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California's frontier naturalists [[electronic resource] /] / Richard G. Beidleman
California's frontier naturalists [[electronic resource] /] / Richard G. Beidleman
Autore Beidleman Richard G
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (501 p.)
Disciplina 508.794
Soggetto topico Natural history - California
Scientific expeditions - California
Naturalists - California - History
Soggetto non controllato american west
botany
boundary surveys
california
david douglas
death valley
expedition
explorers
fieldwork
frontier
geological survey
geology
john fremont
la perouse
land development
land management
mexican war
monterey
natural sciences
natural world
naturalism
naturalist
nature
nonfiction
pacific northwest
paleontology
paolo botta
plants
railroads
richard hinds
sara lemmon
science
scientists
settling the west
thomas nuttall
united states
wild west
wilderness
william brewer
zoology
ISBN 0-520-92750-8
9786612356339
1-282-35633-X
1-59875-921-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Prelude -- Part 1. The Oceanic Expeditions -- Part 2. The Early Peripatetic Naturalists -- Part 3. The Overland Expeditions and Their Naturalists -- Part 4. Iron Horses and River Steamers -- Part 5. The California Geological Survey -- Part 6. Institutions and Naturalists -- Part 7. The Postwar Naturalists -- Selected References -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910783669403321
Beidleman Richard G  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006
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California's frontier naturalists [[electronic resource] /] / Richard G. Beidleman
California's frontier naturalists [[electronic resource] /] / Richard G. Beidleman
Autore Beidleman Richard G
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (501 p.)
Disciplina 508.794
Soggetto topico Natural history - California
Scientific expeditions - California
Naturalists - California - History
Soggetto non controllato american west
botany
boundary surveys
california
david douglas
death valley
expedition
explorers
fieldwork
frontier
geological survey
geology
john fremont
la perouse
land development
land management
mexican war
monterey
natural sciences
natural world
naturalism
naturalist
nature
nonfiction
pacific northwest
paleontology
paolo botta
plants
railroads
richard hinds
sara lemmon
science
scientists
settling the west
thomas nuttall
united states
wild west
wilderness
william brewer
zoology
ISBN 0-520-92750-8
9786612356339
1-282-35633-X
1-59875-921-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Prelude -- Part 1. The Oceanic Expeditions -- Part 2. The Early Peripatetic Naturalists -- Part 3. The Overland Expeditions and Their Naturalists -- Part 4. Iron Horses and River Steamers -- Part 5. The California Geological Survey -- Part 6. Institutions and Naturalists -- Part 7. The Postwar Naturalists -- Selected References -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910816301603321
Beidleman Richard G  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Concrete jungle : New York City and our last best hope for a sustainable future / / Niles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein
Concrete jungle : New York City and our last best hope for a sustainable future / / Niles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein
Autore Eldredge Niles
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (289 p.)
Disciplina 307.7609747
Soggetto topico Urban ecology (Sociology) - New York (State) - New York
Urban geography - New York (State) - New York
Environmental degradation - New York (State) - New York
Biodiversity - New York (State) - New York
Soggetto non controllato american cities
biodiversity
central park
cities and natural environment
city life
collect pond
concentrated humans
contradictions
crowded cities
early railways
ecosystems
environmental studies
environments
future of global biodiversity
geological history
glacial features
human existence
manhattan island
manhattan square
microcosm
nature
new york city
new york
political
politics
railroads
realistic
solving environmental problems
subway system
survival
urban areas
urban studies
urbanization
ISBN 0-520-95830-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Preface: The Yin and Yang of Cities -- 1. Regarding Broadway: The Urban Saga and the New York Microcosm -- 2. Forest Primeval -- 3. Landscape Transformed -- 4. Growth of the Concrete Jungle -- 5. Fouling, and Cleaning, the Nest -- 6. Invasion and Survival -- 7. Resilience, Restoration, and Redemption -- 8. Cities, Globalization, and the Future of Biodiversity -- Notes, References, and Suggestions for Further Reading -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910786895103321
Eldredge Niles  
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014
Materiale a stampa
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Concrete jungle : New York City and our last best hope for a sustainable future / / Niles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein
Concrete jungle : New York City and our last best hope for a sustainable future / / Niles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein
Autore Eldredge Niles
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (289 p.)
