The Unending Frontier: An Environmental History of the Early Modern World
- ISBN-10
- 0520230752
- ISBN-13
- 9780520230750
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 682
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-05-15
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- John F. Richards
Description
Describes the effect of human action on the world's environment.
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