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001			908373956
003			OCoLC
005			20190729110250.0
019			_a935352563
008			150501s2016 enkabf b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780199844951 _q(hardcover)
020			_a019984495X _q(hardcover)
020			_z9780199844968 _q(electronic book)
020			_z0199844968 _q(electronic book)
035			_a(OCoLC)908373956
040			_aBTCTA _beng _erda _cBTCTA _dBDX _dYDXCP _dPX0
043			_an------
050		4	_aGF501 _b.W67 2016
082	0	4	_a304.2097 _223
100	1		_aWorster, Donald, _d1941-
245	1	0	_aShrinking the Earth : _bthe rise and decline of American abundance / _cDonald Worster.
264		1	_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c[2016]
300			_axii, 265 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 227-252) and index.
520			_a"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.
650		0	_aHuman ecology _zNorth America _xHistory.
650		0	_aNature _xEffect of human beings on.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aWorster, Donald, 1941- _tShrinking the earth. _dOxford : Oxford University Press, 2016 _w(OCoLC)930703430.
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