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Down to Earth : Nature's Role in American History.

A tour de force of writing and analysis, Down to Earth offers a sweeping history of our nation, one that for the first time places the environment at the very center of our story. Writing with marvelous clarity, historian Ted Steinberg sweeps across the centuries, re-envisioning the story of America...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steinberg, Ted
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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