TY  - BOOK
AU  - Worster,Donald
TI  - Shrinking the Earth: the rise and decline of American abundance 
SN  - 9780199844951
AV  - GF501 .W67 2016
U1  - 304.2097 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - North America
KW  - History
KW  - Nature
KW  - Effect of human beings on
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-252) and index
N2  - "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."--Provided by publisher
ER  -