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On The Border

An Environmental History Of San Antonio
Format: Hardback
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9780822941637
Pub Date: 25 Oct 2001
Description:
Over the past 300 years, settlement patterns, geography, and climate have greatly affected the ecology of the south Texas landscape. Drawing on a variety of interests and perspectives, the contributors to On the Border probe these evolving relationships in and around San Antonio, the country's ninth-largest city. Spanish, Mexican, and American settlers required open expanses of land for agriculture and ranching, displacing indigenous inhabitants.
Aspects of Arctic and Sub-Arctic History Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 620
ISBN: 9789979544357
Pub Date: 01 May 2001
Imprint: University of Iceland Press
Description:
This book presents over sixty papers, the proceedings of the International Congress on the History of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic region held in Rekjavik, 18th-21st June 1998. The contributions are by scholars from eleven countries and deal with a wide variety of subjects.
Plants in Neolithic Britain and Beyond Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 210
ISBN: 9781842170274
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2000
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers
Illustrations: b/w figs
Description:
Plant-centred issues are fundamental in the definitions and explanations of the Neolithic as a phenomenon.The meeting of the Neolithic Studies Group from which this volume developed aimed to provide a forum for the wide range of approaches now applied to Neolithic archaeobotany at site and landscape scales of resolution.
Taphonomy and Interpretation Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 120
ISBN: 9781842170045
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2000
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology
Description:
Papers from the 1993 Association for Environmental Archaeology conference at Durham. The themes of the conference were taphonomy and interpretation, to encourage spreakers to go beyond data acquisition and description. This volume looks at how material (pollen, insects, bones etc.

History of Environmental Politics Since 1945, A

Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9780822957478
Pub Date: 12 Oct 2000
Description:
An overview of contemporary environmental affairs, from 1940s to the present—with an emphasis on nature in an urbanized society, land developments, environmental technology, the structure of environmental politics, environmental opposition, and the results of environmental policy.
Human Ecodynamics Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9781842170014
Pub Date: 01 Aug 2000
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology
Illustrations: many figs
Description:
The papers in this book were first presented at the Association for Environmental Archaeology conference at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1998. The aim of the conference was to encourage contributors to examine the inter-relationships between classes of data that have increasingly come to be treated in isolation and to encourage thinking about theory in environmental archaeology. Authors have focused on explicit development of theory, others on bridging barriers between different fields of study or classes of evidence.
Current and Recent Research in Osteoarchaeology 2 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 61
ISBN: 9781900188975
Pub Date: 01 Dec 1999
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w figs and pls
Description:
A collection of short papers and abstracts from the 4th, 5th and 6th proceedings of the Osteological Research Group, held in April and November 1996 and June 1997. The papers cover a wide range of subjects including technical information, evidence derived from bone assemblages and specific individual examples. Studies are presented on archaeozoology, domesticated animal bone assemblages, evidence of violence and stress indicators, measurement and statistical analysis and current research in the field of osteoarchaeology.
Appalachian Summer Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9780822956938
Pub Date: 06 May 1999
Description:
As she did in Appalachian Spring and Appalachian Autumn, Bonta offers a day-by-day account of the natural life of one place--her 648-acre property in south central Pennsylvania. In Appalachian Summer, Bonta's first grandchild spends her first summer on earth, and her growth is compared with that of the forest animals. Another important event in this Appalachian summer is the disappearance of a local girl.

Conservation And The Gospel Of Efficiency

The Progressive Conservation Movement, 1890–1920
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9780822957027
Pub Date: 18 Mar 1999
Description:
The relevance and importance of Samuel P. Hay's book, Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency, has only increased over time. Written almost half a century ago, it offers an invaluable history of the conservation movement's origins, and provides an excellent context for understanding contemporary enviromental problems and possible solutions.
Women Healers and Physicians Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9780813109541
Pub Date: 21 Jan 1999
Description:
Women have traditionally been expected to tend the sick as part of their domestic duties; yet throughout history they have faced an uphill struggle to be accepted as healers outside the household.In this provocative anthology, twelve essays by historians and literary scholars explore the work of women as healers and physicians. The essays range across centuries, nations, and cultures to focus on the ideological and practical obstacles women have faced in the world of medicine.
Life on the Edge Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 190
ISBN: 9781900188579
Pub Date: 01 Dec 1998
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology
Description:
Throughout history some areas have been less attractive for living and farming than others. These areas are identified as marginal because of environmental, economic or socio-political factors. How can we recognise marginality in the archaeological record?
A History of the Hemp Industry in Kentucky Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9780813109305
Pub Date: 02 Apr 1998
Illustrations: illus
Description:
It is hard to believe that at one time burley tobacco was not the chief cash crop in Kentucky. Yet for more than half a century hemp dominated the state's agricultural production.James Hopkins surveys the hemp industry in Kentucky from its beginning through its complete demise at the end of World War II, describing the processes of seeding and harvesting the plant, and marketing manufactured goods made of the fiber.

Butterflies Of West Virginia and their Caterpillars, The

Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9780822956570
Pub Date: 13 Nov 1997
Description:
The Butterflies of West Virginia and Their Caterpillars describes 128 species of butterflies found in the state, along with their caterpillars and pupae. Each species account provides a description and information on distribution, habitat, life history, nectar sources, and larval host plants. Butterflies, their caterpillars and pupae are featured in hundreds of color illustrations, as well as detailed drawings and maps.
The Symbolic Earth Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 296
ISBN: 9780813108834
Pub Date: 29 Aug 1996
Description:
The core dilemma in environmental advocacy may be illustrated by the question, "When we communicate about the world, should we stress what we know or what we feel?" The contributors to The Symbolic Earth argue that it is more important to decide how we should talk about what we know and feel. In their view, the environment is larely a product of how we talk about the world.

Urban-Rural Connections

Perspectives from Environmental Archaeology
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
ISBN: 9780946897810
Pub Date: 01 Dec 1995
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology
Illustrations: with fig & illus.
Description:
The potential of environmental evidence in the archaeological record for investigating the links between towns and their rural hinterlands is the focus of this volume. Most papers use evidence from Roman and Medieval Britain but there are also case studies from Paris, medieval Holland, and Oslo. Essential reading for specialists, this book also amply demonstrates the relevance of environmental evidence to central theoretical debates in historic archaeology.
The Jack Sprat Low-Fat Diet Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 328
ISBN: 9780813108568
Pub Date: 26 Oct 1995
Description:
This exciting work by a nationally known fitness and health expert is a realistic and practical guide to a healthier and happier lifestyle. Dr. Bryant Stamford, author of the highly acclaimed Fitness Without Exercise and a syndicated health columnist, and co-author Becca Coffin, a registered nurse, show how making the right choices in diet can improve health and reduce fat while allowing people to enjoy a fuller and more varied diet than other weight-loss plans permit.