Author: Sir Robert Hanbury BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Barrages
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The Delta Barrage of Lower Egypt
Author: Sir Robert Hanbury BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Barrages
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Irrigation: Its Principles and Practice as a Branch of Engineering
Author: Sir Robert Hanbury BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Nile Control
Author: Egypt. Wizārat al-Ashghāl al-ʻUmūmīyahPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Reports from the Consuls of the United States on the Commerce, Manufactures, Etc., of Their Consular Districts
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 862
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Ecology and Power in the Age of Empire
Author: Corey RossPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191091979
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Ecology and Power in the Age of Empire provides the first wide-ranging environmental history of the heyday of European imperialism, from the late nineteenth century to the end of the colonial era. It focuses on the ecological dimensions of the explosive growth of tropical commodity production, global trade, and modern resource management-transformations that still visibly shape our world today-and how they were related to broader social, cultural, and political developments in Europe's colonies. Covering the overseas empires of all the major European powers, Corey Ross argues that tropical environments were not merely a stage on which conquest and subjugation took place, but were an essential part of the colonial project, profoundly shaping the imperial enterprise even as they were shaped by it. The story he tells is not only about the complexities of human experience, but also about people's relationship with the ecosystems in which they were themselves embedded: the soil, water, plants, and animals that were likewise a part of Europe's empire. Although it shows that imperial conquest rarely represented a sudden bout of ecological devastation, it nonetheless demonstrates that modern imperialism marked a decisive and largely negative milestone for the natural environment. By relating the expansion of modern empire, global trade, and mass consumption to the momentous ecological shifts that they entailed, this book provides a historical perspective on the vital nexus of social, political, and environmental issues that we face in the twenty-first-century world.
Report
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)Publisher:
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Vols. 39-214 (1874/75-1921/22) have a section 2 containing "Other selected papers"; issued separately, 1923-35, as the institution's Selected engineering papers.
The Imperial Gazetteer
Author: Walter Graham BlackiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gazetteers
Languages : en
Pages : 1348
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Irrigation Canals and Other Irrigation Works
Author: Patrick John FlynnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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The Arid Zones
Author: Kenneth WaltonPublisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 0202369471
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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