Newly updated, this timely history of the struggle to discover and control water in the American West is a tale of rivers diverted and damned, political corruption and intrigue, billion-dollar battles over water rights, and economic and ecological disaster. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Newly updated, this timely history of the struggle to discover and control water in the American West is a tale of rivers diverted and damned, political corruption and intrigue, billion-dollar battles over water rights, and economic and ecological disaster. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.

The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water. it is a tale of rivers diverted and damned, of political corruption and intrigue, of billion-dollar battles over water rights, of ecologic and economic disaster. In CADILLAC DESERT Marc Reisner writes of the earliest settlers, lured by the promise of paradise, and of the ruthless t...(展开全部)

This is an extensively revised edition of Mr. Quine's introduction to abstract set theory and to various axiomatic systematizations of the subject. The treatment of ordinal numbers has been strengthened and much simplified, especially in the theory of transfinite recursions, by adding an axiom and reworking the proofs. Infinite cardinals are treated anew in clearer and fuller t...(展开全部)

This is an extensively revised edition of Mr. Quine's introduction to abstract set theory and to various axiomatic systematizations of the subject. The treatment of ordinal numbers has been strengthened and much simplified, especially in the theory of transfinite recursions, by adding an axiom and reworking the proofs. Infinite cardinals are treated anew in clearer and fuller t...(展开全部)

Stephen Shore's images from his travels across America in 1972-73 are considered the benchmark for documenting the extraordinary in the ordinary and continue to influence photographers today. The original edition of American Surfaces, published by Phaidon in 2005, brought together 320 photographs sequenced in the order in which they were originally documented. Now, in the age o...(展开全部)

Stephen Shore's images from his travels across America in 1972-73 are considered the benchmark for documenting the extraordinary in the ordinary and continue to influence photographers today. The original edition of American Surfaces, published by Phaidon in 2005, brought together 320 photographs sequenced in the order in which they were originally documented. Now, in the age o...(展开全部)

When Henry David Thoreau went for his daily walk, he would consult his instincts on which direction to follow. More often than not his inner compass pointed west or southwest. "The future lies that way to me," he explained, "and the earth seems more unexhausted and richer on that side." In his own imaginative way, Thoreau was imitating the countless young pioneers, prospector...(展开全部)

When Henry David Thoreau went for his daily walk, he would consult his instincts on which direction to follow. More often than not his inner compass pointed west or southwest. "The future lies that way to me," he explained, "and the earth seems more unexhausted and richer on that side." In his own imaginative way, Thoreau was imitating the countless young pioneers, prospector...(展开全部)

唐纳德·沃斯特（1941— ），环境史学的创始人与领军人物之一，美国堪萨斯大学霍尔荣誉教授（荣休），中国人民大学海外高层次文教专家，美国人文与科学学院院士。沃斯特曾担任美国环境史学会主席和美国西部史学会主席，曾获美国历史学会终生成就奖、美国环境史学会终身成就奖、美国西部史学会终身成就奖、保护生态协会杰出贡献奖。主要著作包括：《自然的经济体系：生态思想史》、《尘暴：1930年代的美国南部大平原》、《帝国之河：水、干旱与美国西部的成长》、《自然的财富》、《在西部的天空下》、《地球的终点》、《向西奔腾的河流：约翰·卫斯理·鲍威尔的一生》、《热爱自然：约翰·缪尔的一生》、《萎缩的地球：亚美利加自然丰裕的兴衰》。其著作获奖无数，包括美国历史学最高奖班克罗夫特奖、苏格兰文学最高奖、英语语言联盟最佳传记奖，并多次获普利策奖提名。