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Engineers and the making of the Francoist regime
In the 20th century, science and technology became central to territorial transformation and in turn to state building. This was no less true for the Francoist regime. Engineers were not just working 'under' the dictatorship, but became active participants within it. This book traces concrete material objects in their way from laboratories onto the Spanish landscape. The material history of the…
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- 9780262323222
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 298 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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The Prosperity of Vice: A Worried View of Economics
How violence, rather than peace, has historically accompanied prosperity; and why emerging nations seem poised to repeat the tragic history of the industrialized world.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262301431
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- 1 online resource (xx, 216 pages)
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Resigned Activism: Living with Pollution in Rural China
An examination of the daily grind of living with pollution in rural China and of the varying forms of activism that develop in response.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262341097
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Collision course : endless growth on a finite planet
The story behind the reckless promotion of economic growth despite its disastrous consequences for life on the planet.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262320917
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- 1 online resource (xxv, 384 pages)
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Making futures : marginal notes on innovation, design, and democracy
Experiments in innovation, design, and democracy that search not for a killer app but for a collaboratively created sustainable future.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262320887
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- 1 online resource (xl, 351 pages) :illustrations, map
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Plasticity of development
Revised papers presented at a series of lectures, during the 1986-87 academic year. Organized by the Program for Developmental Research, University of Maryland, College Park."A Bradford book."Errata slip inserted.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262269193
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- 1 online resource (viii, 182 pages) :illustrations
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Neighborhood as refuge : community reconstruction, place remaking, and enviro…
Environmental justice as studied in a variety of disciplines is most often associated with redressing disproportionate exposure to pollution, contimination, and toxic sites. In this book, Isabelle Anguelovski takes a broader view of environmental justice, examining wide-ranging comprehensive efforts at neighbourhood environmental revitalization that include parks, urban agriculture, fresh food …
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- 9780262322188
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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The Mental Life of Modernism: Why Poetry, Painting, and Music Changed at the …
An argument that Modernism is a cognitive phenomenon rather than a cultural one. At the beginning of the twentieth century, poetry, music, and painting all underwent a sea change. Poetry abandoned rhyme and meter; music ceased to be tonally centered; and painting no longer aimed at faithful representation. These artistic developments have been attributed to cultural factors ranging from the …
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Liquid power :water and contested modernities in Spain, 1898-2010
Erik Swyngedouw explores how water becomes part of the tumultuous processes of modernisation and development. Using the experience of Spain as a lens to view the interplay of modernity and environmental transformation, he shows that every political project is also an environmental project. Offering an innovative perspective on the relationship of nature and society, 'Liquid Power' illuminates t…
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- 9780262326957
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 301 pages) :illustrations.
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Ecuador's environmental revolutions ecoimperialists ecodependents, and ecores…
An account of the movement for sustainable development in Ecuador through four eras: movement origins, neoliberal boom, neoliberal bust, and citizens' revolution.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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