The Ends of the Earth
Subtitle: Perspectives on Modern Environmental History (Studies in Environment and History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 27, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780521348461
Subjects: Applied ecology; Sociology; Human Geography; History: World; World - General; History / World; History-World - General; Human ecology--History; Human ecology--History Human ecology--History; Social Science / Human Geography; Environmental policy; History; Human ecology; Nature conservation
First sentence: IN THE EARLY DAYS of October 1492, great flocks of birds, migrating southward along the eastern flyway of North America, following an ancient course over open water far from sight of land, fly over three small Spanish caravels.