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In this sweeping chronicle of guaraná—a glossy-leaved Amazonian vine packed with more caffeine than any other plant—Seth Garfield develops a wide-ranging approach to the history of Brazil itself. The story begins with guaraná as the pre-Columbian cultivar of the Sateré-Mawé people in the Lower Amazon region, where it figured centrally in the Indigenous nation's origin(...)
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In this sweeping chronicle of guaraná—a glossy-leaved Amazonian vine packed with more caffeine than any other plant—Seth Garfield develops a wide-ranging approach to the history of Brazil itself. The story begins with guaraná as the pre-Columbian cultivar of the Sateré-Mawé people in the Lower Amazon region, where it figured centrally in the Indigenous nation's origin(...)
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Guaraná: How Brazil Embraced the World's Most Caffeine-Rich Plant
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In this sweeping chronicle of guaraná—a glossy-leaved Amazonian vine packed with more caffeine than any other plant—Seth Garfield develops a wide-ranging approach to the history of Brazil itself. The story begins with guaraná as the pre-Columbian cultivar of the Sateré-Mawé people in the Lower Amazon region, where it figured centrally in the Indigenous nation's origin stories, dietary regimes, and communal ceremonies. During subsequent centuries of Portuguese colonialism and Brazilian rule, guaraná was reformulated by settlers, scientists, folklorists, food technologists, and marketers. Whether in search of pleasure, profits, professional distinction, or patriotic markers, promoters imparted new meanings to guaraná and found new uses for it. Today, it is the namesake ingredient of a multibillion-dollar soft drink industry and a beloved national symbol. Guaraná’s journey elucidates human impacts on Amazonian ecosystems; the circulation of knowledge, goods, and power; and the promise of modernity in Latin America's largest nation. For Garfield, the beverage's history reveals not only the structuring of inequalities in Brazil but also the mythmaking and ordering of social practices that constitute so-called traditional and modern societies.
Guaraná: How Brazil Embraced the World's Most Caffeine-Rich Plant
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In this sweeping chronicle of guaraná—a glossy-leaved Amazonian vine packed with more caffeine than any other plant—Seth Garfield develops a wide-ranging approach to the history of Brazil itself. The story begins with guaraná as the pre-Columbian cultivar of the Sateré-Mawé people in the Lower Amazon region, where it figured centrally in the Indigenous nation's origin stories, dietary regimes, and communal ceremonies. During subsequent centuries of Portuguese colonialism and Brazilian rule, guaraná was reformulated by settlers, scientists, folklorists, food technologists, and marketers. Whether in search of pleasure, profits, professional distinction, or patriotic markers, promoters imparted new meanings to guaraná and found new uses for it. Today, it is the namesake ingredient of a multibillion-dollar soft drink industry and a beloved national symbol. Guaraná’s journey elucidates human impacts on Amazonian ecosystems; the circulation of knowledge, goods, and power; and the promise of modernity in Latin America's largest nation. For Garfield, the beverage's history reveals not only the structuring of inequalities in Brazil but also the mythmaking and ordering of social practices that constitute so-called traditional and modern societies.
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July 2025
July 2025
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Food
Food
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Since the 1500s, scientists have documented the plants and fungi that grew around them, organizing the specimens into collections. Known as herbaria, these archives helped give rise to botany as its own scientific endeavor. "Herbarium" is a fascinating enquiry into this unique field of plant biology, exploring how herbaria emerged and have changed over time, who promoted(...)
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Since the 1500s, scientists have documented the plants and fungi that grew around them, organizing the specimens into collections. Known as herbaria, these archives helped give rise to botany as its own scientific endeavor. "Herbarium" is a fascinating enquiry into this unique field of plant biology, exploring how herbaria emerged and have changed over time, who promoted(...)
