Download or read book Paper Gardens written by Evelyne Bloch-Dano and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Marcel Proust, from Marguerite Duras to George Sand, from Colette to Patrick Modiano, gardens appear in novels as representations of the real world, but also as reflections of the imagination. In Paper Gardens: A Stroll through French Literature, Évelyne Bloch-Dano contemplates the role of the garden in the work of great prose writers, ruminating on how the garden can variously symbolize a reflection of the soul, a well-earned rest, an improving form of work, a nostalgia for childhood, and the dream of an ideal world. The charming and erudite first section focuses on history and is devoted to types of gardens ranging from the biblical Garden of Eden to English parklands; the second perceptively considers their role in literary works. Concealed within these cultivated wanderings is also an element of autobiography. Lovers of literature and gardening alike will fall in love with this beautifully written meditation.

Download or read book An Encyclopaedia of Gardening written by John Claudius Loudon and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 1504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Encyclopaedia of Gardening comprehending the theory and practice of horticulture floriculture arboriculture and landscape gardening including a general history of gardening in all countries etc written by John Claudius Loudon and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 1498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Urban Garden City written by Sandrine Glatron and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of the role of gardens in cities throughout different historical periods. It shows that, thanks to various forms of spatial and social organisation, gardens are part of the material urban landscape, biodiversity, symbolic and social shape, and assets of our cities, and are increasingly becoming valued as an ‘order’ to follow. Gardens have long been part of the development of cities, serving different purposes through the ages: shaping neighborhoods to promote health or hygiene, introducing aesthetic or biological elements, gathering the citizens around a social purpose, and providing food and diversity in times of crisis. Highlighting examples that can serve as the basis for comparisons, the chapters offer a brief panorama of experiences and models of gardens in the city – in the European context and in various periods of history – while also discussing issues related to garden cities, urban agriculture and community gardens. The contributors are university staff from various disciplines in the human and life sciences, in discourse with other academics but also with practitioners who are interested in experiences with urban gardens and in promoting an awareness of their spatial, social and ‘philosophical’ goals throughout history. The book will appeal to urban geographers, sociologists and historians, but also to urban ecologists dealing with ecosystem services, biodiversity and sustainable development in cities. From a more operational standpoint, landscape planners and architects are sure to find many of the projects enlightening and inspirational.

Download or read book Vingt ans apres Habitants et marchands written by Sylvie Dépatie and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1998-06-12 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Habitants et marchands, Twenty Years Later includes eleven essays, seven of which are in French, that highlight current research in Quebec studies. Danielle Gauvreau, Dale Miquelon, and Louis Michel survey recent developments on population, merchants, and rural society respectively. Allan Greer studies Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Amerindian to be beatified. William Wicken analyses relations between Mi'kmaq and Acadians. Bruce White and Thomas Wien examine the fur trade, with White focusing on the Lake Superior region and Wien on the St Lawrence Valley. Catherine Desbarats looks at the role of the state as a buyer of goods and services in Canada. Mario Lalancette and Alan M. Stewart study the evolution of Montreal's urban geography in the seventeenth century. Geneviève Postolec analyses matrimonial practices at Neuville, and Sylvie Dépatie examines the urban and peri-urban countryside in Montreal's gardens and orchards. The collection offers valuable perspectives on both the history of New France and the socio-economic history of colonial societies.

Download or read book An Encyclop dia of Gardening written by John Claudius Loudon and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 1294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Des fruits et des graines comestibles du monde entier written by TONELLI Nicole and published by Lavoisier. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L’étonnante diversité des fruits et des graines (baies, drupes, akènes, arilles, hespérides…), leur symbolique, les multiples anecdotes qui y sont liées mais aussi leur culture et leur commercialisation nous entraînent dans un grand voyage autour du monde riche d’odeurs, de couleurs et de saveurs. Des Fruits et des graines comestibles du monde entier captivera l’attention du lecteur curieux. Il sera également utile aux nutritionnistes, diététiciens, enseignants et étudiants en sciences qui veulent comprendre l’origine des fruits et graines, préciser des données botaniques, connaître leur valeur nutritionnelle, leur culture et les principales maladies et ravageurs les concernant.

