Part I.Regional Overview -- Chapter 1. Phanerozoic orogens of NW Southamerica: Cordilleran Type Orogens, Taphrogenic tectonics and the Orogenic Float -- Chapter 2. Phanerozoic orogens of NW Southamerica: Cordilleran Type Orogens, Taphrogenic tectonics and the Orogenic Float -- Part II.The Guiana Shield and the Andean Belt -- Chapter 3. The Proterozoic basement of the Western Guiana shield and t…
Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Henricus Martellus and his Works -- 2 The Legends on the Yale Martellus Map -- 3 Toponyms in Arabia, Syria, and Mesopotamia -- 4 Toponyms on the Western and Southern Coasts of Africa -- 5 Southern Africa and the Egyptus novelo maps -- 6 The Influence of the Yale Martellus Map -- 7 Conclusions -- Appendix A: Equipment and Techniques Used in the Multispectral Imag…
1. Introduction: Caste Studies and the Apocryphal Elephant; Martin Farek, Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan andPrakash Shah -- 2. Caste-Based Reservation and Social Justice in India ; S.N. Balagangadhara -- 3. Are there Caste Atrocities in India? What the Data Can and Cannot Tell Us; Dunkin Jalki and Sufiya Pathan -- 4. Dissimulating on Caste in British Law; Prakash Shah -- 5. Were Shramana and Bhakt…
Ch 1. Introduction -- Ch 2. The petroleum comes to light (1864–1941) -- Ch 3. The formation of the know-how (1938-1961) -- Ch 4. Improvement, professionalization and geosciences teaching (1952-1968) Ch 5. The National Petroleum Council and Petrobras as institutions providing improvement and professionalization courses in Brazil -- Ch 6. Conclusion.This book investigates the role of the Nation…
Ch. 1 From Local to Global: The Petroleum Geologist Hans Höfer von Heimhalt between Empires, Economies, and Epistemologies -- Ch. 2 The history of oil exploration in the State of São Paulo before the foundation of Petrobras (1872-1953) -- Ch. 3 Petroleum: new energy perspectives for Brazil in 1922 -- Ch. 4 Oil and State - the role of the National Petroleum Council (CNP) in the development of …
On Norbert Elias: Becoming a Human Scientist – Prologue -- A long Life Has its Advantages – or: The Late Career of a Book -- On the Plan of this Academic Work -- In Front of the Mirror -- Childhood, Youth, Maturation -- Old Heidelberg, You Delicate -- The First Appearance at the Zurich ‘Soziologentag’ -- The End in Frankfurt -- The Great Book -- Hoping and Waiting.The book focuses on th…
Introduction -- Volcanic Activity and Processes -- Volcanoes and Human Settlements -- Volcanoes and Risk.This book serves as a guide to discovering the most interesting volcano sites in Italy. Accompanied by some extraordinary contemporary images of active Neapolitan volcanoes, it explains the main volcanic processes that have been shaping the landscape of the Campania region and influencing hu…
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. European Languages in Nineteenth-Century Ireland -- Chapter 3. The Translation Trade: Economies of Culture in the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 4. Translation and Religion -- Chapter 5. Death of the Author, Birth of the Translator? Translation and Originality in Nineteenth-Century Ireland -- Chapter 6. Translation and the Nation -- Chapter 7. The Female Pen…
Chapter1. Origins 1828-48 -- Chapter2. America 1849-50 -- Chapter3. The early coast survey 1851-52 -- Chapter4. Stellwagen bank 1853-57 -- Chapter5. Hydrographic draftsman 1857-61 -- Chapter6. Casco bay 1861 -- Chapter7. North carolina 1862 -- Chapter8. Casco bay continued 1862 -- Chapter9. Florida reefs 1863 -- Chapter10. Maine: portland rocks 1853 -- Chapter11. North carolina lighthouses 1861…
Foreword 1 -- Foreword 2 -- Foreword 3 -- Acknowledgement -- Part I. Introduction -- Part II. Landscape evolutions in the human-environment system -- Part III. Natural disasters and impacts on the past societies -- Part IV. Climatic factors in the transitions of social systems -- Part V. Social adaptation and resilience to environmental stresses -- Part VI. Social-culture in connection with the…