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Herbarium: The quest to preserve and classify the world's plants
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Since the 1500s, scientists have documented the plants and fungi that grew around them, organizing the specimens into collections. Known as herbaria, these archives helped give rise to botany as its own scientific endeavor. "Herbarium" is a fascinating enquiry into this unique field of plant biology, exploring how herbaria emerged and have changed over time, who promoted and contributed to them, and why they remain such an important source of data for their new role: understanding how the world’s flora is changing. Barbara Thiers, director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden, also explains how recent innovations that allow us to see things at both the molecular level and on a global scale can be applied to herbaria specimens, helping us address some of the most critical problems facing the world today.
Herbarium: The quest to preserve and classify the world's plants
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Since the 1500s, scientists have documented the plants and fungi that grew around them, organizing the specimens into collections. Known as herbaria, these archives helped give rise to botany as its own scientific endeavor. "Herbarium" is a fascinating enquiry into this unique field of plant biology, exploring how herbaria emerged and have changed over time, who promoted and contributed to them, and why they remain such an important source of data for their new role: understanding how the world’s flora is changing. Barbara Thiers, director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden, also explains how recent innovations that allow us to see things at both the molecular level and on a global scale can be applied to herbaria specimens, helping us address some of the most critical problems facing the world today.
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December 2020
December 2020
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Current Exhibitions
Current Exhibitions
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This volume describes over 50 of the world's most powerful, harmful, legendary and storied plants – from the screaming mandrake to calming St John's Wort, to predicting the weather with seaweed, the creation of salves for broken hearts, sore heads, protection from evil spirits and to even induce immortality. Wise women, apothecaries, witches, herbalists: whatever you(...)
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This volume describes over 50 of the world's most powerful, harmful, legendary and storied plants – from the screaming mandrake to calming St John's Wort, to predicting the weather with seaweed, the creation of salves for broken hearts, sore heads, protection from evil spirits and to even induce immortality. Wise women, apothecaries, witches, herbalists: whatever you(...)
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The Witch's Garden: Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine
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This volume describes over 50 of the world's most powerful, harmful, legendary and storied plants – from the screaming mandrake to calming St John's Wort, to predicting the weather with seaweed, the creation of salves for broken hearts, sore heads, protection from evil spirits and to even induce immortality. Wise women, apothecaries, witches, herbalists: whatever you like to call them, those who cultivate plants for their apparent mystical properties have existed for thousands of years. The Witch's Garden tells the story of our folkloric fascination with these magical specimens, documenting the beliefs and rituals surrounding the natural world. Illustrated with pages from herbals held within the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, along with botanical illustrations and archival images depicting magic and mayhem, The Witch's Garden beautifully evokes the bewitching nature of mysterious plants.
The Witch's Garden: Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine
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This volume describes over 50 of the world's most powerful, harmful, legendary and storied plants – from the screaming mandrake to calming St John's Wort, to predicting the weather with seaweed, the creation of salves for broken hearts, sore heads, protection from evil spirits and to even induce immortality. Wise women, apothecaries, witches, herbalists: whatever you like to call them, those who cultivate plants for their apparent mystical properties have existed for thousands of years. The Witch's Garden tells the story of our folkloric fascination with these magical specimens, documenting the beliefs and rituals surrounding the natural world. Illustrated with pages from herbals held within the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, along with botanical illustrations and archival images depicting magic and mayhem, The Witch's Garden beautifully evokes the bewitching nature of mysterious plants.
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October 2020
October 2020
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Gardens
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47 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
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47 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
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- Szerelmey, Nicholas Charles.,
- Architecture Conservation and restoration.,
- Dampness in buildings.,
- Dry-rot.,
- Historic buildings Conservation and restoration.,
- Masonry.,
- Pests.,
- Wood Deterioration.,
- Architecture Conservation et restauration.,
- Humidité dans les constructions.,
- Pourriture sèche.,
- Monuments historiques Conservation et restauration.,
- Maçonnerie.,
- Animaux et plantes nuisibles.,
- Bois Détérioration.,
- dampness.,
- dry rot.,
- Restoration (process) Great Britain England.,
- Stone.
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London: Szerelmey, 1955.
London: Szerelmey, 1955.
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The cause and cure of damp and decay in masonry.
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47 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
The cause and cure of damp and decay in masonry.
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47 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
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London: Szerelmey, 1955.
