Water Frontier

Author : Nola Cooke,Tana Li
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0742530833

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Water Frontier by Nola Cooke,Tana Li Pdf

This innovative book rethinks the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century history of coastal and riverine southwest Indochina, the 'water frontier' of the title. It repositions old state-centered histories to reveal the region as a single, multiethnic economic zone knit together by the itineraries of junk traders and by the activities of many southern Chinese, settlers, sojourners, and merchants, whose local significance it explores. In so doing, it pioneers a new, nationally-neutral way of perceiving this dynamic region.

Author : Tim Flannery
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802191090

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The Eternal Frontier by Tim Flannery Pdf

A comprehensive history of the continent, “full of engaging and attention-catching information about North America’s geology, climate, and paleontology” (The Washington Post Book World). Here, “the rock star of modern science” tells the unforgettable story of the geological and biological evolution of the North American continent, from the time of the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago to the present day (Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel). Flannery describes the development of North America’s deciduous forests and other flora, and tracks the migrations of various animals to and from Europe, Asia, and South America, showing how plant and animal species have either adapted or become extinct. The story spans the massive changes wrought by the ice ages and the coming of the Native Americans. It continues right up to the present, covering the deforestation of the Northeast, the decimation of the buffalo, and other consequences of frontier settlement and the industrial development of the United States. This is science writing at its very best—both an engrossing narrative and a scholarly trove of information that “will forever change your perspective on the North American continent” (The New York Review of Books).

Author : Ken Conca,Erika Weinthal
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199335084

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The Oxford Handbook of Water Politics and Policy by Ken Conca,Erika Weinthal Pdf

This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online. For more information, please read the site FAQs.

Author : William Young Chalfant
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0806128755

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Cheyennes at Dark Water Creek by William Young Chalfant Pdf

Cheyennes at Dark Water Creek tells the tragic story of the southern bands of Cheyennes from the period following the Treaty of Medicine Lodge through the battles and skirmishes known as the Red River War. The Battle of Sappa Creek, the last encounter of that conflict, was a fight between a band of Cheyennes and a company of the Sixth Cavalry that took place in Kansas in April 1875. More Cheyennes were killed in that single engagement than in all the previous fighting of the war combined, and later there were controversial charges of massacre-and worse. William Y. Chalfant has used all known contemporaneous sources to recound the tragedy that occurred at the place known to the Cheyennes as Dark Water Creek. In Cheyenne memories, its name remains second only to Sand Creek in the terrible images and the sorrow it evokes. Chalfant tells the story in a sweeping style that recreates Cheyenne life on the southern plains. Beyond examining firsthand and secoundary accounts in detail, the author personally retraced the route of the army detachment from Fort Wallace, Kansas, to the battle site at Sappa Creek, and the route of the Cheyennes from Punished Women’s Fork to the Sappa. His recounting of the lives of the Indian and military participants, both leading up to and following the battle, is sure to appeal both to scholars of the Indian wars and to the general reader.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Floods
ISBN : WISC:89042326371

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Geological Survey Water-supply Paper by Anonim Pdf

Author : William J. Werick
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0788141716

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Managing Water for Drought by William J. Werick Pdf

Describes methods for improving water mgmt. during drought developed during a 4-year study. The methods were tested & refined in 4 filed studies in different parts of the country, in which teams of water managers & users worked together to reduce drought impacts. This report explains the procedure for coop. Fed.-state Drought Preparedness Studies, to indicate how these studies relate to the longstanding principles & guidance for Fed. water resources investigations, & to indicate the means of implementing conclusions arrived at in any given region. Tables.

Author : Albert Utton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000002980

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Water In A Developing World by Albert Utton Pdf

This book focuses on the questions of how best to manage water resources in the face of growing demand. It explores various water management problems encountered by developing countries, with an emphasis on institutional and human factors that affect economic growth.

Author : Geoff Wade,James K. Chin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429952135

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China and Southeast Asia by Geoff Wade,James K. Chin Pdf

Spanning over a millennium of history, this book seeks to describe and define the evolution of the China–Southeast Asia nexus and the interactions which have shaped their shared pasts. Examining the relationships which have proven integral to connecting Northeast and Southeast Asia with other parts of the world, the contributors of the volume provide a wide-ranging historical context to changing relations in the region today – perhaps one of the most intense re-orderings occurring anywhere in the world. From maritime trading relations and political interactions to overland Chinese expansion and commerce in Southeast Asia, this book reveals rarely explored connections across the China–Southeast Asia interface. In so doing, it transcends existing area studies boundaries to present an invaluable new perspective to the field. A major contribution to the study of Asian economic and cultural interactions, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Chinese history, as well as those engaged with Southeast Asia.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Mineral industries
ISBN : WISC:89046388195

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Report of Investigations by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jacob Blanc,Frederico Freitas
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816537143

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Big Water by Jacob Blanc,Frederico Freitas Pdf

"A transnational approach to the history of a key Latin American border region"--Provided by publisher.

Author : William Fitzwilliam Milton (Viscount)
Publisher : London : Cassell, Petter, and Galpin
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : British Columbia
ISBN : UOM:39015059484355

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A History of the San Juan Water Boundary Question, as Affecting the Division of Territory Between Great Britain and the United States by William Fitzwilliam Milton (Viscount) Pdf

Author : Tana Li
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009237635

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A Maritime Vietnam by Tana Li Pdf

Powerful new history of Vietnam over two millennia arguing that key political changes resulted from the impact of the sea.

Author : Malcolm Anderson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 0714632171

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Frontier Regions in Western Europe by Malcolm Anderson Pdf

First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Marvin A. Crist,Marlin E. Lowry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Geology
ISBN : IND:30000140635511

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Ground-water Resources of Natrona County, Wyoming by Marvin A. Crist,Marlin E. Lowry Pdf

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1812 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951D02196721K

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Reports and Documents by United States. Congress Pdf