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From ancient times to the present, mankind has built barriers: against the elements, against predatory animals, against other humans. These edifices of mud, brick, and stone circle the globe. Frye examines the history of walls, and reveals the startling ways that barriers have a…
"A survey of walls throughout history and their role in shaping society."--Provided by publisher.
"In Walls historian David Frye tells the epic story of history's greatest manmade barriers, from ancient times to the present. It is a haunting and frequently eye-opening saga-one that reveals a startling link between what we build and how we live. With Frye as our raconteur-gui…
"A survey of walls throughout history and their role in shaping society."--Provided by publisher.
"A survey of walls throughout history and their role in shaping society."--Provided by publisher. From ancient times to the present, mankind has built barriers: against the elements, against predatory animals, against other humans. These edifices of mud, brick, and stone circle…
"Famed geologist Walter Alvarez expands our view of human history by revealing the cosmic, geologic, and evolutionary forces that have shaped us. Big History, the field that studies the entire known past of our universe to give context to human existence, has so far been the dom…
"Famed geologist Walter Alvarez expands our view of human history by revealing the cosmic, geologic, and evolutionary forces that have shaped us. Big History, the field that studies the entire known past of our universe to give context to human existence, has so far been the dom…
One in a million doesn't even come close. Not when we're talking about the odds that you would happen to be alive today, on this particular planet, hurtling through space. Almost fourteen billion years of cosmic history, over four billion years of Earth history, a couple million…
"Famed geologist Walter Alvarez expands our view of human history by revealing the cosmic, geologic, and evolutionary forces that have shaped us. Big History, the field that studies the entire known past of our universe to give context to human existence, has so far been the dom…
"Famed geologist Walter Alvarez expands our view of human history by revealing the cosmic, geologic, and evolutionary forces that have shaped us. Big History, the field that studies the entire known past of our universe to give context to human existence, has so far been the dom…
La 4e de couv. indique : "Cultural Heritage Care and Management: Theory and Practice covers a vast array of components, such as landscape, foodways, performance and dance, and language. In addition, the tools, technologies, and methodologies for the organizing and arranging, cat…
"Cultural Heritage Care and Management: Theory and Practice covers a vast array of components, such as landscape, foodways, performance and dance, and language. In addition, the tools, technologies, and methodologies for the organizing and arranging, cataloging and describing, e…
"Cultural Heritage Care and Management: Theory and Practice considers all the different components of cultural heritage and provides the tools, technology, and methodology for organizing and arranging, cataloging and describing, exhibiting, providing access, and preserving and c…
"Cultural Heritage Care and Management: Theory and Practice considers all the different components of cultural heritage and provides the tools, technology, and methodology for organizing and arranging, cataloging and describing, exhibiting, providing access, and preserving and c…
This book draws on over twenty years' investigation of scientific archives in Europe, Australia, and other former British settler colonies. It explains how and why skulls and other bodily structures of Indigenous Australians became the focus of scientific curiosity about the nat…
