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020 $a9780520248700 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0520248708 (cloth : alk. paper)
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100 1 $aMontgomery, David R.,$d1961-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002158061
245 10 $aDirt :$bthe erosion of civilizations /$cDavid R. Montgomery.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $aix, 285 pages :́ :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-270) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tGood old dirt -- $g2.$tSkin of the earth -- $g3.$tRivers of life -- $g4.$tGraveyard of empires -- $g5.$tLet them eat colonies -- $g6.$tWestward hoe -- $g7.$tDust blow -- $g8.$tDirty business -- $g9.$tIslands in time -- $g10.$tLife span of civilizations.
520 1 $a"A natural and cultural history of sail that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea that we are - and have long been - using up Earth's soil. Once bate of protective vegetation and exposed to wind and rain, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, slowly enough to be ignored in a single lifetime but fast enough over centuries to limit the life spans of civilizations. A rich mix of history, archaeology, and geology, Dirt traces the role of soil use and abuse in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central America, and the American push westward. We see how soil has shaped us and we have shaped soil - as society after society has risen, prospered, and plowed through a natural endowment of fertile dirt. David R. Montgomery sees in the recent rise of organic and no-till farming the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate of previous civilizations."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aSoil science$xHistory.
650 0 $aSoils.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85124396
650 0 $aSoil erosion.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85124341
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006026602.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006026602-d.html
852 00 $bglg$hS590.7$i.M66 2007