| Contents |
Prologue: Gatsby's green light -- Second earth. The discovery of natural abundance -- Many revolutions follow -- Ultimately, stability -- Nantucket Island -- After the frontier. The watershed -- Land of coal and steel -- The resourceful state -- Imperial valley -- Planet of limits. Plunder and plenty -- The wolf at the door -- Earth's boundaries -- Athabasca River -- Epilogue: life on a pale blue dot. |
| 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."--Provided by publisher. |
| Local note | Little-472620--305131068144- |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-252) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Worster, Donald, 1941- Shrinking the earth. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9780199844951 hardcover |
| ISBN | 019984495X hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
