About this title: Dirt, soil, call it what you want - it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN-13:9780520248700ISBN:0520248708
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780520248700ISBN:0520248708
Description: New in new dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 285 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Date Published: 2008-10-02
ISBN-13:9780520258068ISBN:0520258061
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Date Published: 2007-05-14
ISBN-13:9780520248700ISBN:0520248708
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780520248700. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780520248700ISBN:0520248708
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780520248700ISBN:0520248708
Description: Good. Cover and pages may have some wear or writing. Binding is tight. We ship daily Monday-Friday. Delivery Confirmation included on all domestic orders. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780520258068ISBN:0520258061
Description: New. "From this gritty and compelling state-of-our-earth report comes the inescapable truth that we are nothing if not dirty-minded. A brilliant and essential book. "--Roger Swain, science editor of "Horticulture "magazine "The relationship between soils a... read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780520248700ISBN:0520248708
Description: Top corners bumped, else as new. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 285 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Pri
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780520258068ISBN:0520258061
Description: New. Explores the idea that we are-and have long been-using up Earth's soil. This book 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... read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780520248700ISBN:0520248708
Description: New. "From this gritty and compelling state-of-our-earth report comes the inescapable truth that we are nothing if not dirty-minded. A brilliant and essential book. "--Roger Swain, science editor of "Horticulture "magazine "The relationship between soils a... read more
"I have yet to finish this book all the way, but wow, is it ever paradigm-shifting. I will never not think of dirt again, whenever questions of history, geo-politics, or human migration come up again."
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