The Resource The eternal frontier : an ecological history of North America and its peoples, Tim Flannery
The eternal frontier : an ecological history of North America and its peoples, Tim Flannery
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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 404 p., [8] p. of plates
- Note
- Originally published by Text Publishing, Melbourne Australia in 2001
- Contents
-
- Map
- Introduction
- Act 1 : In which America is created and undone
- Ground zero ; Reordering of North America ; Hellbenders and hoofed creatures
- Act 2 : In which America becomes a tropical paradise
- First contacts ; Bridge over Greenland
- Act 3 : In which America becomes a land of immigrants
- Fatal configuration ; Grande Coupure ; Golden age ; Gateway to the present ; United lands of America ; Laurentide ; Visit to a new world
- Act 4 : In which America is discovered
- New world ; Black hole theory of extinction ; Massacring the mammoth, dismembering the mastodon ; New American fauna ; Making of the buffalo ; Rise of cultures ; Taming of teosinte
- Act 5 : In which America conquers the world : Alternative Americas
- English colonies all ; Conceived in liberty ; Fatal impact ; America under the gun ; Making of a giant ; What's home on the range? ; Reinventing America
- Isbn
- 9780802138880
- Label
- The eternal frontier : an ecological history of North America and its peoples
- Title
- The eternal frontier
- Title remainder
- an ecological history of North America and its peoples
- Statement of responsibility
- Tim Flannery
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A paleontologist offers an ecological tour of North America, from the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs sixty-five million years ago to the present
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2001
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 158214
- Cataloging source
- DPB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Flannery, Tim F.
- Dewey number
- 508.7
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QH102
- LC item number
- .F63 2002
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Natural history
- Ecology
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- an ecological history of North America and its peoples
- Label
- The eternal frontier : an ecological history of North America and its peoples, Tim Flannery
- Note
- Originally published by Text Publishing, Melbourne Australia in 2001
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-395) and index
- Contents
- Map -- Introduction -- Act 1 : In which America is created and undone -- Ground zero ; Reordering of North America ; Hellbenders and hoofed creatures -- Act 2 : In which America becomes a tropical paradise -- First contacts ; Bridge over Greenland -- Act 3 : In which America becomes a land of immigrants -- Fatal configuration ; Grande Coupure ; Golden age ; Gateway to the present ; United lands of America ; Laurentide ; Visit to a new world -- Act 4 : In which America is discovered -- New world ; Black hole theory of extinction ; Massacring the mammoth, dismembering the mastodon ; New American fauna ; Making of the buffalo ; Rise of cultures ; Taming of teosinte -- Act 5 : In which America conquers the world : Alternative Americas -- English colonies all ; Conceived in liberty ; Fatal impact ; America under the gun ; Making of a giant ; What's home on the range? ; Reinventing America
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 404 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802138880
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780802138880
- (OCoLC)49945130
- Label
- The eternal frontier : an ecological history of North America and its peoples, Tim Flannery
- Note
- Originally published by Text Publishing, Melbourne Australia in 2001
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-395) and index
- Contents
- Map -- Introduction -- Act 1 : In which America is created and undone -- Ground zero ; Reordering of North America ; Hellbenders and hoofed creatures -- Act 2 : In which America becomes a tropical paradise -- First contacts ; Bridge over Greenland -- Act 3 : In which America becomes a land of immigrants -- Fatal configuration ; Grande Coupure ; Golden age ; Gateway to the present ; United lands of America ; Laurentide ; Visit to a new world -- Act 4 : In which America is discovered -- New world ; Black hole theory of extinction ; Massacring the mammoth, dismembering the mastodon ; New American fauna ; Making of the buffalo ; Rise of cultures ; Taming of teosinte -- Act 5 : In which America conquers the world : Alternative Americas -- English colonies all ; Conceived in liberty ; Fatal impact ; America under the gun ; Making of a giant ; What's home on the range? ; Reinventing America
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 404 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802138880
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780802138880
- (OCoLC)49945130
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