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1 online resource (xii, 265 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Shrinking the Earth; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Images of Earth; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Gatsby's Green Light; Part I Second Earth; Chapter 1: The Discovery of Natural Abundance; Chapter 2: Many Revolutions Follow; Chapter 3: Ultimately, Stability; Field trip:"Nantucket Island; Part II After the Frontier; Chapter 4: The Watershed; Chapter 5: Land of Coal and Steel; Chapter 6: The Resourceful State; Field trip:"Imperial Valley; Part III Planet of Limits; Chapter 7: Plunder and Plenty; Chapter 8: The Wolf at the Door; Chapter 9: Earth's Boundaries. |
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Field trip:"Athabasca RiverEpilogue; Life on a Pale Blue Dot; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
"The discovery of the Americas around 1500 AD was an extraordinary watershed in human experience. It gave rise to the modern period of human ecology, a phenomenon global in scope that set in motion profound changes in almost every society on earth. This new period, which saw the depletion of the lands of the New World, proved tragic for some, triumphant for others, and powerfully affecting for all."--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- North America -- History.
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Human ecology. |
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North America. |
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on. |
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History. |
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Worster, Donald. Shrinking the Earth: The Rise and Decline of American Abundance. Cary : Oxford University Press, ©2015 9780199844951 |
| ISBN |
9780199844968 (electronic book) |
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0199844968 (electronic book) |
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9780199844951 (hardcover) |
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019984495X (hardcover) |
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