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COAXING enough food from the earth has traditionally been guided by a certain simple logic: plow more land, intensify labor, refine techniques, and the supply of food will grow commensurately. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
world fisheries, human prospect, firewood scarcity, firewood crisis, corridor system, ecological trends Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Losing Ground, United States, Latin America, Great Plains, History of Deforestation, Soviet Union, Amazon Basin, Southeast Asia, Virgin Lands, North Africa, United Nations, East Africa, Old World, Two Costly Lessons, Mount Lebanon, West Africa, Dual Threat, The Other Energy Crisis, Politics of Soil Conservation, South America, Addis Ababa, Middle East, North America, New World, Sahara Desert Browse Sample Pages:
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COAXING enough food from the earth has traditionally been guided by a certain simple logic: plow more land, intensify labor, refine techniques, and the supply of food will grow commensurately. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
world fisheries, human prospect, firewood scarcity, firewood crisis, corridor system, ecological trends Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Losing Ground, United States, Latin America, Great Plains, History of Deforestation, Soviet Union, Amazon Basin, Southeast Asia, Virgin Lands, North Africa, United Nations, East Africa, Old World, Two Costly Lessons, Mount Lebanon, West Africa, Dual Threat, The Other Energy Crisis, Politics of Soil Conservation, South America, Addis Ababa, Middle East, North America, New World, Sahara Desert Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- International Justice and the Third World: Studies in the Philosophy of Development by Robin Attfield on page 145, and Back Matter
- Rays of Hope: The Transition to a Post-Petroleum World (Norton Worldwatch books) by Denis Hayes in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Changing the Boundaries: Women-Centered Perspectives On Population And The Environment by Janice Jiggins in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Ethics of Aid and Trade: US Food Policy, Foreign Competition, and the Social Contract (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy) by Paul B. Thompson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Shifting Ground: The Changing Agricultural Soils of China and Indonesia by Peter H. Lindert in Back Matter
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