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Civilizations : culture, ambition, and the transformation of nature / Felipe Fernández-Armesto.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Free Press, 2001.Description: xii, 545 p ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0743202481
  • 9780743202480
  • 074320249X (pbk.)
  • 9780743202497 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Culture, ambition and the transformation of nature
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909
LOC classification:
  • CB 151 F363c 2001
Online resources:
Contents:
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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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) CB 151 F363c 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000066136

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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