The Dawn of Green
Title | The Dawn of Green PDF eBook |
Author | Harriet Ritvo |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 247 |
Release | 2009-09-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0226720845 |
Located in the heart of England’s Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. But under their calm surface lurks the legacy of a nineteenth-century conflict that pitted industrial progress against natural conservation—and helped launch the environmental movement as we know it. Purchased by the city of Manchester in the 1870s, Thirlmere was dammed and converted into a reservoir, its water piped one hundred miles south to the burgeoning industrial city and its workforce. This feat of civil engineering—and of natural resource diversion—inspired one of the first environmental struggles of modern times. The Dawn of Green re-creates the battle for Thirlmere and the clashes between conservationists who wished to preserve the lake and developers eager to supply the needs of a growing urban population. Bringing to vivid life the colorful and strong-minded characters who populated both sides of the debate, noted historian Harriet Ritvo revisits notions of the natural promulgated by romantic poets, recreationists, resource managers, and industrial developers to establish Thirlmere as the template for subsequent—and continuing—environmental struggles.
The Dawn of Astronomy
Title | The Dawn of Astronomy PDF eBook |
Author | J. Norman Lockyer |
Publisher | Courier Dover Publications |
Pages | 465 |
Release | 2006-04-28 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0486450120 |
A pioneer in the fields of astrophysics and astro-archeology, J. Norman Lockyer believed that ancient Egyptian monuments were constructed "in strict relation to the stars." In this celebrated study, he explores the relationship between astronomy and architecture in the age of the pharaohs. Lockyer addresses one of the many points already extensively investigated by Egyptologists: the chronology of the kings of Egypt. All experts are in accord regarding the identity of the first monarch, but they cannot agree upon the dates of his reign within a thousand years. The author contends that by applying a knowledge of astronomy to the actual site orientation of the region's pyramids and temples, accurate dating can be achieved. In order to accomplish this, Lockyer had to determine the level of the ancient Egyptian ideas of astronomy. Some of his inferences have been invalidated by subsequent scholarship, but many of his other conclusions stand firm and continue to provide sensational leads into contemporary understanding of archaic astronomy.
Emerald Dawn
Title | Emerald Dawn PDF eBook |
Author | Keith Giffen |
Publisher | Dc Comics |
Pages | 143 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 9780930289881 |
When the Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814 crash lands on Earth, he decides it is time to pass on the Emerald Mantle to a deserving human, Hal Jordan.
Temple Bar
Title | Temple Bar PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 782 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | English periodicals |
ISBN |
The Independent
Title | The Independent PDF eBook |
Author | Leonard Bacon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 792 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | |
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At the Dawn of the Sexual Revolution
Title | At the Dawn of the Sexual Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Ira L. Reiss |
Publisher | Rowman Altamira |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 9780759102736 |
History of the American sexual revolution as depicted through the correspondence between Ira Reiss and Albert Ellis, two leading social scientists and pioneers of the revolution.
Book Notes Illustrated
Title | Book Notes Illustrated PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 668 |
Release | 1926 |
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