In order to address today's global environmental challenges, it is important to understand them within the context of humankind's influences on its environment throughout the ages. The Encyclopedia of World Environmental History provides much needed explanation of urgent social and environmental issues - from urbanization to water shortages, climate change to the extinction of species - in articles replete with the stories of human and natural history.
Key features: * Unprecedented global coverage spans cultures from prehistory to the present day * Over 500 articles written by a community of international experts * Illustrated with dozens of unique photographs and original maps and tables * Primary text sidebars include ethnographic accounts of rituals to control the environment and explanations of natural events and disasters * Articles represent the cross-fertilization of history, geography, and science to put today's environmental issues in context * Thorough, analytical index ion of urgent social and * Written and edited for general readers, teachers, and students.

In order to address today's global environmental challenges, it is important to understand them within the context of humankind's influences on its environment throughout the ages. The Encyclopedia of World Environmental History provides much needed explanation of urgent social and environmental issues - from urbanization to water shortages, climate change to the extinction of species - in articles replete with the stories of human and natural history.
Key features: * Unprecedented global coverage spans cultures from prehistory to the present day * Over 500 articles written by a community of international experts * Illustrated with dozens of unique photographs and original maps and tables * Primary text sidebars include ethnographic accounts of rituals to control the environment and explanations of natural events and disasters * Articles represent the cross-fertilization of history, geography, and science to put today's environmental issues in context * Thorough, analytical index ion of urgent social and * Written and edited for general readers, teachers, and students.

In order to address today's global environmental challenges, it is important to understand them within the context of humankind's influences on its environment throughout the ages. The Encyclopedia of World Environmental History provides much needed explanation of urgent social and environmental issues - from urbanization to water shortages, climate change to the extinction of species - in articles replete with the stories of human and natural history.
Key features: * Unprecedented global coverage spans cultures from prehistory to the present day * Over 500 articles written by a community of international experts * Illustrated with dozens of unique photographs and original maps and tables * Primary text sidebars include ethnographic accounts of rituals to control the environment and explanations of natural events and disasters * Articles represent the cross-fertilization of history, geography, and science to put today's environmental issues in context * Thorough, analytical index ion of urgent social and * Written and edited for general readers, teachers, and students.

Focusing on ten films that span the range of the twentieth century, Thomas Leitch traces the transformation of three figures common to all crime films: the criminal, the victim and the avenger. He shows how the distinctions among them become blurred throughout the course of the century, reflecting and fostering a deep social ambivalence towards crime and criminals. The criminal, victim and avenger characters effectively map the shifting relations between subgenres (such as the erotic thriller and the police film) within the larger genre of crime film.

A Book of Remarkable Criminals is a book written by Henry Brodribb Irving. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great novel will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, A Book of Remarkable Criminals is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this gem by Henry Brodribb Irving is highly recommended. Published by Quill Pen Classics and beautifully produced, A Book of Remarkable Criminals would make an ideal gift and it should be a part of everyone's personal library.

The Quakers are a fascinating religious group both in their origins and in the variety of reinterpretations of the faith since. Emerging from the social unrest of the English civil war, the Quakers have gone on to have an influence way beyond their numbers: be it their continued stance against war or their pioneering work against slavery. At the same time, Quakers maintain a distinctive worship method to achieve the direct encounter with God which has been at the heart of the movement since its beginning. This book charts the history of Quakerism and its present-day diversity, and outlines its approach to worship, belief, theology and language, and ecumenism.