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Militarized Landscapes : From Gettysburg to Salisbury Plain.
The black smoke billowing from burning oil wells during the Gulf War of 1990-91 directed media and public attention towards war''s devastating environmental impact. Yet even before the first bomb is dropped, preparation for warfare materially and imaginatively reshapes rural landscapes and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The black smoke billowing from burning oil wells during the Gulf War of 1990-91 directed media and public attention towards war''s devastating environmental impact. Yet even before the first bomb is dropped, preparation for warfare materially and imaginatively reshapes rural landscapes and environments. This volume is the first to explore the comparative histories and geographies of militarized landscapes. Moving beyond the narrow definition of militarized landscapes as theatres of war, it treats them as simultaneously material and cultural sites that have been partially or fully mobilized t. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (318 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441125606 1441125604 |