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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Nineteenth Century Decorative Arts, Antiquities and Souvenirs of the Grand Tour, the Properties of the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Alexander, Roger L. Boudart, the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Britton ...
Author: The Illustrated London News
Author: Celebrating Indonesia
Author: Gunawan MohamadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Compact discs
Languages : id
Pages : 246
Book Description
The History of Another
Author: Shimon AttiePublisher: Twin Palms Publishers
ISBN: 9781931885317
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"For a number of years, Shimon Attie (born 1957) has created his own photographic palimpsests, projecting historical images onto public spaces and then photographing them, trying to bring out buried layers of memory. 'I am trying to give visual form to history and memory which is latent in the architecture and landscape of the present, latent but not visible ... More than my therapeutic training, I think my temperament made me interested in revealing layers of a buried or repressed past.' The projected image, Attie says, is a physical embodiment of the process of memory itself. 'Like memory, the projection appears to have substance and materiality, but in fact it does not--it is only photons, ' he says. 'It's an illusion.' The projections of historical photographs onto actual sites in the present have a ghostly, immaterial, ephemeral quality of fleeting memory." -- Alexander Stille
Handbook of Latin American Studies
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Covers social sciences and the humanities in alternate years.
American Indian Painters
Author: Jeanne Snodgrass KingPublisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Strange Science
Author: Lara Pauline KarpenkoPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047213017X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
A fascinating look at scientific inquiry during the Victorian period and the shifting boundary between mainstream and unorthodox sciences of the time
World Heritage
Author: Amareswar GallaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107610753
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
This thematic collection of 26 case studies provides a thorough understanding of World Heritage in the context of sustainable development.
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Ecological and Economic Foundations
Author: Pushpam KumarPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136538801
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Human well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature. Examples include water and air quality regulation, nutrient cycling and decomposition, plant pollination and flood control, all of which are dependent on biodiversity. They are predominantly public goods with limited or no markets and do not command any price in the conventional economic system, so their loss is often not detected and continues unaddressed and unabated. This in turn not only impacts human well-being, but also seriously undermines the sustainability of the economic system. It is against this background that TEEB: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity project was set up in 2007 and led by the United Nations Environment Programme to provide a comprehensive global assessment of economic aspects of these issues. This book, written by a team of international experts, represents the scientific state of the art, providing a comprehensive assessment of the fundamental ecological and economic principles of measuring and valuing ecosystem services and biodiversity, and showing how these can be mainstreamed into public policies. This volume and subsequent TEEB outputs will provide the authoritative knowledge and guidance to drive forward the biodiversity conservation agenda for the next decade.
History of Jacksonville, Florida and Vicinity, 1513 to 1924
Author: T. Frederick DavisPublisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849660400
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Two times there was a wholesale destruction of Jacksonville's official records – in the War Between the States and by the fire of May 3, 1901. The author's effort in this work was to collect all of the available authentic matter for permanent preservation in book form. The record closes as of December 31, 1924. The record is derived from many sources – long forgotten books and pamphlets; old letters and diaries that have been stored away as family memorials of the past; newspapers beginning with the St. Augustine Herald in 1822 (on file at the Congressional Library at Washington) fragmentary for the early years, but extremely valuable for historical research; almost a complete file of local newspapers from 1875 to date; from the unpublished statements of old residents of conditions and outstanding events within the period of their clear recollection; and from a multitude of other sources of reliability. The search through the highways and the byways for local history was in the spare moments of the author stretching over a period of a score of years, a pastime "hobby" with no idea of making money out of it. No attempt has been made to discuss the merits of any incident, but only to present the facts, just as they were and just as they are, from the records and sources indicated.