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The Control of Nature

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Availability:In StockContributor:John McPheePublish date:1990-09-01Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374522599ISBN-10:374522596UPC:9780374522599Book Category:Social Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Human Geography, Environmental Conservation & Protection, EcologySize:8.28 x 5.46 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.7297Product ID:SCXCE52GE2

The Control of Nature

The Control of Nature is John McPhee's bestselling account of places where people are locked in combat with nature. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strageties and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking is his depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those attempting to wrest control from her -...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374522599ISBN-10:374522596UPC:9780374522599Book Category:Social Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Human Geography, Environmental Conservation & Protection, EcologySize:8.28 x 5.46 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.7297Product ID:SCXCE52GE2

John McPhee was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and was educated at Princeton University and Cambridge University. His writing career began at Time magazine and led to his long association with The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1965. Also in 1965, he published his first book, A Sense of Where You Are, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and in the years since, he has written...

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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John McPhee

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