Title: To pass on a good earth : the life and work of Carl O. Sauer /
Authors: Williams, Michael, 1935-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Sauer, Carl Ortwin,; Geographers United States Biography.; Geography; Human geography
Abstract: This Missouri-born son of German immigrants contributed to many fields, with a versatility rare in his time and virtually unknown today. Sauer explored plant and animal domestication, the entry of Native Americans into the continent, their transformation of the land into prairies and cultivated fields, and subsequent European enterprise that fueled prosperity but also triggered environmental degradation and the loss of cultural diversity. Providing profound and invaluable insights into the human occupance, cultivation--and often ruination--of the earth, Sauer revolutionized our understanding of the impact of European conquest of the New World.