LANDES, Region, France

läNd, region, SW France. It is a vast, flat, nearly triangular tract of sand and marshland, stretching along the Atlantic coast for more than 100 mi (160 km) between the Adour River and the Médoc region and reaching inland as far as 40 mi (60 km). It thus covers most of Landes dept. and part of Gironde dept. and converges on Nérac (Lot-et-Garonne). Formerly, sheep grazing was the only occupation in this insalubrious region, but much of the land has been reclaimed through drainage and the planting of pine forests. Agriculture is progressing and lumber and resins are important products. The chief towns are Mont-de-Marsan, Dax, and Arcachon, a popular resort.

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books on: Landes Region France  - 119 results

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The Regions of France: A Reference Guide to History and Culture
Book by Wayne Northcutt; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Decentralization In Government--France--History--20th Century, France--Civilization--1945-, Popular Culture--France--Regions
...southwestern portion of France and stretches from the...the Poitou-Charentes region in the north. The western...area of metropolitan France, making it the third...Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne...largest departments in France. Aquitaine has been...
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Town, Country, and Regions in Reformation Germany
Book by Tom Scott; Brill, 2005
Subjects: Cities And Towns--Rhine River Region, Group Identity--Rhine River Region, Peasants' War, 1524-1525, Reformation--Germany, Rhine River Region
...all to analyze the national historiographies of Germany and France in the twentieth century, which approached Alsace with altogether...Friedrich Metz, Land und Leute. Gesammelte Beitrage zur deutschen Landes-und Volkskunde (Stuttgart, 1961).
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France in the Modern World
Book by Niles M. Hansen; Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1969
Subjects: France
...most celebrated wine regions. Following the battle...trips in this part of France. In more modern times...intellectual centers of France. As the center of Frances...Coast, lies a part of France known as the Landes. The salt marshes of this region were formerly used for...
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How France Votes
Book by Michael S. Lewis-Beck; Chatham House Publishers, 1999
Subjects: France--Parlement (1946- )--Assemblee nationale--Elections, 1997, France--Politics and government--1981-1995, France--Politics and government--1995-, Presidents--France--Election--1995
THE DEPARTMENTS OF METROPOLITAN FRANCE Region Departments Regional Seat Alsace...Strasbourg Aquitaine Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et- Garonne, Pyrenees...Doubs, Jura Besancon Ile-de-France Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines...
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Environmental Politics in France
Book by Brendan Prendiville; Westview Press, 1994
Subjects: Environmental Policy--France--History, Environmentalism--France--History
Appendix 2 Administrative Regions and Departments of France Region Department Name Dept N ALSACE Bas-Rhin 67 Haut-Rhin 68 AQUITAINE Dordogne 24 Gironde 33 Landes 40 Lot-et-Garonne 47 Pyrenees-Atlantiques 64 AUVERGNE...
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journal articles on: Landes Region France  - 62 results

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The Bastides of Southwest France
Journal article by Adrian Randolph; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 77, 1995
Subjects: Area planning & development, France, Middle Ages, Rural areas
...in southwest France, bringing heavy...underurbanized region.(74) When...rural southwest France.(93) The region lacked a network...Pyrene, Gironde, Landes, Lot, Lot...administrative regions of Aquitaine...name for the region. Languedoc...describing southwest France as Languedoc...
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Art and Ecology in Nineteenth-century France: the Landscapes of Theodore Rousseau
Journal article by Liana Vardi; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 85, 2003
Subjects: Art history, France, Nonfiction, Painting, Rousseau, Theodore, Thomas, Greg M, Visual artists
...sheep except in the Landes, where pastures had...underpopulated departments of France, where poverty and...flooding in many parts of France. Between 1852 and 1862...situation that the Paris region had faced a generation...the Second Empire that regions became designated for...among them the Indre and Landes, which Rousseau had...
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Environmentalism and Eurocentrism
Journal article by James M. Blaut; The Geographical Review, Vol. 89, 1999
Subjects: Determinism (Philosophy)--Social aspects, Diamond, Jared--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Ecology and history--Social aspects, Eurocentrism--Social aspects, Europeans--Social aspects, History--Methodology, Landes, David--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...newbooks by Diamond and Landes. We may indeed be witnessing...environment of this large region is better for human...temperate (or midlatitude) regions -- South Africa, Australia...climate in much of this region is so wet that solar...spring. According to Landes, in eastern Europe...were those of other regions, thanks to the climate...this is correct. 11 Landes wants to proclaim the...
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Global Ignorance
Journal article by Martin W. Lewis; The Geographical Review, Vol. 90, 2000
Subjects: Barber, Benjamin--Criticism, interpretation, etc., False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Friedman, Thomas L.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Geography--International aspects, Globaphobia: Confronting Fears About Open Trade (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Gray, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc., International economic relations--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Landes, David--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Field Guide to the Global Economy (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Lexus and the Olive Tree (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Wealth and Poverty of Nations (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...equally serious historical blunders. Landes writes, "In India, the Moghul Empire...discourse of environmental determinism that Landes is attempting to revive. In this genre...simplicity, dividing the world into two regions--one an economic core, the other a...
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Upper Silesia 1870-1920: Between Region, Religion, Nation and Ethnicity
Journal article by Tomasz Kamusella; East European Quarterly, Vol. 38, 2004
Subjects: Politics--Analysis, Silesia--History
...Crown that beside this region, included: Bohemia...centered on Silesia (Landes-patriotismus) as...subnational one of the regions besides the level of...Silesians to denote the regions inhabitants without...resident in a distinctive region (e.g., the German...state as epitomized by France. (67.) The so...
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magazine articles on: Landes Region France  - 11 results