Download or read book Family Urban Agriculture in Russia written by Louiza M. Boukharaeva and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book results from research carried out by the authors since 1999 on urban gardening collectives in Russia, then from the extension of this research towards collective urban gardening in France, with some investigations in other European Union Member States and Brazil. This research was carried out within the framework of Kazan University (currently, the Institute of Administration and Territorial Development of the Federal University of Kazan) and the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA). It enabled the creation of an international research network entitled Sustainable Development of Cities: the Relationship between City-Dwellers and Nature. This research was developed with help from a three-year research contract (October 2009 – September 2012) with the GESSOL programme of the French Ministry of Ecology, on the theme of the use of urban and peri-urban soils for the sustainable development of cities. The final report of this research contract provides the basis for the book.

Download or read book Journal de Tr voux written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Bibliotheca Heberiana Catalogue of the Library of the Late Richard Heber Esq which Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs Sotheby and Son at Their House Wellington street Strand on Thursday April 10 and Twenty five Following Days written by Sotheby's (London) and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Politique et Soci t en Sicile XIIe XVe Si cles written by Henri Bresc and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 12th century, under its Norman rulers, Sicily stood as one of the most flourishing regions of the Mediterranean; by the late 15th century it had sunk into the state of semi-colonial depression and dependence that has chartacterized so much of its modern history. It is this transformation ” a process of socio-economic change that went hand in hand with political turmoil ” that forms the subject of this volume. Henri Bresc approaches this both from the viewpoint of particular topics, such as the notarial class or the tiny island of Pantelleria, and that of larger themes. One of these is the composition of Sicily's population. These articles trace the deteriorating status of the Arabs and Greeks on the island, the demographic circumstances that brought in new immigrants (notably Albanians, but also corsairs), and the emergence of a society now dominated by its Latin and Italian components. Other articles contrast the intensive suburban agriculture with the empty spaces of the large estates, and throw light on the development of a new landowning structure, based on these estates which were given over to cereals, grown for export in order to meet the financial demands of the long conflict with the Angevins. Au 12e siècle, sous le règne de rois normands, la Sicile était une des régions les plus prospères de la Méditerranée. A la fin du 15e siècle, elle avait sombré dans l'état de dépression et de dépendance semi-coloniale qui est devenu la marque d'une grande partie de son histoire moderne. Cette transformation ” un processus de changement socio-économique accompagne de bouleversements politiques ” forme le sujet de cet ouvrage. L'approche d'Henri Bresc se fait à deux niveaux: selon l'angle de sujets spécifiques, tels la classe notariale, ou encore la minuscule île de Pantelleria et à partir de thèmes plus vastes; parmi ces derniers, se trouve la composition de la population sicilienne. Ces articles retracent la détérioration du s

Download or read book Catalogue of the Public Library of the City of Detroit written by Henry M. Crittenden and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-08-24 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

Download or read book L histoire est presque Totale Guide pratique des mangeurs de Temps written by Lim Word and published by Litres. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 1699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sulla était-il avant Spartacus ou vice versa? Nero – avant ou après Caligula? Quelles sont les dynasties des Habsbourg et des Hohenzollern, quel rôle ont-elles joué dans l’établissement du Second Reich? Combien de chars ont combattu près de Prokhorovka? Quand la guerre de Yom Kippour a éclaté et qui l’a gagnée? Pourquoi le grand URSS s’est-il effondré? Souvenons-nous de tout, nous passerons en revue la bande de film du temps, image par image, afin que tout se passe bien aujourd’hui.

Download or read book The Bradley Bibliography written by Alfred Rehder and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Manorial Economy in Early Modern East Central Europe written by Jerzy Topolski and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concerned with one of the fundamental problems in the economic and social history of Europe in the early modern period, namely with the bifurcation in its development: in Western Europe, the development of capitalism; in East-Central Europe, the rise of the manorial-serf economy which hampered the development of capitalism. The main motif linking together the studies in this volume is the endeavour to explain this separation. the author evaluates the different theories explaining this, and also provides further analysis of economic life, dealing with the commercial activity, economic regression, especially in Poland.