| Title | Shrinking the Earth: The rise and decline of American abundance |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | Submitted |
| Authors | Worster, D. |
| Pagination | 265 pages |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Place Published | New York, NY |
| Publication Language | eng |
| ISBN Number | 9780199844951 019984495X |
| Keywords | history, human ecology, nature, North America |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Locational Keywords | Athabasca River |
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| Citation Key | 54960 |
