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| Genre/Form: | Congresses |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: International Symposium on Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth (1955 : Princeton, N.J.) Man's role in changing the face of the earth. Chicago, Published for the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research and the National Science Foundation by the University of Chicago Press [1956] (OCoLC)645686534 |
| Material Type: | Conference publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
William Leroy Thomas |
| ISBN: | 0226796043 9780226796048 0226796051 9780226796055 |
| OCLC Number: | 276231 |
| Credits: | Published for the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research and the National Science Foundation. |
| Description: | xxxviii, 1193 p. illus., maps (part fold. col. on lining papers) 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Our world from the air: conflict and adaptation / E.A. Gutkind -- pt. 1. Retrospect: Man's tenure of the Earth -- Through the corridors of time -- pt. 2. Process: Introductory -- Man's effects on the seas and waters of the land -- Alterations of climatic elements -- Slope and soil changes through human use -- Modifications of biotic communities -- Ecology of wastes -- Urban-industrial demands upon the land -- pt. 3. Prospect: Limits of man and the Earth -- The role of man -- pt. 4. Summary remarks. |
| Responsibility: | Edited by William L. Thomas, with the collaboration of Carl O. Sauer, Marston Bates [and] Lewis Mumford. |
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