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[b]An accessible, focused exploration of the field of political ecology[/b] The third edition of [i]Political Ecology[/i] spans this sprawling field, using grounded examples and careful readings …

Capitalism has become so dominant that it is difficult to ever imagine a world in which its injustices and inequalities are not violently present. In this ambitious and compelling book, Oli Mould…

Maps and mapping are fundamentally political. Whether they are authoritarian, hegemonic, participatory or critical, they are most often guided by the desire to have control over space, and always…

The Anthropocene refers to all societies’ current era of environmental challenges. For the social sciences, the Anthropocene represents a historical “moment” with huge potential: it offers people…

[b]The whole world in the palm of your hand[/b] Ever wonder how you can have a rainforest on one side of a mountain and a desert on the other? Or zoom around the globe with Google Maps and wonder…

The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia by K. Langloh Parker. Introduction by Andrew Lang <br/> libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made av…

This book seeks to understand the coexistence of bodily regimes and the politics that emerge from the clash between them: Presents a novel conceptual model for understanding the relationship betw…

Данная небольшая разработка посвящена истории Приморья и прежде всего ее отображению в топонимике столицы этого обширного края. В его освоении вследствие географического положения самым нерасторж…

Climate change has been a central concern over recent years, with visible and highly publicized consequences such as melting Arctic ice and mountain glaciers, rising sea levels, and the submersio…

Is natural gas the ‘bridge’ to our low-carbon future? In power generation, industrial processes, parts of the transportation sector, and for domestic use, natural gas still has the potential to p…

Whether it is to look to the past in search of their origins, analyze their present activity, particularly digital, or to think about the effects of their actions on the future, 21st century huma…

Drastic improvements in both access to satellite images and data processing tools today allow near real-time observation of Earth surface deformations. Remote sensing imagery is thus a powerful, …

Sir Francis Drake&apos;s Famous Voyage Round the World by Francis Pretty <br/> libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse …

[b]RESPATIALISING FINANCE[/b] ‘In [i]Respatialising Finance[/i] Sarah Hall uses the internationalisation of the Chinese Renminbi (RMB) to work through a sympathetic conceptual and empirical criti…

The first book of its kind, [i]Decolonizing Geography[/i] offers an indispensable introductory guide to the origins, current state and implications of the decolonial project in geography. Sarah A…

Рим – столица Италии, Вечный город, один из старейших городов мира и древняя столица Римской империи. О нем нам рассказал историк, искусствовед, участник Венецианского карнавала, автор книги "Про…

Здание МГУ на Воробьевых горах – самое высокое среди сталинских высоток. Силуэт МГУ – один из символов Москвы. О правилах градостроения, госплане, Москве-Сити, будущем высотных зданий, – рассказа…

Венеция — город изящных контрастов и иллюзий. Здесь совсем нет дорог, движение происходит только по каналам. Самый оживленный — Гранд-канал. Вдоль него расположено множество дворцов в готическом …

В монографии рассматривается место и роль Сибири в мировом геополитическом евразийском пространстве. На основе богатого фактического материала исследованы проблемы геополитического и геоэкономиче…

В монографии представлены стратегии, идеи государственной политики, связанной с развитием производительных сил новых районов Сибири. На базе исторических источников и обобщения исторического опыт…