Civilizations
Subtitle: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature
Publisher: Free Press
Published: June 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780743202497
Subjects: World history; Human geography; History - General History; History: World; Nature; Ancient - General; World - General; History / General; History; Civilization; Human ecology
First sentence: In a dim, grim square in downtown Providence, a few blocks from where I was writing these lines, workmen were installing an ice rink between embarrassingly empty office blocks.