Fernández-Armesto, Felipe,  1950- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-505) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0743202481 9780743202480 074320249X (pbk.) 9780743202497 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Ambition  History Civilization  History Human ecology Human geography Nature  Effect of human beings on 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CB 151  / F363c 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>909