география
В 1819–1821 годах автор руководил первой российской кругосветной антарктической экспедицией. За 751 день плавания была открыта Антарктида – континент-загадка, в самом существовании которого многие сомневались, и 29 островов в Тихом и Атлантическом ок…
В 1819–1821 годах автор руководил первой российской кругосветной антарктической экспедицией. За 751 день плавания была открыта Антарктида – континент-загадка, в самом существовании которого многие сомневались, и 29 островов в Тихом и Атлантическом ок…
География – это наука о нашей планете, о мире, в котором мы живем. В той или иной степени географические знания нужны каждому человеку. Название «география» в переводе с древнегреческого означает «землеописание». Какая погода будет послезавтра? Что п…
География – это наука о нашей планете, о мире, в котором мы живем. В той или иной степени географические знания нужны каждому человеку. Название «география» в переводе с древнегреческого означает «землеописание». Какая погода будет послезавтра? Что п…
Кто был первым на Северном полюсе? Пири или Кук? Сегодня ученые практически доказали, что ни один из них так и не дошел до заветной цели.
Однако всё было не так очевидно чуть более 100 лет назад. Роберт Пири присвоил себе победу. Насколько правомерно…
Кто был первым на Северном полюсе? Пири или Кук? Сегодня ученые практически доказали, что ни один из них так и не дошел до заветной цели.
Однако всё было не так очевидно чуть более 100 лет назад. Роберт Пири присвоил себе победу. Насколько правомерно…
Впервые издающаяся на русском языке книга известного французского путешественника Поля Лаббе (1867–1943) посвящена описанию его поездки летом 1898 г. в Поволжье, на Южный Урал и в Казахстан. Насыщенная яркими бытовыми сценами и ценными этнографически…
Впервые издающаяся на русском языке книга известного французского путешественника Поля Лаббе (1867–1943) посвящена описанию его поездки летом 1898 г. в Поволжье, на Южный Урал и в Казахстан. Насыщенная яркими бытовыми сценами и ценными этнографически…
Последнее крупное географическое открытие XX века в свое время осталось почти незамеченным современниками: Гидрографическая экспедиция Северного Ледовитого океана закончилась в разгар Первой мировой войны, так что обретение Земли Императора Николая I…
Последнее крупное географическое открытие XX века в свое время осталось почти незамеченным современниками: Гидрографическая экспедиция Северного Ледовитого океана закончилась в разгар Первой мировой войны, так что обретение Земли Императора Николая I…
Представленная вашему вниманию уникальная книга впервые знакомит читателя с самыми загадочными событиями, в разное время происходившими на огромной территории России, раскинувшейся от Уральских гор до Тихого океана.
Представленная вашему вниманию уникальная книга впервые знакомит читателя с самыми загадочными событиями, в разное время происходившими на огромной территории России, раскинувшейся от Уральских гор до Тихого океана.
