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Shows how a new nation - Australia - was created in a very old continent. Looking at some of those who observe the natural world closely - including scientists, field naturalists and farmers - this title suggests fresh ways of living in an arid continent in times of global change, and gives hope that Australia can move beyond biological cringe.

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"Traveling" it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. --Ibn Battuta

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Through an account of the labour history of California, this work examines the material and ideological struggles over living and working conditions that played a large part in the construction of the contemporary California landscape.

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Manchester is one the world's most iconic cities. Not only was it the first industrial city, it can claim to be the first post-industrial city. This book uses historic maps and unpublished and original plans to chart the dramatic growth and transformation of Manchester.

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Mapping the Middle East Mapping the Middle East Rather than a conventional history of cartography, Mapping the Middle East is an incisive critique of the changing relationship between maps and belonging in a dynamic world region over the past thousand years.

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Reissue of this beautifully illustrated hardback gift book with full-colour plates

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Dating from the Ming Dynasty, the Selden Map of China reveals a country very different from popular conceptions of the time. The enthralling story revealed by this extraordinary artefact is central to an understanding of the long history of China's relationship with the sea and with the wider world.

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300 stunning maps from all periods and from all around the world, exploring and revealing what maps tell us about history and ourselves

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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 lines of today.

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An annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought.

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Why do we put north at the top of maps Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the "land of no sunshine" or the land of "people with no bowels" This book looks at the history of maps, from ancient maps such as medieval mappae mundi to Google Earth.

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Discover the history of Ireland through maps

From early maps of the Emerald Isle to modern day, Ireland has evolved rapidly along with the ways in which it has been mapped. Cartography has not only kept pace with these changes, but has often driven them. Explore Irelands fascinating history with this stunning volume of over 100 maps.

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Follow the conflict of the Second World War from 1939 to 1945 in this unique volume, published in association with Imperial War Museums, London, featuring historical maps and photographs from their archives, and fascinating commentary from an expert historian.

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Maps that Made History takes you on a 1000 year long journey around the world. Every one of the 100 carefully selected maps has influenced the course of history.