01952cam a2200409Mi 4500 74954 20230410104006.0 010215s2001 nyu b 001 0 eng d (OCoLC)ocn248075679 GyGoGBV rakwb ger GBVCP 0743202481 9780743202480 074320249X (pbk.) 9780743202497 (pbk.) (OCoLC)248075679 CB 151 F363c 2001 909 Fernández-Armesto, Felipe, 1950- Civilizations : culture, ambition, and the transformation of nature / Felipe Fernández-Armesto. Culture, ambition and the transformation of nature. New York : Free Press, 2001. xii, 545 p ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-505) and index. Introduction: The Itch to civilize: civilization and civilization--- Part one: The waste land; desert, tundra, ice--- Part two: Leaves odf grass; barely cultivable grasslands--- Part three: Under he rain; civilization in tropical lowland and postglacial forests--- Part four: The shining fields of mud; alluvial soils in drying climates--- Part five: The mirrors of sky; civilizing highlands--- Part six: The watr margins; civilizations shaped by the sea--- Part seven:Breakiing the waves; the domestication of the oceans. Ambition History Civilization History Human ecology Human geography Nature Effect of human beings on http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon052/2001018154.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon033/2001018154.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0631/2001018154-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0641/2001018154-s.html lcc bk ccruz C0 DRFGD 29896 29896 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 CB 151 F363c 2001 00000066136 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk