| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
404 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"First published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, Australia in 2001"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-395) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Natural history -- North America.
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Ecology -- North America.
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| ISBN |
0871137895 |
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