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This volume is mainly concerned with landform and sediment
associations in cold regions, and their transformations over time
and space in response to changing environments. Most of the
chapters adopt a landscape approach, with the goal of describing,
interpreting and comparing regional landscapes. The emphasis here
is on landscapes that are formed or constrained by cold conditions.
In particular, we look at landform morphology, earth surface
processes and sediments reflecting the presence of frost, ice and
melt water, and the influence upon landscape of cold-adapted plants
and animals. The notion of 'transition' is employed to address the
ways in which environmental changes are uniquely expressed through
adjustments in landforms and earth surface processes. It is shown
that geomorphic transitions have, or tend to, generate their own
temporal and spatial shape. They involve mechanisms or patterns of
adjustment distinct from, and not readily obvious in, the mere
chronology of, say, climate change or tectonics. Examples are
discussed from high mountain and glacierized environments, from
cold lowlands and coasts. Appropriate theoretical concerns are
addressed in relation to the slope stability and extreme mass
movement events, paraglacial regimes, changing distributions of
permafrost, delta and other cold coastal development.
This volume had its origins in an international symposium organised
by the Cold Regions Research Centre, and held at Wilfrid Laurier
University in November, 1999. The chapters are modified from a
selection of the papers at the meeting, and reflect reviews and
revisions in light of discussions then. The original idea for the
meeting was to address certain questions that the organisers were
encountering in their own work, and that we felt had received
limited attention in the recent literature. The two broad issues we
wanted to address were: the complex associations of actual
landforms and processes in cold regions, and how the almost
universal legacies of past, different cold environments of the late
Quaternary affect these landscapes in the present. The former
involves the problem of identifying landform and sediment
complexes, and the interrelations of relevant processes. We sought
to identify this in terms oflandform and sediment assemblages
appropriate to regional and field-oriented concerns.
After living in San Francisco for 15 years, journalist Gordon Young
found himself yearning for his Rust Belt hometown: Flint, Michigan,
the birthplace of General Motors and "star" of the Michael Moore
documentary Roger & Me. Hoping to rediscover and help a place
that once boasted one of the world's highest per capita income
levels, but is now one of the country's most impoverished and
dangerous cities, he returned to Flint with the intention of buying
a house. What he found was a place of stark contrasts and dramatic
stories, where an exotic dancer can afford a lavish mansion,
speculators scoop up cheap houses by the dozen on eBay, and arson
is often the quickest route to neighborhood beautification.
Skillfully blending personal memoir, historical inquiry, and
interviews with Flint residents, Young constructs a vibrant tale of
a once-thriving city still fighting - despite overwhelming odds -
to rise from the ashes. He befriends a rag-tag collection of urban
homesteaders and die-hard locals who refuse to give up as they try
to transform Flint into a smaller, greener town that offers lessons
for cities all over the world. Hard-hitting, insightful, and often
painfully funny, "Teardown" reminds us that cities are ultimately
defined by people, not politics or economics.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
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++++ POLICE OF THE CHITTAGONG DIVISION W. GORDON YOUNG
This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.
1925. Days of '49 is a super adventure; it ranks as one of the fine
period novels of American literature. Against a background of
teeming California in the days of gold, he moves a complicated cast
of characters in gunplay and heart-play. Proud Spaniards, uncouth
roughnecks with gentle hearts, smooth gentlemen with blackened
hearts, ladies of vice and virtue are meshed in high adventure as
the story of the early dash for treasure unfolds. An excellent
story, but also the only fully documented, accurate account of the
great California gold rush, as Mr. Young explains in a readable
appendix, in which he points the real characters and events on
which he has based his story.
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Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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