Man's role in changing the face of the earth

University of Chicago Press

1956

xxxviii, 1193 p. illus., maps (part fold. col. on lining papers)

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

"Man's role in changing the face of the earth is the first large-scale evaluation of what has happened and what is happening to the earth under man's impress. Presented at an international symposium organized by the Werner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research and held at Princeton in June 1955, these papers focus viewpoints from nearly all fields of knowledge upon man's capacity to transform his physical-biological environment and upon his cumulative and irreversible alterations of the earth. In these pages fifty-three contributing scholars provide important insights into a pioneer field of study"--Jacket flap

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