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The human age : the world shaped by us /

"Humans have subdued 75 percent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness. We tinker with nature at every opportunity; we garden the planet with our preferred species of plants and animals, many of them invasive; and we ha...

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Main Author:	Ackerman, Diane, 1948- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Human ecology. Civilization > History. Human beings > History. Nature > Effect of human beings on.

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