Civilizations : culture, ambition, and the transformation of nature /
Fernández-Armesto, Felipe, 1950-
Civilizations : culture, ambition, and the transformation of nature / Culture, ambition and the transformation of nature. Felipe Fernández-Armesto. - 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.
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Ambition History Civilization History Human ecology Human geography Nature Effect of human beings on
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909
Civilizations : culture, ambition, and the transformation of nature / Culture, ambition and the transformation of nature. Felipe Fernández-Armesto. - 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.
0743202481 9780743202480 074320249X (pbk.) 9780743202497 (pbk.)
Ambition History Civilization History Human ecology Human geography Nature Effect of human beings on
CB 151 / F363c 2001
909