Crossroads Of The World
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Crossroads Of The Natural World
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Author : Tom Earnhardt
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2013-04-22
Crossroads Of The Natural World written by Tom Earnhardt and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-22 with Nature categories.
In this richly illustrated love letter to the wild places and natural wonders of North Carolina, Tom Earnhardt, writer and host of UNC-TV's Exploring North Carolina and lifelong conservationist, seamlessly ties deep geological time and forgotten species from our distant past to the unparalleled biodiversity of today. With varied topography and a climate that is simultaneously subtropical, temperate, and subarctic, he shows that North Carolina is a meeting place for living things more commonly found far to the north and south. Highlighting the ways in which the state is a unique ecological crossroads, Earnhardt's research, insightful writing, and stunning photography will both teach and inspire. Crossroads of the Natural World invites readers to engage a variety of topics, including the impacts of invasive species, the importance of forested buffers along our rivers, the role of naturalists, and the challenges facing the state in a time of climate change and sea-level rise. By sharing his own journey of more than sixty years, Earnhardt entices North Carolinians of every age to explore the natural diversity of our state.
At The Crossroads Of The Earth And The Sky
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Author : Gary Urton
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2013-12-18
At The Crossroads Of The Earth And The Sky written by Gary Urton and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-18 with Social Science categories.
Above Misminay, the sky also is so divided by the alternation of the two axes of the Milky Way passing through the zenith. This mirror-image quadri-partition of terrestrial and celestial spheres is such that a point within one of the quarters of the earth is related to a point within the corresponding celestial quarter. The transition between the earth and the sky occurs at the horizon, where sacred mountains are related to topographic and celestial features. Based on fieldwork in Misminay, Peru, Gary Urton details a cosmology in which the Milky Way is central. This is the first study that provides a description and analysis of the astronomical and cosmological system in a contemporary community in the Americas. Separate chapters take up the sun, the moon, meteorological phenomena, the stars, and the planets. Star-to-star constellations, the "animal" dark-cloud constellations that cut through the Milky Way, and certain twilight- and midnight-zenith stars are analyzed in terms of their spatial and temporal integration within an indigenous cosmological framework. Urton breaks new ground by demonstrating the indigenous merging of such forms of "precise knowledge" as astronomy, meteorology, agriculture, and the correlation of astronomical and biological cycles within a single calendar system. More than sixty diagrams clarify this Quechua system of astronomy and relate it to more familiar principles of Western astronomy and cosmology.
Southeast Asia
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Author : Clark D. Neher
language : en
Publisher: Southeast Asia Publicat Es Northern Illinois Un
Release Date : 2000
Southeast Asia written by Clark D. Neher and has been published by Southeast Asia Publicat Es Northern Illinois Un this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
Crossroads Of The World
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 20??
Crossroads Of The World written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 20?? with Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) categories.
World At The Crossroads
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Author : Philip B. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009
World At The Crossroads written by Philip B. Smith and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Economic development categories.
First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Istanbul
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Author : Thomas F. Madden
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2016-11-22
Istanbul written by Thomas F. Madden and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-22 with History categories.
For more than two millennia Istanbul has stood at the crossroads of the world, perched at the very tip of Europe, gazing across at the shores of Asia. The history of this city—known as Byzantium, then Constantinople, now Istanbul—is at once glorious, outsized, and astounding. Founded by the Greeks, its location blessed it as a center for trade but also made it a target of every empire in history, from Alexander the Great and his Macedonian Empire, to the Romans and later the Ottomans. At its most spectacular, Istanbul was re-founded by Emperor Constantine I as New Rome, the capital of the eastern Roman Empire. He dramatically expanded the city, filling it with artistic treasures, and adorning the streets with opulent palaces. Constantine built new walls around it all—walls that were truly impregnable and preserved power, wealth, and withstood any aggressor—walls that still stand for tourists to visit. From its ancient past to the present, we meet the city through its ordinary citizens—the Jews, Muslims, Italians, Greeks, and Russians who used the famous baths and walked the bazaars, and the rulers who built it up and then destroyed it, including Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the man who christened the city "Istanbul" in 1930. Thomas Madden's entertaining narrative brings to life the city we see today, including the rich splendor of the churches and monasteries that spread throughout the city. Istanbul draws on a lifetime of study and the latest scholarship, transporting readers to a city of unparalleled importance and majesty that holds the key to understanding modern civilization. In the words of Napoleon Bonaparte, "If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital."
Louisiana
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Author : Cecile Vidal
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2013-10-09
Louisiana written by Cecile Vidal and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-09 with History categories.
Located at the junction of North America and the Caribbean, the vast territory of colonial Louisiana provides a paradigmatic case study for an Atlantic studies approach. One of the largest North American colonies and one of the last to be founded, Louisiana was governed by a succession of sovereignties, with parts ruled at various times by France, Spain, Britain, and finally the United States. But just as these shifting imperial connections shaped the territory's culture, Louisiana's peculiar geography and history also yielded a distinctive colonization pattern that reflected a synthesis of continent and island societies. Louisiana: Crossroads of the Atlantic World offers an exceptional collaboration among American, Canadian, and European historians who explore colonial and antebellum Louisiana's relations with the rest of the Atlantic world. Studying the legacy of each period of Louisiana history over the longue durée, the essays create a larger picture of the ways early settlements influenced Louisiana society and how the changes in sovereignty and other circulations gave rise to a multiethnic society. Contributors examine the workings of empire through the examples of slave laws, administrative careers or on-the-ground political negotiations, cultural exchanges among landowners, slave holders, and slaves, and the construction of race through sexuality, marriage, and household formation. As a whole, the volume makes the compelling argument that one cannot write Louisiana history without adopting an Atlantic perspective, or Atlantic history without referring to Louisiana. Contributors: Guillaume Aubert, Emily Clark, Alexandre Dubé, Sylvia R. Frey, Sylvia L. Hilton, Jean-Pierre Le Glaunec, Cécile Vidal, Sophie White, Mary Williams.
Crossroads Of The World
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Author : Ewart Young
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1947*
Crossroads Of The World written by Ewart Young and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1947* with Gander (N.L.) categories.
The Near East
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Author : James L 1855-1936 Barton
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2016-05-02
The Near East written by James L 1855-1936 Barton and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-02 with categories.
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The Near East Crossroads Of The World With A Final Chapter By James L Barton
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Author : William H. Hall
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2012-08-01
The Near East Crossroads Of The World With A Final Chapter By James L Barton written by William H. Hall and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-01 with categories.
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