Historisk geografi

Andra världskriget rasade i alla delar av världen, från Arktis till Stilla havet. De allierade och axelmakterna mötte varandras styrkor i alla slags miljöer, från Nordafrikas ökensand och Ukrainas stäpper till Burmas och Nya Guineas regnskogar, i ...

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From the author of Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive is a visionary study of the mysterious downfall of past civilizations. Now in a revised edition with a new afterword, Jared Diamond&ap...

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Berättelsen om den stora gröna omställningen är vacker, men den scen där pjäsen spelas är bräckligare än på mycket länge. För det är vad vi bör se en större berättelse om världen som utspelas i ett koncentrerat format i norra Sverige. Det är en be...

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Available together for the first time in a single hardback volume, J.R.R. Tolkiens maps of The Hobbit, Beleriand, Middle-earth and Nmenor re-illustrated by John Howe are presented as full colour foldout posters and accompanied by a richly detailed...

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See London in a completely new light in this guide to the city's hidden secrets, untold stories and special places laden with history which you can discover for yourself! London is famous for its museums, each one full of treasures and relics...

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Sala silvergruva utvecklades på Gustav Vasas tid till en storslagen anläggning som kom att forma ett samhälle och sysselsätta hela familjer. Ett enormt vattensystem byggdes upp och försåg gruvan och hyttan med kraft. Men det var inte bara staden S...

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Witness our incredible human story unfold - from the very first people in Africa to the collapse of Communism and beyond - exquisitely charted map by map. Come on a journey through global history, told in more than 130 specially made maps that eac...

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In this New York Times bestseller, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-political strategies of the world powers—"fans of geography, history, and politics (and maps) will be enthralled" (F...

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'Brilliantly written and genuinely one of the most important books I have ever read' - Ellie Mae O'Hagan An engrossing exploration of the science, history and politics of the Anthropocene, one of the most important scientific ideas ...

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Continuing the thematic strand of the successful and proven British Library 100 Maps series, this new volume traces the fully international history of railways from their beginnings in the north-west of England through to the inter-continental lin...

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Discover Englands Most Beautiful and Overlooked Churches with Forgotten Churches: Exploring Englands Hidden Treasures For centuries, Englands churches have stood as quiet witnesses to history, filled with remarkable craftsmanship, untold stories, ...

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Följ med på en odyssé till världens vita fläckar - till jordens okända, bortglömda, försvunna och mytomspunna platser. I Karthistorier berättar Francisca Mattéoli inlevelsefullt om stora expeditioner och osannolika bedrifter som genomförts för att...

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This beautiful book is a lavishly illustrated look at the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them. Atlases are books that changed the course of history. Pored over by rulers, explorers and adventures these books were ...

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This historical atlas covers Ancient Greece, tracing the development of the people and assessing their impact on the ancient and present day world. It charts a range of topics which include the Minoan civilization, the Persian Wars, the Athenian G...

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A masterful history of the great dynasty of the Netherlands' Middle Ages. 'A sumptuous feast of a book' The Times, Books of the Year 'Thrillingly colourful and entertaining' Sunday Times 'A thrilling narrative of the ...

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'Beautiful ... endless, brilliant unforgettable stories' Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 6 Combining myth and science, this breathtaking book [is] packed with stunning images' Daily Mail After the enormous international success of The Pha...

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Charles Hapgood's classic 1966 book on ancient maps is back in print after 20 years. Hapgood produces concrete evidence of an advanced worldwide civilisation existing many thousands of years before ancient Egypt. He has found the evidence in many ...

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In this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-century America. By exploring the ecological and economic changes that made Chicago America's most dynamic city and the Great West ...

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A stunning exploration of the Greater Middle East, where lasting stability has often seemed just out of reach but may hold the key to the shifting world order of the twenty-first century “Engaging . . . Even those who resist Kaplan’s t...

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'Fascinating' TOM HOLLAND | 'A delight from start to finish' MIRANDA SAWYER 'A novel and fascinating perspective on world history' BILL BRYSON 'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those ...

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"In The Three Ages of Water, expert on water resources and climate change Peter Gleick guides us through the long, fraught history of our most valuable resource. Spread over a ten-thousand-year human history, it begins with the fundamental ev...

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"WESTWARD HO! FOR OREGON AND CALIFORNIA!" In the eerily warm spring of 1846, George Donner placed this advertisement in a local newspaper as he and a restless caravan prepared for what they hoped would be the most rewarding journey of a ...

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The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory addresses one of the most debated and least understood revolutions in the history of our species, the change from hunting and gathering to farming. Graeme Barker takes a global view, and integrates a massi...

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In Landscapes Between Then and Now, Nicola Brandt examines the increasingly compelling and diverse cross-disciplinary work of photographers and artists made during the transition from apartheid to post-apartheid and into the contemporary era. By e...

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Storskiftet var den första större jordreformen i riket, där tegar slogs samman så att varje bonde fick ett fåtal sammanhängande åkrar. I Järvsö pågick arbetet med reformen under en lång tid från 1700-talets andra hälft. Vad innehåller 21-jär-110 d...

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People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of ...

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Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, maps of the world are unavoidably ideological and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems ...

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ARTIKLARNA I DENNA VOLYM presenterades vid en konferens om äldre europeiska storskaliga kartor som ägde rum på Kulturgeografiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet den 27-28 november 2003. Konferensens syfte var att lägga fram de preliminära re...

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100 Brommakartor från 1636-1954 I historisk facklitteratur används ofta äldre kartor för att illustrera och förklara olika händelseförlopp. I Historisk Bromma-Atlas är de historiska kartorna utgångspunkten. Kartorna styr berättelsen. Bokidén har m...

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Imagine what the world once looked like as you discover places that have disappeared from modern atlases in this stunningly illustrated and award-winning book. Have you ever wondered about cities that lie forgotten under the dust of newly settled ...

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