The edge of extinction : travels with enduring people in vanishing lands / Jules Pretty.

Author/creator Pretty, Jules N. author.
Format Book
PublicationIthaca ; London : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, 2014.
Copyright Date©2014
Descriptionxiii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Sea-coast: Ngai Tahu, Aotearoa (New Zealand) -- Mountain: Huangshan, China -- Desert: Murujuga (Burrup), Australia -- Steppe: Tyva, Russia -- Snow: Karelia, Finland -- Swamp: Okavango, Botswana -- Marsh-farm: East Anglia, England -- Coast: Antrim Glens, Northern Ireland -- Snow: Nitassinan, Labrador, Canada -- Farm-city: Amish counry, Ohio, USA -- Swamp: Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, USA -- Desert: Timbisha (Death Valley), California, USA -- Coda: dreaming of the day after.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p.207-218).
LCCN 2014017464
ISBN9780801453304 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801453305 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GF80 .P73 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold