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  • Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World

    A Global Ecological History

    de Gregory T. Cushman ...
    Series series Studies in Environment and History
    For centuries, bird guano has played a pivotal role in the agricultural and economic development of Latin America, East Asia and Oceania. As their populations ballooned during the Industrial Revolution, North American and European powers came to depend on this unique resource as well, helping them meet their ever-increasing farming needs. This book explores how the production and commodification ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

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  • The Greenwash Effect

    Corporate Deception, Celebrity Environmentalists, and What Big Business Isn?t Telling You about Their Green Products and Brands

    de Guy Pearse ...
    Going green is the new black for big business. But how real is the climate-friendly revolution that’s being advertised? Toyota would like us to think that Mother Nature drives a Prius, Ford wants us to Join the Green Revolution,” and McDonald’s has painted its golden arches green. Facebook has even friended” Greenpeace. All across the globe big corporations are spending big bucks trying to ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • A Concise History of Spain

    de William D. Phillips, Jr, Carla Rahn Phillips ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    The rich cultural and political life of Spain has emerged from its complex history, from the diversity of its peoples, and from continual contact with outside influences. This updated edition traces that history from prehistoric times to the present, focusing particularly on culture, society, politics, and personalities. Written in an engaging style, it introduces readers to key themes that have ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

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  • Four Degrees of Global Warming

    Australia in a Hot World

    Edición de Peter Christoff ...
    At Copenhagen in December 2009, the international community agreed to limit global warming to below two degrees Celsius to avoid the worst impacts of human-induced climate change. However climate scientists agree that current national emissions targets collectively will still not achieve this goal. Instead, the ‘ambition gap’ between climate science and climate policy is likely to lead to average ... Leer más

    $45.99 USD

  • How Much have Global Problems Cost the World?

    A Scorecard from 1900 to 2050

    Edición de Bjørn Lomborg ...
    There are often blanket claims that the world is facing more problems than ever but there is a lack of empirical data to show where things have deteriorated or in fact improved. In this book, some of the world's leading economists discuss ten problems that have blighted human development, ranging from malnutrition, education and climate change to trade barriers and armed conflicts. Costs of the ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • The Anatomy of Revolution Revisited

    A Comparative Analysis of England, France, and Russia

    de Bailey Stone ...
    This study aims to update a classic of comparative revolutionary analysis, Crane Brinton's 1938 study The Anatomy of Revolution. It invokes the latest research and theoretical writing in history, political science and political sociology to compare and contrast, in their successive phases, the English Revolution of 1640–60, the French Revolution of 1789–99 and the Russian Revolution of 1917–29. ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • Learning to Curse

    Essays in Early Modern Culture

    de Stephen Greenblatt ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    Stephen Greenblatt argued in these celebrated essays that the art of the Renaissance could only be understood in the context of the society from which it sprang. His approach - 'New Historicism' - drew from history, anthropology, Marxist theory, post-structuralism, and psychoanalysis and in the process, blew apart the academic boundaries insul ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • The Church in the Early Modern Age

    de C. Scott Dixon ...
    Series series I.B.Tauris History of the Christian Church
    The years 1450-1650 were a momentous period for the development of Christianity. They witnessed the age of Reformation and Counter-Reformation: perhaps the most important era for the shaping of the faith since its foundation. C Scott Dixon explores how the ideas that went into the making of early modern Christianity re-oriented the Church to such an extent that they gave rise to new versions of ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • The Rule of Moderation

    Violence, Religion and the Politics of Restraint in Early Modern England

    de Ethan H. Shagan ...
    Why was it that whenever the Tudor-Stuart regime most loudly trumpeted its moderation, that regime was at its most vicious? This groundbreaking book argues that the ideal of moderation, so central to English history and identity, functioned as a tool of social, religious and political power. Thus The Rule of Moderation rewrites the history of early modern England, showing that many of its key ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

  • The Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation

    Edición de Peter Marshall ...
    Series series Oxford Illustrated History
    The Reformation was a seismic event in history, whose consequences are still working themselves out in Europe and across the world. The protests against the marketing of indulgences staged by the German monk Martin Luther in 1517 belonged to a long-standing pattern of calls for internal reform and renewal in the Christian Church. But they rapidly took a radical and unexpected turn, engulfing first ... Leer más

    $18.09 USD

  • Economics and Contemporary Land Use Policy

    Development and Conservation at the Rural-Urban Fringe

    Edición de Robert J. Johnston, Stephen K. Swallow ...
    As external forces increase the demand for land conversion, communities are increasingly open to policies that encourage conservation of farm and forest lands. This interest in conservation notwithstanding, the consequences of land-use policy and the drivers of land conversions are often unclear. One of the first books to deal exclusively with the economics of rural-urban sprawl, Economics and ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

  • Business Sustainability

    Performance, Compliance, Accountability and Integrated Reporting

    de Zabihollah Rezaee ...
    Business sustainability has advanced from greenwashing and branding to being a business imperative. Stakeholders, including shareholders, demand, regulators require, and companies now need to report their sustainability performance. No longer is this a choice for businesses. A decade ago, fewer than 50 companies released sustainability reports, and now more 8,000 global public companies disclose ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD