Report
Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher :
Page : 2226 pages
File Size : 30,9 MB
Release :
Category : United States
ISBN :
The Conservation of Cave 85 at the Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang
Author : Neville Agnew
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 27,60 MB
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 1606061577
Book Description
The Mogao Grottoes, a World Heritage Site in northwestern China, are located along the ancient caravan routes—collectively known as the Silk Road—that once linked China with the West. Founded by a Buddhist monk in the late fourth century, Mogao flourished over the following millennium, as monks, local rulers, and travelers commissioned hundreds of cave temples cut into a mile-long rock cliff and adorned them with vibrant murals. More than 490 decorated grottoes remain, containing thousands of sculptures and some 45,000 square meters of wall paintings, making Mogao one of the world’s most significant sites of Buddhist art. In 1997 the Getty Conservation Institute, which had been working with the Dunhuang Academy since 1989, began a case study using the Late–Tang dynasty Cave 85 to develop a methodology that would stabilize the deteriorating wall paintings. This abundantly illustrated volume is the definitive report on the project, which was completed in 2010.
More Than a Scenic Mountain Landscape
Author : Thomas Merlan
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,11 MB
Release : 2015-06-25
Category :
ISBN : 9781511517393
Book Description
This study focuses on the cultural-historical environment of the 88,900-acre (35,560-ha) Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP) over the past four centuries of Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. governance. It includes a review and synthesis of available published and unpublished historical, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic literature about the human occupation of the area now contained within the VCNP. Documents include historical maps, texts, letters, diaries, business records, photographs, land and mineral patents, and court testimony.
Tango Lessons
Author : Marilyn G. Miller
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 39,15 MB
Release : 2014-02-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0822377233
Book Description
From its earliest manifestations on the street corners of nineteenth-century Buenos Aires to its ascendancy as a global cultural form, tango has continually exceeded the confines of the dance floor or the music hall. In Tango Lessons, scholars from Latin America and the United States explore tango's enduring vitality. The interdisciplinary group of contributors—including specialists in dance, music, anthropology, linguistics, literature, film, and fine art—take up a broad range of topics. Among these are the productive tensions between tradition and experimentation in tango nuevo, representations of tango in film and contemporary art, and the role of tango in the imagination of Jorge Luis Borges. Taken together, the essays show that tango provides a kaleidoscopic perspective on Argentina's social, cultural, and intellectual history from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. Contributors. Esteban Buch, Oscar Conde, Antonio Gómez, Morgan James Luker, Carolyn Merritt, Marilyn G. Miller, Fernando Rosenberg, Alejandro Susti
America's strength
Author : Edmund S. Muskie
Publisher :
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 19,74 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Book Description
The United States Air Force Dictionary
Author : Woodford Agee Heflin
Publisher :
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 27,49 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781494120252
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1960 edition.
Asian Rice Bowls
Author : Prabhu L. Pingali
Publisher : Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 17,62 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0851991629
Book Description
Introduction: the state of rice in post-green-revolution Asia; Rice productivity growth: the case against complacency; Sustaining farm profits through technical change; Intensification-induced degradation of the paddy resource base; Erosion, pollution and poison: externalities and rice; Asian rice market: demand and supply prospects; GATT and rice: impact on the rice market and implications for research priorities; Agricultural commercialization and farmer product choices: the case of diversification out of rice; Strategic look at factor markets and the organization of agricultural production beyond 2025; Post-green-revolution seed technology for intensive rice systems; Fertilizers and pesticides: higher levels versus improved efficiencies; Dealing with labor scarcity: mechanical technologies.
Military air power : the CADRE digest of air power opinions and thoughts
Author :
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,41 MB
Release : 2007
Category :
ISBN : 1428993045
Book Description
This book is about what Airmen have in common - our heritage, capacity, and future potential. It also illustrates that while we're on the leading edge, we're also part of the sweep of military history. Understanding the way that our predecessors handled their challenges can equip us to better serve our nation. The number one aim of this book is to supply Airmen with useful thoughts that might help them meet their known responsibilities and the unknown challenges their service will bring. We can learn from both the failures and the successes of soldiers, sailors, marines, and Airmen; the ancient past; and yesterday's headlines. This book is a revision of one published in 1990. Just as in the 1990 edition, the quotations are arranged by subject matter to present multiple views of each topic.
Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World: Asia (U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1386-F)
Author : U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 50,17 MB
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781782662174
Book Description
Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes
Author : Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 41,23 MB
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030404226
Book Description
This volume summarizes and updates information about antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)/antibiotic resistant genes (ARG) production, including their entry routes in soil, air, water and sediment, their use in hospital and associated waste, global and temporal trends in use and spread of antibiotics, AMR and ARG. Antimicrobial/antibiotic resistance genes due to manure and agricultural waste applications, bioavailability, biomonitoring, and their Epidemiological, ecological and public health effects. The book addresses the antibiotic and AMR/ARG risk assessment and treatment technologies, for managing antibiotics and AMR/ARG impacted environments The book's expert contributions span 20 chapters, and offer a comprehensive framework for better understanding and analyzing the environmental and social impacts of antibiotics and AMR/ARGs. Readers will have access to recent and updated models regarding the interpretation of antibiotics and AMR/ARGs in environment and biomonitoring studies, and will learn about the management options require to appropriately mitigate environmental contaminants and pollution. The book will be of interest to students, teachers, researchers, policy makers and environmental organizations.
