Overview :The Control of Nature is John McPhee's bestselling account of places where people are locked in combat with nature. Taking us deep into thes... Read More
Overview :People like to keep certain distances between themselves and other people or thigns. And this invisible bubble of space that constitutes eac... Read More
Overview :Traces the scientific revolution and its effects on women, the environment and the meaning of science today. The book shows how a mechanisti... Read More
Overview :Other-than-human animals are an overwhelming presence in our collective and individual lives and, at the same time, are taken for granted by... Read More
Overview :Twenty Lessons in Environmental Sociology introduces undergraduates to the topic in an innovative way. Instead of compiling articles from pr... Read More
Overview :Hailed as "one of the most eminent environmental historians of the West" by Alan Brinkley in The New York Times Book Review, Donald Worster ... Read More
Overview :Based on her extensive experience in the urban communities of Los Angeles, historian and architect Dolores Hayden proposes new perspectives ... Read More
Overview :China has a population of 1.3 billion people which puts strain on her natural resources. This volume, by one of the leading scholars on the ... Read More
Overview :From one of Bill Gate's favorite authors, a systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectorie... Read More
Overview :Fouberg's Human Geography, 11th Edition teaches students to appreciate the diversity of people, places, and cultures, and understand the rol... Read More
Overview :This collected volume of original essays proposes to address the state of scholarship on the political, cultural, and intellectual history o... Read More
Overview :One couple's inspiring memoir of healing a Rwandan village, raising a family near the old killing fields, and building a restaurant named He... Read More
Overview :A tour of the world's hidden geographies--from disappearing islands to forbidden deserts--and a stunning testament to how mysterious the wor... Read More
Overview :"Dr. Bhardwaj's in-depth study of the various aspects of the institution of pilgrimage shows that instead of being a simple practice it has ... Read More