The North American Mosaic

The North American Mosaic

Author: Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Montréal, Québec). Secretariat

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 240

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The North American Mosaic has four overarching features. First, it is, to the extent feasible, based on comparable information on the status and trends of major indicators of the state of the environment in Canada,Mexico, and the United States. Second, the report confirms that these three countries together make up an incredibly complex, dynamic, and interconnected ecosystem in which humans play a dominant and decisive role. Third, the report raises important and sometimes disquieting questions concerning the sustainability of some current trends. Finally, the report is a reminder that our economic, social, and physical well-being are utterly dependent on the life-sustaining services provided by nature. This report emphasizes the importance of developing mutually compatible economic, social, and environmental goals and policies across the three-country region.


Understanding Heritage

Understanding Heritage

Author: Marie-Theres Albert

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2013-04-30

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 311030838X

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The publication is the first in a new series on existing and innovative paradigms in Heritage Studies. The series aims at systematising and developing the academic discourse on heritage, which has yielded a wealth and breadth of contributions over the past few years. The publication offers its own emphasis by developing heritage studies with a perspective towards and as a contribution to human development. It thus offers a vision for the construction and establishment of a new discipline. The academic mainsprings and research interests of this repositioning of heritage studies as an academic discipline are discussed by internationally renowned thinkers and heritage practitioners. The publication thus establishes first important points for discussion. Central to this publication are questions concerning the sustainable protection and use of heritage, focussing on the world cultural heritage and intangible cultural heritage, but equally questions on the relation of heritage and memory and how these could mutually enrich our understanding of heritage.


Global Climate Change

Global Climate Change

Author: Paul McCaffrey

Publisher: H. W. Wilson

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 214

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Examining the ongoing changes in Earth's climate, this book explores causes, arguments for and against the existence of global warming, and what the future may hold.


Journal of a Voyage to Peru

Journal of a Voyage to Peru

Author: Charles Brand

Publisher:

Published: 1828

Total Pages: 402

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A British naval officer's evocative account of a stormy winter crossing of the Andes he made by mule and by foot in 1827. Brand travelled to Peru via Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo and Buenos Aires. His journal comments on Rio's slave market (pp 12-15), the botanical gardens and social life (including a detailed description of the imperial family), Pampa Indians, ladies of Santiago de Chile and Lima, a bullfight at Mendoza, the black washerwomen of Buenos Aires, South American houses, etc. He also visited the Juan Fernandez islands. The appendix comprises detailed climatic observations and critical observations and critical reports of Andean posthouses.


The Setting Sun and the Rolling World

The Setting Sun and the Rolling World

Author: Charles Mungoshi

Publisher: Beacon Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9780807083215

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Moving and provocative short stories that explore the strained relations between parent and child, husband an wife, brothers, and friends, as traditional values of rural Africa clash with ambitions of urban life.


Studies in Ancient Technology, Volume 1: Bitumen and Petroleum in Antiquity, the Origin of Alchemy, Water Supply

Studies in Ancient Technology, Volume 1: Bitumen and Petroleum in Antiquity, the Origin of Alchemy, Water Supply

Author: Forbes

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 900445053X

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The books in this series contain a number of essays on ancient technology, covering both the preclassical and the classical period. These volumes describe certain phases of ancient technology, and try to use modern technology, philological and archaeological evidence to sketch ancient technology for the benefit of historians.


The Italian Legacy in Washington, D.C.

The Italian Legacy in Washington, D.C.

Author: Luca Molinari

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 224

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From the Neoclassicism of Thomas Jefferson design of Monticello and sketches of the White House, to "all'italiana" gardens and parks, to the strong Roman classicism of the Jefferson Memorial, to Costantino Brumidi's frescoes in Congress and the National Library, to the striking composition of Luigi Moretti's Watergate Complex - America's capital is infused with the influences of a culture that laid the foundations of Western society. This book is an homage to this strong and still alive relationship and essential reading for all those interested in architecture and the visual arts.