Disciplina 307.7609747
Soggetto topico Urban ecology (Sociology) - New York (State) - New York
Urban geography - New York (State) - New York
Environmental degradation - New York (State) - New York
Biodiversity - New York (State) - New York
Soggetto non controllato american cities
biodiversity
central park
cities and natural environment
city life
collect pond
concentrated humans
contradictions
crowded cities
early railways
ecosystems
environmental studies
environments
future of global biodiversity
geological history
glacial features
human existence
manhattan island
manhattan square
microcosm
nature
new york city
new york
political
politics
railroads
realistic
solving environmental problems
subway system
survival
urban areas
urban studies
urbanization
ISBN 0-520-95830-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Preface: The Yin and Yang of Cities -- 1. Regarding Broadway: The Urban Saga and the New York Microcosm -- 2. Forest Primeval -- 3. Landscape Transformed -- 4. Growth of the Concrete Jungle -- 5. Fouling, and Cleaning, the Nest -- 6. Invasion and Survival -- 7. Resilience, Restoration, and Redemption -- 8. Cities, Globalization, and the Future of Biodiversity -- Notes, References, and Suggestions for Further Reading -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910814182303321
Eldredge Niles  
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The filth of progress : immigrants, Americans, and the building of canals and railroads in the West / / Ryan Dearinger
The filth of progress : immigrants, Americans, and the building of canals and railroads in the West / / Ryan Dearinger
Autore Dearinger Ryan <1979->
Edizione [First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2016]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (310 p.)
Disciplina 331.6/20978
Soggetto topico Canal construction workers - United States - History
Railroad construction workers - United States - History
Foreign workers - United States - History
Canals - United States - History
Railroads - United States - History
Soggetto non controllato 19th century american history
19th century american immigrants
american empire
american history
american west
canals
capitalism
central pacific railroad
chinese
construction workers
continental empire
cultural studies
erie canal
history
immigrants
immigration
irish
labor studies
labor
mormons
narrative of progress
national infrastructure
rail travel
railroads
suffering
survival
technology
union pacific railroad
united states of america
westward expansion
workers rights
workers
ISBN 0-520-96037-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto "Bind the Republic together" : canals, railroads, and the paradox of American progress -- Immigrant labor and the American imagination : Irish ditchdiggers, the triumph of progress, and the contest of canal communities in the Hoosier State -- "Abuse of the labour and lives of men" : Irish construction workers and the violence of progress on the Illinois transportation frontier -- "Hell (and Heaven) on wheels" : Mormons, immigrants, and the reconstruction of American progress and masculinity on the transcontinental railroad -- "The greatest monument of human labor" : Chinese immigrants, the landscape of progress, and the work of building and celebrating the transcontinental railroad -- End-of-track : reflections on the history of immigrant labor and American progress.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910797577403321
Dearinger Ryan <1979->  
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2016]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The filth of progress : immigrants, Americans, and the building of canals and railroads in the West / / Ryan Dearinger
The filth of progress : immigrants, Americans, and the building of canals and railroads in the West / / Ryan Dearinger
Autore Dearinger Ryan <1979->
Edizione [First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2016]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (310 p.)
