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1 online resource (237 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Sea-coast: Ngai Tahu, Aotearoa (New Zealand) -- Mountain: Huangshan, China -- Desert: Murujuga (Burrup), Australia -- Steppe: Tyva, Russia -- Snow: Karelia, Finland -- Swamp: Okavango, Botswana -- Marsh-farm: East Anglia, England -- Coast: Antrim Glens, Northern Ireland -- Snow: Nitassinan, Labrador, Canada -- Farm-city: Amish counry, Ohio, USA -- Swamp: Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, USA -- Desert: Timbisha (Death Valley), California, USA -- Coda: dreaming of the day after. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Print version: Pretty, Jules N. Edge of extinction : travels with enduring people in vanishing lands. Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, 2014 9780801453304 (DLC)10961885 |
| ISBN |
9780801453304 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780801455049 (electronic bk.) |
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