Author: Manish Chalana
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Centre County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Landscape of Charcoal Iron
Historical Geography of the Southern Charcoal Iron Industry, 1800-1860
Author: James Larry Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cast-iron
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cast-iron
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
The Charcoal Iron Industry in Eighteenth Century America
Author: Paul Thomas Gundrum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iron industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iron industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
The Making of the American Landscape
Author: Michael P. Conzen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317793706
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The only compact yet comprehensive survey of environmental and cultural forces that have shaped the visual character and geographical diversity of the settled American landscape. The book examines the large-scale historical influences that have molded the varied human adaptation of the continent’s physical topography to its needs over more than 500 years. It presents a synoptic view of myriad historical processes working together or in conflict, and illustrates them through their survival in or disappearance from the everyday landscapes of today.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317793706
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The only compact yet comprehensive survey of environmental and cultural forces that have shaped the visual character and geographical diversity of the settled American landscape. The book examines the large-scale historical influences that have molded the varied human adaptation of the continent’s physical topography to its needs over more than 500 years. It presents a synoptic view of myriad historical processes working together or in conflict, and illustrates them through their survival in or disappearance from the everyday landscapes of today.
The Landscape of Industry
Author: Judith Alfrey
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134967659
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
An intergrated study, based on the Ironbridge Gorge, which establishes a method for the analysis of complex industrial landscapes.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134967659
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
An intergrated study, based on the Ironbridge Gorge, which establishes a method for the analysis of complex industrial landscapes.
Appalachia's Coal-Mined Landscapes
Author: Carl E. Zipper
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030577805
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This book collects and summarizes current scientific knowledge concerning coal-mined landscapes of the Appalachian region in eastern United States. Containing contributions from authors across disciplines, the book addresses topics relevant to the region’s coal-mining history and its future; its human communities; and the soils, waters, plants, wildlife, and human-use potentials of Appalachia’s coal-mined landscapes. The book provides a comprehensive overview of coal mining’s legacy in Appalachia, USA. It book describes the resources of the Appalachian coalfield, its lands and waters, and its human communities – as they have been left in the aftermath of intensive mining, drawing upon peer-reviewed science and other regional data to provide clear and objective descriptions. By understanding the Appalachian experience, officials and planners in other resource extraction- affected world regions can gain knowledge and perspectives that will aid their own efforts to plan and manage for environmental quality and for human welfare. Appalachia's Coal-Mined Landscapes: Resources and Communities in a New Energy Era will be of use to natural resource managers and scientists within Appalachia and in other world regions experiencing widespread mining, researchers with interest in the region’s disturbance legacy, and economic and community planners concerned with Appalachia’s future.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030577805
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This book collects and summarizes current scientific knowledge concerning coal-mined landscapes of the Appalachian region in eastern United States. Containing contributions from authors across disciplines, the book addresses topics relevant to the region’s coal-mining history and its future; its human communities; and the soils, waters, plants, wildlife, and human-use potentials of Appalachia’s coal-mined landscapes. The book provides a comprehensive overview of coal mining’s legacy in Appalachia, USA. It book describes the resources of the Appalachian coalfield, its lands and waters, and its human communities – as they have been left in the aftermath of intensive mining, drawing upon peer-reviewed science and other regional data to provide clear and objective descriptions. By understanding the Appalachian experience, officials and planners in other resource extraction- affected world regions can gain knowledge and perspectives that will aid their own efforts to plan and manage for environmental quality and for human welfare. Appalachia's Coal-Mined Landscapes: Resources and Communities in a New Energy Era will be of use to natural resource managers and scientists within Appalachia and in other world regions experiencing widespread mining, researchers with interest in the region’s disturbance legacy, and economic and community planners concerned with Appalachia’s future.
Historical Geography of the Charcoal Iron Industry of the Hanging Rock Iron District in Southeastern Ohio
Author: Jeff W. Whitman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charcoal industry
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charcoal industry
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Carolina's Historical Landscapes
Author: Linda France Stine
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870499760
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Featuring contributions by leading scholars, this book goes beyond conventional archaeological studies by placing the description and interpretation of specific sites in the wider context of the landscape that connects them to one another.
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870499760
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Featuring contributions by leading scholars, this book goes beyond conventional archaeological studies by placing the description and interpretation of specific sites in the wider context of the landscape that connects them to one another.
Encyclopedia of Historical Archaeology
Author: Charles E. Orser Jnr
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134608624
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
A-Z organised Entries are written by an international team of 127 experts in the field Includes 29 b+w illustrations including 23 half-tones Contains cross references, suggestions for further reading and a comprehensive index
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134608624
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
A-Z organised Entries are written by an international team of 127 experts in the field Includes 29 b+w illustrations including 23 half-tones Contains cross references, suggestions for further reading and a comprehensive index
A Landscape Transformed
Author: Robert Boyd Gordon
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195128184
Category : Abandoned mined lands reclamation
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
"Gordon reveals how the experience in Salisbury shows the powerful role of culture in shaping the way people use their environment. Salisbury's history illustrates that, while understanding natural science is now an essential part of effecting thoughtful management of our environment, it is ultimately values and beliefs that guide decisions about the natural world."--Jacket.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195128184
Category : Abandoned mined lands reclamation
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
"Gordon reveals how the experience in Salisbury shows the powerful role of culture in shaping the way people use their environment. Salisbury's history illustrates that, while understanding natural science is now an essential part of effecting thoughtful management of our environment, it is ultimately values and beliefs that guide decisions about the natural world."--Jacket.