Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469628936
- ISBN
- 9781469628936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.23€ 102.44
€ 114.23
€ 102.44
Paperback. To the Arctic by Canoe records the experiences of a remarkable young adventurer during the first overland Arctic expedition led by Sir John Franklin. This expedition was the first to travel the northern coast of North America's Arctic; in two birch-bark canoes the party surveyed no less than 675 miles of Arctic coastline. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 colour illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MTN; 3JH; BG; BJ; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773512221
- ISBN
- 9780773512221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.35
€ 41.35
Paperback. Only a handful of the original members of Sir John Franklin's first Arctic expedition returned. John Richardson was one of them. His journal recounts their journey across the Barren Grounds, providing many details not found in Franklin's own 1823 narrative and raising questions about Franklin's ability as a leader. Illustrator(s): Hochbaum, H.Albert. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MTN; 3JH; BG; BJ; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773512238
- ISBN
- 9780773512238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.11
€ 42.11
Paperback. A record of the early days of the Grenfell mission and of social conditions in Newfoundland and Labrador in the 1890s. Eliot Curwen joined Grenfell on the second expedition, his journal and photographs reveal the heart of the colonial society he encountered. Series: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 272 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCF; BG; HBJK; HBLL; JHM; RGR; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 216. Weight in Grams: 333.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773518704
- ISBN
- 9780773518704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.38
€ 42.38
Paperback. Internationally acclaimed architect, Avi Friedman recounts the genesis and development of his project, the Grow Home. In this illustrated guide, he describes the conception of these modest (14" x 36") homes. He details their construction, and shows how the design has been adapted for prefabrication to meet the needs of the developing world. Num Pages: 206 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; AMKD; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773522046
- ISBN
- 9780773522046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.82
€ 24.99
€ 22.82
Paperback. In 1936, Graham Rowley went to the west coast of Baffin Island as archaeologist for a British expedition. This memoir captures the way of life in the North before World War II, including the experience of traveling by dogsled over unexplored land. It includes the beginning of Rowley's planned sequel covering his post-war experiences in Arctic. Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 48 illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BG; JHMC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773530058
- ISBN
- 9780773530058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.44
€ 29.44
Paperback. In July 1903, Leonidas Hubbard set out to explore the uncharted interior of Labrador by canoe, accompanied by Dillon Wallace. Bad luck and bad judgment led the expedition into disaster. Reconstructing the story from the long-lost journals and diaries of the 1903 and 1905 expeditions, this book traces the explorers' routes. Num Pages: 416 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773530751
- ISBN
- 9780773530751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.11
€ 29.99
€ 27.11
Paperback. The fascinating recounting of the daring first English voyage in search of a Northwest Passage. Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MTN; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773531550
- ISBN
- 9780773531550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.96
€ 42.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773532533
- ISBN
- 9780773532533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.06
€ 38.06
Paperback. David Thompson (1770-1857) is considered to have been the important surveyor of North America. Documenting Northwest Company's efforts to find trade routes across Canadian Rocky Mountains, this book reveals Thompson's interest in mapping the great river of the West sought by generations of explorers. It traces fur trade's westernmost expansion. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773533257
- ISBN
- 9780773533257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.70
€ 34.99
€ 30.70
Hardback. Why did Afro-British writer and abolitionist Ignatius Sancho rail against the abuse of domestic animals in the eighteenth-century London marketplace? Why did Samuel Taylor Coleridge attack the institution of slavery by writing a poem about animal rights? This book answers these questions. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773535794
- ISBN
- 9780773535794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.83
€ 136.83
Paperback. "Donald Akenson writes authoritatively and with verve about this controversial mixture of religion, politics, and culture .. this is a good book that rewards repeated readings." Books in Canada Num Pages: 349 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTG; HR; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773537279
- ISBN
- 9780773537279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.00
€ 26.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Looking at climate change not only as a feature of the physical world but also as a state of the human spirit. Num Pages: 368 pages, 34 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; RGC; RNC; RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773547629
- ISBN
- 9780773547629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.03
€ 38.03
Hardback. A wide-ranging study of people's diverse and often contradictory relationships with wild animals in the prairie provinces after 1870. Series: Carleton Library Series. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; RNC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6147 x 4217 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773547919
- ISBN
- 9780773547919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.29
€ 52.29
Hardback. The first full-length study of natural and man-made disasters in the Soviet Union. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; JFFC; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773550025
- ISBN
- 9780773550025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.86
€ 42.99
€ 36.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 131 pages, Maps, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBG; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804009737
- ISBN
- 9780804009737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.47
€ 35.47
paperback. An examination of themes in both the contemporary and historical geography of New Jersey. It provides an analysis of the state's physical geography, human ecology, early European settlement, cultural landscape, race and ethnicity, agriculture, transportation, industrial development and regions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 43 b&w illustrations, 45 tables, 53 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTP; JFC; RGC; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813525792
- ISBN
- 9780813525792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.57
€ 54.57
Hardback. Presents a study of three interactive spheres of the ecosystem: atmosphere (air), litho-hydrosphere (rock that comprises the restless continents and the water that surrounds them), and biosphere (all life sandwiched in between). This book addresses key issues including land-use policies, ecological restoration, and forest management. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PHVJ; PSAF; RBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813545592
- ISBN
- 9780813545592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.50
€ 72.50
Hardback. A study of a grassroots campaign where longtime labor and environmental allies found themselves on opposite sides of a conflict that pitted good jobs against good air. It analyzes how those issues came to be opposed and in doing so unpacks the racial and class dynamics that shape Americans' grasp of labor and environmental issues. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JHM; JPW; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813546070
- ISBN
- 9780813546070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.36
€ 175.36
Paperback. Offers a history of scrap recycling, since the colonial times. Integrating findings from archival, industrial, and demographic records, and moving beyond the environmental developments that have shaped modern recycling enterprises, this work offers a cultural and economic portrait of the private businesses that made large-scale recycling possible. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813546940
- ISBN
- 9780813546940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.23
€ 47.23