energy Regimes, and the Environment -- 3. Toward a Global System of Property Rights in Land -- 4. The Transformation of the Middle Eastern Environment, 1500 b.c.e.-2000 C.E.. -- 5. The Transformation of China's Environment, 1500-2000 -- 6. The Rhine as a World River -- 7. Continuity and Transformation: Colonial Rice Frontiers and Their Environmental Impact on the Great River Deltas of Mainland Southeast Asia -- 8. Beyond the Colonial Paradigm: African History and Environmental History in Large-Scale Perspective -- 9. Environmental Histories of India: Of States, Landscapes, and Ecologies -- 10. Latin American Environmental History: A Shifting Old/New Field -- 11. The Predatory Tribute-Taking State: A Framework for Understanding Russian Environmental History -- Select Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789000803321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The environment and world history / / edited by Edmund Burke III and Kenneth Pomeranz |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2 |
Collana | The California world history library |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - History
Nature - Effect of human beings on - History Environmental sciences - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
african environment
california world history library chinese environment commercialism developmentalism ecology energy regimes environmental change environmental history environmentalism fossil fuel revolution global environment history historical history human history imperialism indian environment industrialization latin american environment middle eastern environment politics of knowledge population growth property rights russian environment southeast asian environment world history |
ISBN |
1-282-77257-0
9786612772573 0-520-94348-1 |
Classificazione | NB 5600 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- THE CALIFORNIA WORLD HISTORY LIBRARY -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES, MAPS, AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction: World History and Environmental History -- 2. The Big Story: Human History, Energy Regimes, and the Environment -- 3. Toward a Global System of Property Rights in Land -- 4. The Transformation of the Middle Eastern Environment, 1500 b.c.e.-2000 C.E.. -- 5. The Transformation of China's Environment, 1500-2000 -- 6. The Rhine as a World River -- 7. Continuity and Transformation: Colonial Rice Frontiers and Their Environmental Impact on the Great River Deltas of Mainland Southeast Asia -- 8. Beyond the Colonial Paradigm: African History and Environmental History in Large-Scale Perspective -- 9. Environmental Histories of India: Of States, Landscapes, and Ecologies -- 10. Latin American Environmental History: A Shifting Old/New Field -- 11. The Predatory Tribute-Taking State: A Framework for Understanding Russian Environmental History -- Select Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825611803321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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