London: Szerelmey, 1955.
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- Szerelmey, Nicholas Charles.,
- Architecture Conservation and restoration.,
- Dampness in buildings.,
- Dry-rot.,
- Historic buildings Conservation and restoration.,
- Masonry.,
- Pests.,
- Wood Deterioration.,
- Architecture Conservation et restauration.,
- Humidité dans les constructions.,
- Pourriture sèche.,
- Monuments historiques Conservation et restauration.,
- Maçonnerie.,
- Animaux et plantes nuisibles.,
- Bois Détérioration.,
- dampness.,
- dry rot.,
- Restoration (process) Great Britain England.,
- Stone.
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126 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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126 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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- Architecture Environmental aspects.,
- Architecture Ecology.,
- Buildings Environmental engineering.,
- City planning Environmental aspects.,
- Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.,
- Architecture Écologie.,
- Constructions Technique de l'environnement.,
- Begrünung,
- Haus,
- Hausbegrünung,
- Dachbegrünung,
- Klimplanten.,
- Gebouwen.,
- Begroeiing.,
- landschapsbouw,
- landscaping,
- planten,
- plants,
- vegetatie,
- vegetation,
- huizen,
- homes,
- tuinen,
- gardens,
- groene daken,
- green roofs,
- groene gevels,
- green walls,
- Landscape Architecture (General),
- Landschapsarchitectuur (algemeen)
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[Germany] : Fricke, 1983.
[Germany] : Fricke, 1983.
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Häuser mit grünem Pelz : ein Handbuch zur Hausbegrünung / Gernot Minke, Gottfried Witter.
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126 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Häuser mit grünem Pelz : ein Handbuch zur Hausbegrünung / Gernot Minke, Gottfried Witter.
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126 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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[Germany] : Fricke, 1983.
[Germany] : Fricke, 1983.
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- Architecture Environmental aspects.,
- Architecture Ecology.,
- Buildings Environmental engineering.,
- City planning Environmental aspects.,
- Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.,
- Architecture Écologie.,
- Constructions Technique de l'environnement.,
- Begrünung,
- Haus,
- Hausbegrünung,
- Dachbegrünung,
- Klimplanten.,
- Gebouwen.,
- Begroeiing.,
- landschapsbouw,
- landscaping,
- planten,
- plants,
- vegetatie,
- vegetation,
- huizen,
- homes,
- tuinen,
- gardens,
- groene daken,
- green roofs,
- groene gevels,
- green walls,
- Landscape Architecture (General),
- Landschapsarchitectuur (algemeen)
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2 volumes (lxv, 1327 pages) : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Library study room 269815 | Z4 .O89 2010 | slipcase | Available
- Library study room 269448 | Z4 .O89 2010 | v. 1 | Available
- Library study room 269814 | Z4 .O89 2010 | v. 2 | Available
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2 volumes (lxv, 1327 pages) : illustrations ; 28 cm
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- Books History Encyclopedias.,
- Printing History Encyclopedias.,
- Book industries and trade History Encyclopedias.,
- Printing plants History Encyclopedias.,
- Books history,
- Book Industry history,
- Publishing history,
- Livres Histoire Encyclopédies.,
- Imprimeries Histoire Encyclopédies.,
- Livres Industrie Histoire Encyclopédies.,
- Imprimerie Histoire Encyclopédies.,
- General.,
- Printing plants,
- Book industries and trade,
- Books,
- Printing,
- Book industries and trade Encyclopedias.,
- Publishing History Encyclopedias.,
- publishing encycl.,
- Bokhistoria uppslagsverk.,
- Bokhistoria.,
- Writing,
- Cross cultural studies,
- History,
- Encyclopaedias,
- Encyclopedia,
- Encyclopedias.,
- encyclopedias.,
- Encyclopédies.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010
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The Oxford companion to the book / edited by Michael F. Suarez and H.R. Woudhuysen.
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2 volumes (lxv, 1327 pages) : illustrations ; 28 cm
The Oxford companion to the book / edited by Michael F. Suarez and H.R. Woudhuysen.
