TY - BOOK AU - Fernández-Armesto,Felipe TI - Civilizations: culture, ambition, and the transformation of nature SN - 0743202481 AV - CB 151 F363c 2001 U1 - 909 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Free Press KW - Ambition KW - History KW - Civilization KW - Human ecology KW - Human geography KW - Nature KW - Effect of human beings on N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon052/2001018154.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon033/2001018154.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0631/2001018154-t.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0641/2001018154-s.html ER -