In Material Politics, author Andrew Barry reveals that as we are beginning to attend to the importance of materials in political life, materials has become increasingly bound up with the production of information about their performance, origins, and…
In Material Politics, author Andrew Barry reveals that as we are beginning to attend to the importance of materials in political life, materials has become increasingly bound up with the production of information about their performance, origins, and…
Enterprising Nature explores the rise of economic rationality in global biodiversity law, policy and science. To view Jessica's animation based on the book's themes please visit http://www.bioeconomies.org/enterprising-nature/ Examines disciplinary a…
Enterprising Nature explores the rise of economic rationality in global biodiversity law, policy and science. To view Jessica's animation based on the book's themes please visit http://www.bioeconomies.org/enterprising-nature/ Examines disciplinary a…
Dunes is the first book in over a decade to incorporate the latest research in this active and fast-developing field. It discusses the shapes, sizes, patterns, distribution, history and care of wind-blown dunes, and covers all aspects of dunes, terre…
Dunes is the first book in over a decade to incorporate the latest research in this active and fast-developing field. It discusses the shapes, sizes, patterns, distribution, history and care of wind-blown dunes, and covers all aspects of dunes, terre…
Through original research conducted in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Places of Possibility shows how community land ownership can open up the political, social, environmental, and economic terrain to more socially just and sustainable possibilities t…
Through original research conducted in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Places of Possibility shows how community land ownership can open up the political, social, environmental, and economic terrain to more socially just and sustainable possibilities t…
Mediterranean mountains exhibit many similarities in their biotic ecological, physical and environmental characteristics. There are also many differences in terms of their human colonization pattern, historic land uses and current anthopogenic pressu…
Mediterranean mountains exhibit many similarities in their biotic ecological, physical and environmental characteristics. There are also many differences in terms of their human colonization pattern, historic land uses and current anthopogenic pressu…
The Improvised State provides a highly developed account of the nature and outcomes of Bosnian state practices since the Dayton Peace Agreement. Jeffrey presents new and significant theories, based on extensive fieldwork in Bosnia, which advance unde…
The Improvised State provides a highly developed account of the nature and outcomes of Bosnian state practices since the Dayton Peace Agreement. Jeffrey presents new and significant theories, based on extensive fieldwork in Bosnia, which advance unde…
NOMINATED AND SHORT LISTED FOR THE SURVEILLANCE STUDIES BOOK PRIZE 2011! This theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies and individuals. Brings together a number of interdis…
NOMINATED AND SHORT LISTED FOR THE SURVEILLANCE STUDIES BOOK PRIZE 2011! This theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies and individuals. Brings together a number of interdis…
This enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of women who played a critical role in the development of geography as an academic field. A rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30 individual women geographers from 1850 to 1…
This enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of women who played a critical role in the development of geography as an academic field. A rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30 individual women geographers from 1850 to 1…
This book provides a comprehensive view of geographical modeling. It first establishes the foundations of geographical modeling, covering such concepts as structure, organization, system, topologies, as well as the concept of time. Next, it tackles t…
This book provides a comprehensive view of geographical modeling. It first establishes the foundations of geographical modeling, covering such concepts as structure, organization, system, topologies, as well as the concept of time. Next, it tackles t…
Our daily universe is rough and infinitely diverse. The fractal approach clarifies and orders these disparities. It helps us to envisage new explanations of geographical phenomena, which are, however, considered as definitely understood. Written for …
Our daily universe is rough and infinitely diverse. The fractal approach clarifies and orders these disparities. It helps us to envisage new explanations of geographical phenomena, which are, however, considered as definitely understood. Written for …
Winner of the 2016 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award of the Political Geography Specialty Group at the AAG Providing important insights into political geography, the politics of peace, and South Asian studies, this book explores everyday peace i…
Winner of the 2016 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award of the Political Geography Specialty Group at the AAG Providing important insights into political geography, the politics of peace, and South Asian studies, this book explores everyday peace i…
From World City to the World in One City examines changing geographies of Liverpool through and across the lives of Malay seamen who arrived in the city during its final years as a major imperial port. Draws upon life histories and memories of people…
From World City to the World in One City examines changing geographies of Liverpool through and across the lives of Malay seamen who arrived in the city during its final years as a major imperial port. Draws upon life histories and memories of people…
Frontier Road uses the history of one road in southern Colombia—known locally as “the trampoline of death”—to demonstrate how state-building processes and practices have depended on the production and maintenance of frontiers as inclusive-exclusive z…
Frontier Road uses the history of one road in southern Colombia—known locally as “the trampoline of death”—to demonstrate how state-building processes and practices have depended on the production and maintenance of frontiers as inclusive-exclusive z…
Challenging the main ways we debate globalization, Global Displacements reveals how uneven geographies of capitalist development shape—and are shaped by—the aspirations and everyday struggles of people in the global South. Makes an original contribut…
Challenging the main ways we debate globalization, Global Displacements reveals how uneven geographies of capitalist development shape—and are shaped by—the aspirations and everyday struggles of people in the global South. Makes an original contribut…