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Man's mark on the land; the changing environment from the stone age to the age of smog, sewage, and tar on your feet,

Traces the development of man and his influence on nature from the Stone Age to the present day.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gregor, Arthur S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, Scribner [1974]
Subjects:
Human ecology > History > Juvenile literature.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > Juvenile literature.
Human ecology.
Ecology.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Homme > Influence sur la nature > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
History.
Juvenile works.
Table of Contents:
  • The Wilderness People: Caveman and Forest Folk
  • The Discovery of Farming: Sickles, Pets, and Wild Cattle
  • Three Early Villages: Pots, Skulls, and Vultures
  • The European Pioneers: A Few Seeds and a Farm Animal or Two
  • When All Men and Women Were Equal: Cousins, Sharers, and Spirits
  • The Coming of the City: Waterworks, Plows, and Warriors
  • The Rise of Civilization: Strangers, Dreamers, and Travelers
  • Man Alters the Environment: Smog, Sewage, and Tar on Your Feet
  • A Planet in Danger: The Great Whales and Plastic Bottles
  • The Earth is Sacred: Dolphins and People
  • Dictionary for the Environment
  • For Further Reading
  • Index.