A Dictionary of Human Geography is a brand new addition to Oxford's Paperback Reference Series, offering over 2,000 clear and concise entries on human geography terms. From basic terms and concepts to ... 続きを読む
Winner of Winner of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historian's Book Prize.
Controversy over the role of human activity in causing climate change is pervasive in contemporary society.
But, as ... 続きを読む
For those who depend on the bounty of the sea for their livelihoods, climate change and its consequences (warming water, coral bleaching, rising sea levels) could spell disaster. The region comprising ... 続きを読む
This revealing book synthesizes research from many fields to offer the first complete history of the roles played by weather and climate in American life from colonial times to the present. Author Wil ... 続きを読む
Malthus's Essay looks at the perennial tendency of humans to outstrip their resources: reproduction always exceeds food production. Today Malthus remains a byword for concern about man's demographic a ... 続きを読む
Human culture values some nonhumans but not others, while human culture as a whole is engaged with an incredibly diverse range of living beings. Animal studies is a growing interdisciplinary field th ... 続きを読む
In June 1972, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, Sweden. This event, also known as the Stockholm Conference, was the first of its kind and it reflected mount ... 続きを読む
From pre-Columbian times to the environmental justice movements of the present, women and men frequently responded to the environment and environmental issues in profoundly different ways. Although bo ... 続きを読む
Includes never-published, first-hand accounts of African American computer networking and Internet pioneers
Provides a historical look at the challenges of diversity and inclusion in computing indu ... 続きを読む
The ecocide and domination of nature that is the Anthropocene does not represent the actions of all humans, but that of Man, the Western and masculine identified corporate, military, intellectual, and ... 続きを読む