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An Aristocratic Liver
Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 101, September 1992
Subjects: Cruelty to animals, Food, Recipes
...Pyramide in Vienne in the Rhone region of France. It was there that Fernand...traditionally in southwest France, where housewives in the Landes district below Bordeaux deliberately...the Paris restaurant Lous Landes showed me one in a matter...
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With Love and Memory - Torn between Two Languages, Andrei Makine Is a Russian Novelist Who Writes in French
Magazine article by Shusha Guppy; World and I, Vol. 15, January 2000
Subjects: Authors, Russian--Criticism and interpretation, Le Testament Francais. (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Makine, Andrei--Criticism and interpretation, Russian writers--Criticism and interpretation
...sold a million copies in France alone. Le Testament...of one day living in France. He lands in Paris in...an izba--in the Landes, a wild region on the Atlantic coast...dreamed of living in France: "It was in Russia...
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Empire Falls
Magazine article by Robert A. Pape; The National Interest, January 2009
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003---International aspects, United States economic conditions--Evaluation, United States foreign relations--Evaluation
...presence in the three major regions of the globe and, if...and elsewhere in the region are likely to remain...remaining the most important region in American grand strategy...its allies in these regions almost on its own are...eras, see David S. Landes, The Unbound Prometheus...5 5 5 4 -9% <br/ France 6 4 5 5 4 +6% <br...
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The Evolution of Capitalism
Magazine article by Jim Peron; Ideas on Liberty, Vol. 50, June 2000
Subjects: Capitalism, China, Europe, History
...political circles. The region was splintered among...discovery process. As David Landes writes in The Wealth...European nations like France, Germany, and Italy...on the power to tax. Regions that followed more liberal...Raico writes.5 Landes elaborates: "European...expands human potential. Landes notes that "where authority...
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Prisoners of Geography
Magazine article by Ricardo Hausmann; Foreign Policy, January 2001
Subjects: Developing countries--Economic aspects, International economic relations--Analysis
...the Americas determined these regions historical patterns of economic...innovations developed in one region could travel long distances...varieties available throughout the region. By contrast, new varieties...opportunities available to these regions and stunting economic growth...together. As historian David S. Landes points out in The Wealth and...
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newspaper articles on: Landes Region France  - 26 results

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Honour the Cult of Helene; Born in a Saucepan: Helene Darroze, New Chef of the Revamped Connaught Hotel, Acknowledges Her Culinary Roots in the Landes Region of South-West France with Her Cuisine
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 23, 2008
Subjects: Hotels and motels, Restaurants
...Acknowledges Her Culinary Roots in the Landes Region of South-West France with Her Cuisine. Byline...until the end of this year. In France she has caused something of...as she has put it, in the Landes region of south-west France...
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THE PROMISED LANDES; with 65 Miles of Sand Here's a Beach in France with Room for Everyone
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), April 26, 2009
THE PROMISED LANDES; with 65 Miles of Sand Heres a Beach in France with Room for Everyone...corner of southern France to call your own...Frances second biggest region with 160 miles of...area known as Les Landes, a wide-open space...food and wine that France has to offer. 2...
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Seductive Region
Newspaper article by Corinna Lothar; The Washington Times, January 18, 1998
Seductive region by Corinna Lothar When Eleanor of Aquitaine...Limousin, Gascogne and Guyenne. Its a region of France that remains unflooded by either...Middle Ages to explore and savor. The region is best reached through Bordeaux, its...
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Ooh la Loire; despite a Fine from an Unsentimental Gendarme, Chris Anderson Is Knocked out by the Region's Beauty - and Its Wonderful Wine
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 31, 2010
Subjects: Police, Police officers, Wine
...Is Knocked out by the Regions Beauty - and Its Wonderful...very best hotels in the region. It is on the cover of the latest France a la Carte brochure...crosscountry to the Relais des Landes, a less imposing but...Frances wine-producing regions - even the best-known...no point in visiting France if you dont like the...
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THE UNTOUCHABLES OF FRANCE; They Are the Swarthy Pyrenean Race Savagely Persecuted by the French for Centuries. and, a New Book Reveals, They're Still Being Abused Today
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 10, 2010
Subjects: Books
...also in neighbouring regions along the western French...maybe the last Cagot in France -- certainly the last...barely discussed in France -- I was a Cagot...untouchables of western France. From medieval times...prosperous Cagot in the Landes region was caught using the...
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encyclopedia articles on: Landes Region France  - 2 results

 
 
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Landes , Region, France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LANDES , region, France laNd, region, SW France. It is a vast, flat, nearly triangular tract of sand and...inland as far as 40 mi (60 km). It thus covers most of Landes dept. and part of Gironde dept. and converges on Nerac...
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Gascony
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ne, Fr. Gascogne, region of SW France. It is now coextensive with the departments of Landes, Gers, and Hautes...The sandy and swampy Landes along the Atlantic coast...completely recovered by France in 1453. Gascony was...


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