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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “timothy swanson”
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  • Global Action for Biodiversity

    An International Framework for Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity

    by Timothy Swanson ...
    At the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, the nations of the world adopted the convention on Biological Diversity. Since then, over 160 countries have ratified the Convention, three Conferences of the Parties have taken place and a permanent secretariat has been established. Despite this, there remains a lot of uncertainty and even more controversy about what the Convention was intended to accomplish and ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Economics for the Wilds

    Wildlife, Wildlands, Diversity and Development

    Edited by Edward Barbier, Timothy Swanson ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Ecology
    Originally published in 1992 Economics for the Wilds argues that an economics that properly values the resources of the wilds offers the best long-term security for their future. Most of the world’s wilds have, in fact, always been utilized by local societies who have managed their resources sustainably, and one important guarantee for their preservation is therefore the continued participation of ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • The Blue, the Gray, and the Green

    Toward an Environmental History of the Civil War

    by Brian Allen Drake, Lisa M. Brady, John C. Inscoe, Megan Kate Nelson, Kenneth Noe, Aaron Sachs, Mart A. Stewart, Paul S. Sutter, Drew A. Swanson, Timothy Johnson0, Dr. Timothy Silver1, Kathryn J. Shively2 ...
    Series series
    The Blue, the Gray, and the Green is one of only a handful of books to apply an environmental history approach to the Civil War. This book explores how nature—disease, climate, flora and fauna, and other factors—affected the war and also how the war shaped Americans’ perceptions, understanding, and use of nature. The contributors use a wide range of approaches that serve as a valuable template for ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Elephants, Economics and Ivory

    by Edward B. Barbier, Joanne C. Burgess, Timothy M. Swanson, David W. Pearce ...
    Series series Environmental and Resource Economics Set
    Ivory is big business, and in some parts of Africa elephants have been hunted almost to extinction in the quest for it. The losses to African economies have been catastrophic. Now there is an international ban on the trade and conservation is. the principal goal. This should be a matter for rejoicing, but nothing is quite so simple.The authors of this book have looked at the overall statistics, ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • The History Buff's Guide to the Civil War

    The best, the worst, the largest, and the most lethal top ten rankings of the Civil War

    by Thomas R. Flagel ...
    Series series History Buff's Guides
    Do You Think You Know the Civil War?The History Buff's Guide to the Civil War clears the powder smoke surrounding the war that changed America forever. The perfect guide for anyone looking for great history facts like:What were the best, the worst, the largest, and the most lethal aspects of the conflict?What are the top ten causes?The bloodiest battles?With over thirty annotated top ten lists and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A Slave No More

    Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation

    by David W. Blight ...
    The newly discovered slave narratives of John Washington and Wallace Turnage—and their harrowing and empowering journey to emancipation.Slave narratives, among the most powerful records of our past, are extremely rare, with only fifty-five surviving post-Civil War. This book is a major new addition to this imperative part of American history—the firsthand accounts of two slaves, John Washington ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Life in Civil War America

    by Michael J. Varhola ...
    The Civil War is a fascinating time period in American history. Life in Civil War America, 2nd Edition provides readers with fast facts and statistics about the 1860s from military life to civilian life in both the North and South.Topics covered include:• social and economic realities of daily life• common slang and idioms• diets of the era, including recipes, food preparation and the impact of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Confederate Nation: 1861–1865

    by Emory M. Thomas ...
    Series series The New American Nation Series
    "Incisive and insightful. . . . As good a short history of the Southern war effort as we have." —T. Harry Williams, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lincoln and His GeneralsEmory M. Thomas's critically acclaimed chronicle of the Confederacy remains widely recognized as the standard history of the South during the Civil War. Now with a new introduction by the author, The Confederate Nation ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege

    A Sensory History of the Civil War

    by Mark M. Smith ...
    Historical accounts of major events have almost always relied upon what those who were there witnessed. Nowhere is this truer than in the nerve-shattering chaos of warfare, where sight seems to confer objective truth and acts as the basis of reconstruction. In The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege, historian Mark M. Smith considers how all five senses, including sight, shaped the experience of ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

  • Hidden History of Civil War Tennessee

    by James B. Jones Jr. ...
    Series series Hidden History
    Join author James B. Jones Jr. on an exciting journey through the unknown and hidden history of Civil War Tennessee. Tennessee's Civil War history is an oft-told narrative of famous battles, cunning campaigns and renowned figures. Beneath this well-documented history lie countless stories that have been forgotten and displaced over time. Discover how Vigilance Committees sought to govern cities ... Read more

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  • Smithsonian Civil War

    Inside the National Collection

    by Smithsonian Institution ...
    Smithsonian Civil War is a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book featuring 150 entries in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. From among tens of thousands of Civil War objects in the Smithsonian's collections, curators handpicked 550 items and wrote a unique narrative that begins before the war through the Reconstruction period. The perfect gift book for fathers and history lovers, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Iron Way

    Railroads, the Civil War, and the Making of Modern America

    by William G. Thomas ...
    How railroads both united and divided us: "Integrates military and social history…a must-read for students, scholars and enthusiasts alike."— Civil War MonitorBeginning with Frederick Douglass's escape from slavery in 1838 on the railroad, and ending with the driving of the golden spike to link the transcontinental railroad in 1869, this book charts a critical period of American expansion and ... Read more

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