Author: Ernst Breisach
Publisher: University Of Chicago Pre
Keywords: third, modern, medieval, ancient, historiography
Number of Pages: 500
Published: 2007-12-30
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0226072835
ISBN-13: 9780226072838

In this pioneering work, Ernst Breisach presents an effective, well-organized, and concise account of the development of historiography in Western culture. Neither a handbook nor an encyclopedia, this up-to-date third edition narrates and interprets the development of historiography from its origins in Greek poetry to the present, with compelling sections on postmodernism, deconstructionism, African-American history, women’s history, microhistory, the Historikerstreit, cultural history, and more. The definitive look at the writing of history by a historian, Historiography provides key insigh

Author: Ernst Breisach
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: third, modern, medieval, ancient, historiography
Number of Pages: 500
Published: 2007-12-30
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0226072827
ISBN-13: 9780226072821

In this pioneering work, Ernst Breisach presents an effective, well-organized, and concise account of the development of historiography in Western culture. Neither a handbook nor an encyclopedia, this up-to-date third edition narrates and interprets the development of historiography from its origins in Greek poetry to the present, with compelling sections on postmodernism, deconstructionism, African-American history, women’s history, microhistory, the Historikerstreit, cultural history, and more. The definitive look at the writing of history by a historian, Historiography provides key insigh

Author: Ernst Breisach
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: modernization, experiment, history, progressive, american
Number of Pages: 268
Published: 1993-06-15
List price: $23.00
ISBN-10: 0226072770
ISBN-13: 9780226072777

American Progressive History is the first book to relate the story of Progressive history through all its transformations from its emergence in the early 1900s to its demise in the 1940s. Focusing his account on the work of the movement’s most important representatives—including Charles Beard, James Harvey Robinson, and Carl Becker—Ernst Breisach demonstrates that Progressive history is distinguished by its unique combination of beliefs in the objective reality of historical facts and its faith in the inevitability of the progress of the human race. And though he discusses at length

Authors:Carl H. Ernst, Evelyn M. Ernst,
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Keywords: canada, states, united, snakes
Number of Pages: 680
Published: 2003-04-17
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 1588340198
ISBN-13: 9781588340191

This ultimate reference presents detailed information and color photos for all snake species found in the U.S. and Canada World-renowned snake expert Carl Ernst and coauthor Evelyn Ernst reveal the unusual lifestyles of these fascinating creatures, describing every known aspect of each of the 131 species found in the United States and Canada. From the venomous rattlers to the docile garter snakes, each species is shown to display a unique set of behaviors and adaptations to its environment. Much more than simply a field guide, this monumental reference begins with an introduction to sna

Authors:R. H. Dalitz, Rudolf Ernst Peierls, Rudolf Ernst Pei
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Keywords: commentary, series, century, physics, peierls, rudolf, scientific, papers, sir, selected
Number of Pages: 600
Published: 1996-06
List price: $77.00
ISBN-10: 9810226934
ISBN-13: 9789810226930

This work presents a collection of major scientific papers of Sir Rudolf Peierls, including the Peierls-Frisch Memoranda of 1940 on the feasability, and the predicted human effects, of an atomic bomb made of uranium-235. Coverage includes solid state physics and transport theory.

Authors:Bruce A. Aylward, Ernst Lutz, Bruce A. Aylward, Ernst
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: natal, south, africa, kwazulu, development, tourism, conservation, nature
Number of Pages: 500
Published: 2003-07
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0821353500
ISBN-13: 9780821353509

This book assesses how various institutional, policy and managerial options can enhance nature tourism’s contribution to the ‘triple bottom line’. There are win-win outcomes but also trade offs between various policy objectives including: (1) Economic growth, (2) Poverty reduction, (3) Conservation finance/Biodiversity conservation. This collaborative report highlights the complementarities and the trade-offs in promoting and managing sustainable nature tourism development and conservation. Nature tourism is important for many developing countries, including South Africa. If wisely ma

Author: J.W. Ernst
Publisher: Fordham University Pre
Keywords: horace, albright, rockefeller, john, places, correspondence, worthwhile
Number of Pages: 354
Published: 1991-01-01
List price: $27.00
ISBN-10: 0823213307
ISBN-13: 9780823213306

Worthwhile Places is a fascinating inside look at the history of some of our most treasured national parks. The book illuminates a remarkable public-private partnership that helped to shape our national park system. The close association and warm and lasting friendship between John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Horace M. Albright is documented through 211 letters covering a 36-year period. The letters portray a common concern for and love of our nation’s natural heritage and efforts which preserved countless scenic wonders for future generations. Horace Albright joined the National Park Servic