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2 volumes (lxv, 1327 pages) : illustrations ; 28 cm
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010
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- Books History Encyclopedias.,
- Printing History Encyclopedias.,
- Book industries and trade History Encyclopedias.,
- Printing plants History Encyclopedias.,
- Books history,
- Book Industry history,
- Publishing history,
- Livres Histoire Encyclopédies.,
- Imprimeries Histoire Encyclopédies.,
- Livres Industrie Histoire Encyclopédies.,
- Imprimerie Histoire Encyclopédies.,
- General.,
- Printing plants,
- Book industries and trade,
- Books,
- Printing,
- Book industries and trade Encyclopedias.,
- Publishing History Encyclopedias.,
- publishing encycl.,
- Bokhistoria uppslagsverk.,
- Bokhistoria.,
- Writing,
- Cross cultural studies,
- History,
- Encyclopaedias,
- Encyclopedia,
- Encyclopedias.,
- encyclopedias.,
- Encyclopédies.
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2 v. : ill., port. ; 31 cm.
- Library main 78131 | NA44.E93 (9421) | v. 1 | Available
- Library main 78130 | NA44.E93 (9421) | v. 2 | Available
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York : Printed by Thomas Wilson and Son, High-Ousegate, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster-Row, London, and for Wilson and Son, York, 1812.
York : Printed by Thomas Wilson and Son, High-Ousegate, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster-Row, London, and for Wilson and Son, York, 1812.
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Silva, or, A discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in his majesty's dominions : as it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th of October, 1662, upon occasion of certain queries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the Hon. the principal officers and Commissioners of the Navy, together with an historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves / by John Evelyn, with notes by A. Hunter ; to which is added The Terra, a philosophical discourse of earth.
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2 v. : ill., port. ; 31 cm.
Silva, or, A discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in his majesty's dominions : as it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th of October, 1662, upon occasion of certain queries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the Hon. the principal officers and Commissioners of the Navy, together with an historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves / by John Evelyn, with notes by A. Hunter ; to which is added The Terra, a philosophical discourse of earth.
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2 v. : ill., port. ; 31 cm.
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York : Printed by Thomas Wilson and Son, High-Ousegate, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster-Row, London, and for Wilson and Son, York, 1812.
York : Printed by Thomas Wilson and Son, High-Ousegate, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster-Row, London, and for Wilson and Son, York, 1812.
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1 videocassette (VHS) (29 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
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1 videocassette (VHS) (29 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
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[Place of publication not identified] : National Film Board of Canada ; [Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.?] : Benchmark Films [distributor], ©1974.
[Place of publication not identified] : National Film Board of Canada ; [Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.?] : Benchmark Films [distributor], ©1974.
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The New alchemists / direction, Dorothy Todd Henaut ; producer, Colin Law ; executive producer, Len Chatwin.
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1 videocassette (VHS) (29 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
The New alchemists / direction, Dorothy Todd Henaut ; producer, Colin Law ; executive producer, Len Chatwin.
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[Place of publication not identified] : National Film Board of Canada ; [Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.?] : Benchmark Films [distributor], ©1974.
[Place of publication not identified] : National Film Board of Canada ; [Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.?] : Benchmark Films [distributor], ©1974.
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xiii, 564 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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xiii, 564 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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- Thomas Malthus George Knibbs Georg Borgström Paul Ehrlich Hans Carl Von Carlowitz William Stanley Jevons Samuel H. Ordway Jr. Donella H. Meadows Ellsworth Huntington Griffith Taylor Vilhjalmur Stefansson Vladimir I. Vernadsky Paul Sears William Vogt Rachel Carson Alexander Von Humboldt Arthur Tansley Eugene P. Odum C.S. Holling Eugène Huzar Alva Myrdal Cesare Marchetti John Tyndall Svante Arrhenius Gilbert T. Walker G.S. Callendar Wallace S. Broecker J.R. Petit Charles S. Elton Michael E. Soulé Ramachandra Guha James Rennell Carl-Gustaf Rossby Gretchen C. Daily Nicholas Stern Paul J. Crutzen Johan Rockström Mike Hulme,
- Robin, Libby, 1956-
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- Global environmental change.,
- Overpopulation.,
- Climatic changes.,
- Biodiversity.,
- Population density.,
- Climate Change,
- Population Density,
- Crowding,
- Changement global (Environnement),
- Surpopulation.,
- Climat Changements.,
- Biodiversité.,
- Population Densité.,
- overcrowding.,
- climate change.,
- population density.,
- Klimatförändringar.,
- Överbefolkning.,
- Miljöförstöring.,
- Australian
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013], ©2013
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013], ©2013
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The future of nature : documents of global change / edited by Libby Robin, Sverker Sörlin, Paul Warde.