Disciplina 331.6/20978
Soggetto topico Canal construction workers - United States - History
Railroad construction workers - United States - History
Foreign workers - United States - History
Canals - United States - History
Railroads - United States - History
Soggetto non controllato 19th century american history
19th century american immigrants
american empire
american history
american west
canals
capitalism
central pacific railroad
chinese
construction workers
continental empire
cultural studies
erie canal
history
immigrants
immigration
irish
labor studies
labor
mormons
narrative of progress
national infrastructure
rail travel
railroads
suffering
survival
technology
union pacific railroad
united states of america
westward expansion
workers rights
workers
ISBN 0-520-96037-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto "Bind the Republic together" : canals, railroads, and the paradox of American progress -- Immigrant labor and the American imagination : Irish ditchdiggers, the triumph of progress, and the contest of canal communities in the Hoosier State -- "Abuse of the labour and lives of men" : Irish construction workers and the violence of progress on the Illinois transportation frontier -- "Hell (and Heaven) on wheels" : Mormons, immigrants, and the reconstruction of American progress and masculinity on the transcontinental railroad -- "The greatest monument of human labor" : Chinese immigrants, the landscape of progress, and the work of building and celebrating the transcontinental railroad -- End-of-track : reflections on the history of immigrant labor and American progress.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910810482903321
Dearinger Ryan <1979->  
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2016]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Possessors and possessed : museums, archaeology, and the visualization of history in the late Ottoman Empire / / Wendy M.K. Shaw
Possessors and possessed : museums, archaeology, and the visualization of history in the late Ottoman Empire / / Wendy M.K. Shaw
Autore Shaw Wendy M. K. <1970->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xi, 269 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina 069/.09561
Soggetto topico Museums - Turkey - History
Museums - Collection management - Turkey - History
Soggetto non controllato 1874 antiquities law
abdlaziz
abdlhamid ii
abdlhamid
antique weapons
antiquities
archaeology
artifacts
cameras
church of the hagia irene
collection management
collection
colonial narratives
conquest
display
empire
history
identity
imperial armory
imperial museum
imperialism
islam
middle east
military storehouse
military
museum administration
museum exhibits
museums
national identity
ottoman empire
ottoman museums
railroads
relics
spoils of war
spolia
technology
turkey
turks
war
ISBN 0-520-92856-3
9786612356803
1-282-35680-1
1-59734-824-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Moving toward the museum : the collection of antique spolia -- Parallel collections of weapons and antiquities -- The rise of the imperial museum -- The dialectic of law and infringement -- Technologies of collection : railroads and cameras -- Antiquities collections in the imperial museum -- Islamic arts in imperial collections -- Military collections in the late empire -- Islamic and archaeological antiquities after the Young Turk Revolution.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910780251203321
Shaw Wendy M. K. <1970->  
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Possessors and possessed : museums, archaeology, and the visualization of history in the late Ottoman Empire / / Wendy M.K. Shaw
Possessors and possessed : museums, archaeology, and the visualization of history in the late Ottoman Empire / / Wendy M.K. Shaw
Autore Shaw Wendy M. K. <1970->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xi, 269 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina 069/.09561
Soggetto topico Museums - Turkey - History
Museums - Collection management - Turkey - History
Soggetto non controllato 1874 antiquities law
abdlaziz
abdlhamid ii
abdlhamid
antique weapons
antiquities
archaeology
artifacts
cameras
church of the hagia irene
collection management
collection
colonial narratives
conquest
display
empire
history
identity
imperial armory
imperial museum
imperialism
islam
middle east
military storehouse
military
museum administration
museum exhibits
museums
national identity
ottoman empire
ottoman museums
railroads
relics
spoils of war
spolia
technology
turkey
turks
war
ISBN 0-520-92856-3
9786612356803
1-282-35680-1
1-59734-824-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Moving toward the museum : the collection of antique spolia -- Parallel collections of weapons and antiquities -- The rise of the imperial museum -- The dialectic of law and infringement -- Technologies of collection : railroads and cameras -- Antiquities collections in the imperial museum -- Islamic arts in imperial collections -- Military collections in the late empire -- Islamic and archaeological antiquities after the Young Turk Revolution.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910821454603321
Shaw Wendy M. K. <1970->  
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui