Major histories of cartography have, until recently, ignored women's contributions to mapmaking and the assumption was that women played no role. Women in American Cartography examines the work of over fifty American women cartographers from the beginning of the nineteenth cen...
This book analyzes the state of global governance in the current geopolitical environment through the trends and transformations it is going through. It evaluates the main challenges and crises and discusses potential opportunities for global governance.
This book is the story of a central historical phenomenon of the last half of the second millennium AD; namely, the geographic westward shift of world power and influence. It features tribes and individuals who made breakthroughs that led the world's westward march.
An Illustrated History of Hong Kong's Top District
The Peak is Hong Kong's top residential district, where property prices are as high as the altitude. How did it become an exclusive enclave in the bustling business centre of 19th-century Asia? The British wanted relief from summer heat and the Peak was the obvious place to escape it. When the Governor adopted Mountain Lodge as a summer getaway, ......
How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, And What We Can Do Abou
Root Shock examines 3 different U.S. cities to unmask the crippling results of decades-old disinvestment in communities of color and the urban renewal practices that ultimately destroyed these neighborhoods for the advantage of developers and the elite. Like a sequel to the prescient warnings of urbanist Jane Jacobs, Dr. Mindy Thompson ......
How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, And What We Can Do Abou
Root Shock examines 3 different U.S. cities to unmask the crippling results of decades-old disinvestment in communities of color and the urban renewal practices that ultimately destroyed these neighborhoods for the advantage of developers and the elite. Like a sequel to the prescient warnings of urbanist Jane Jacobs, Dr. Mindy Thompson ......
Privileging Water in Lima, Mexico City, and New Orleans: An Environmental History charts the development of the indigenous hydro-social territories and their colonial transformations into "modern" political ecologies. This book begins with a summary of the environmental histories of these regions before the arrival of people. To give water its due ......
In Mississippian Culture Heroes, Ritual Regalia, and Sacred Bundles, the contributors examine Mississippian artistic traditions and society through an archaeological analysis of religious objects.
This book examines how ideas about bodies, homes, and nature were deployed to serve three interrelated imperatives: the healthy population, the nation, and empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Through an analysis of archive material it explores how the role of women in 'progressive' reform was a form of governmentality.
Darwin, the unique and vibrant city in Australia's tropical north, was almost stillborn. The Northern Territory had its beginnings under the governance of South Australia. Land was sold to investors, unseen and unsurveyed and in an unknown location. The sales raised the funds needed to found the new colony of Palmerston, the future capital of the ......
This richly illustrated book details the wide-ranging construction and urban planning projects launched across Germany after the Nazi Party seized power. The authors show that it was an intentional program to thoroughly reorganize the country's economic, cultural, and political landscapes in order to create a dramatically new Germany, saturated ......
The Atlas of Christian History is brand new, featuring more than fifty new maps, graphics, and timelines. Concise, helpful text, written by acknowledged authorities guide the experience and interpret the visuals consciously written for students at any level, the 1volume is perfect for independent students, as well as those in structured courses.
This volume addresses the nexus of religion and geography in the ancient Near East through case studies of various time periods and regions. Using Sumerian, Akkadian, and Aramaic text corpora, iconography, and archaeological evidence, the contributors illuminate the diverse phenomena that occur when religion is viewed through the lenses of space ......
The map shows the sites of Perths many major landmarks and historical sites, lost and surviving. A comprehensive gazetteer on the reverse gives details of the many sites of interest, with a brief history and many illustrations. The map also includes an inset of Scone, place of coronation of many Scottish kings.