culture, ambition, and the transformation of nature Fernández-Armesto, Felipe 1950- creator text bibliography nyu New York Free Press 2001 monographic eng

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xii, 545 p ; 25 cm. 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. Felipe Fernández-Armesto. Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-505) and index. Ambition History Civilization History Human ecology Human geography Nature Effect of human beings on CB 151 F363c 2001 909 0743202481 9780743202480 074320249X (pbk.) 9780743202497 (pbk.) 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 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 GyGoGBV 010215 20230410104006.0 74954 ger