Mining America Yasmeen J BhatMining America is a vivid account of the damage wrought by almost two centuries of mining, but its main focus is on the conflicting attitudes behind the destruction and on society's responses. Veteran author and historian Duane Smith asserts that the marriage of mining and environmental issues was bound to touch America's sensitive pocketbook nerve but the question now is, are all groups willing to pay the price?
The historical emergence of centralised mineral resource governance in Ghana can be tied to its failed colonially transplanted legal system
In Labib Habachi: The Life and Legacy of an Egyptologist
Based on research conducted at Khmer temples and sites throughout the country over a period of three and a half decades
forcing the thief to join forces with the police in order to clear his name
are in fact profoundly linked to them
ending with the timely death of Yazīd
Detailing Mary Wykeham’s biography
and here and there extends to the magical and surreal
McCarthy rediscovers the forgotten dreams and classical horizons of these European social theorists and uncovers the close connections between sociology and philosophy
This richly anecdotal guide to every street in Shanghai details many landmarks and stories associated with its best known avenues
beautifully illustrated book
For the first time in generations