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xiii, 564 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The future of nature : documents of global change / edited by Libby Robin, Sverker Sörlin, Paul Warde.
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xiii, 564 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013], ©2013
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013], ©2013
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- Thomas Malthus George Knibbs Georg Borgström Paul Ehrlich Hans Carl Von Carlowitz William Stanley Jevons Samuel H. Ordway Jr. Donella H. Meadows Ellsworth Huntington Griffith Taylor Vilhjalmur Stefansson Vladimir I. Vernadsky Paul Sears William Vogt Rachel Carson Alexander Von Humboldt Arthur Tansley Eugene P. Odum C.S. Holling Eugène Huzar Alva Myrdal Cesare Marchetti John Tyndall Svante Arrhenius Gilbert T. Walker G.S. Callendar Wallace S. Broecker J.R. Petit Charles S. Elton Michael E. Soulé Ramachandra Guha James Rennell Carl-Gustaf Rossby Gretchen C. Daily Nicholas Stern Paul J. Crutzen Johan Rockström Mike Hulme,
- Robin, Libby, 1956-
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- Global environmental change.,
- Overpopulation.,
- Climatic changes.,
- Biodiversity.,
- Population density.,
- Climate Change,
- Population Density,
- Crowding,
- Changement global (Environnement),
- Surpopulation.,
- Climat Changements.,
- Biodiversité.,
- Population Densité.,
- overcrowding.,
- climate change.,
- population density.,
- Klimatförändringar.,
- Överbefolkning.,
- Miljöförstöring.,
- Australian
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146 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
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146 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
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- City planning Italy Larderello.,
- Geothermal resources Italy Tuscany.,
- Geothermal resources Economic aspects Italy Tuscany.,
- Geothermal power plants Italy Tuscany.,
- Urbanisme Italie Larderello.,
- Énergie géothermique Italie Toscane.,
- Énergie géothermique Aspect économique Italie Toscane.,
- Centrales géothermiques Italie Toscane.,
- City planning,
- Economic history,
- Geothermal power plants,
- Geothermal resources,
- Geothermal resources Economic aspects,
- Geothermisches Kraftwerk,
- Larderello (Italy) Economic conditions.,
- Larderello (Italie) Conditions économiques.,
- Italy Larderello,
- Italy Tuscany,
- Larderello
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New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2005.
New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2005.
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Geothermal Larderello : Tuscany, Italy / editors, Richard Plunz [and others].
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146 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Geothermal Larderello : Tuscany, Italy / editors, Richard Plunz [and others].
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146 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
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New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2005.
New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2005.
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- City planning Italy Larderello.,
- Geothermal resources Italy Tuscany.,
- Geothermal resources Economic aspects Italy Tuscany.,
- Geothermal power plants Italy Tuscany.,
- Urbanisme Italie Larderello.,
- Énergie géothermique Italie Toscane.,
- Énergie géothermique Aspect économique Italie Toscane.,
- Centrales géothermiques Italie Toscane.,
- City planning,
- Economic history,
- Geothermal power plants,
- Geothermal resources,
- Geothermal resources Economic aspects,
- Geothermisches Kraftwerk,
- Larderello (Italy) Economic conditions.,
- Larderello (Italie) Conditions économiques.,
- Italy Larderello,
- Italy Tuscany,
- Larderello
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