A piercing, first-hand analysis of the World Bank, one of the most powerful actors in today's global economy.
Imperial Nature
This pathbreaking book is the first close examination of the inner workings of the Bank, the foundations of its achievements, its propensity for intensifying the problems it intends to cure, and its remarkable ability to take criticism and ...
Power and Control in the Imperial Valley examines the evolution of irrigated farming in the Imperial-Mexicali Valley, an arid desert straddling the California–Baja California border.
Aelian's Historical Miscellany is a pleasurable example of light reading for Romans of the early third century.
This daring attempt to juxtapose the histories of Britain, western science, and imperialism shows how colonial expansion, from the age of Alexander the Great to the 20th century, led to complex kinds of knowledge.
75 Quoted in Pearson, 'Recreation in Mughal India', p. 340. 76 Williamson, Field Sports, pp. 15–31. 77 Johnson, Sketches, p. 48. 78 Shakespear, Wild Sports, p. 29. 79 Shakespear, Wild Sports, pp. 41, 50. 80 Sanderson, Thirteen Years, p.
The Nature of the Beasts is deftly and poignantly written. The book is a real gem."—Brett L. Walker, Regents Professor, Montana State University, Bozeman "The Nature of the Beasts is at once critical, compassionate and profound.
Publisher description
Modernizing Nature contributes to the debate regarding the origins, institutionalization, and politics of the sciences and systems of knowledge underlying colonial frameworks of environmental management.
This book is a broad look at the environmental history of Eurasia, specifically examining steppe environments, hydraulic engineering, soil and forestry, water pollution, fishing, and the interaction of the environment and disease vectors.