| Main Title |
Man and the ecosphere : readings from Scientific American / |
| Author |
Ehrlich, Paul R.,
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
W.H. Freeman and Company, |
| Year Published |
1971 |
| OCLC Number |
00156317 |
| ISBN |
0716709430; 9780716709435; 0716709422; 9780716709428 |
| Subjects |
Human ecology ;
Environment ;
Population Growth ;
4290 ecology: general--(NL-LeOCL)077603583 ;
Ecologie
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| Additional Subjects |
Human ecology--Collections
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJDM |
GF8.E35 |
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Env Science Center Library/Ft Meade,MD |
03/18/1994 |
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| Collation |
viii, 307 pages : illustrations (some color), graphs, maps (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-301) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
The ecosphere and preindustrial man. The ecosphere / LaMont C. Cole ; The agricultural revolution / Robert J. Braidwood ; Forest clearance in the Stone Age / Johannes Iversen ; The Black Death / William L. Langer -- Limits rarely perceived. The human population / Edward S. Deevey, Jr. ; Water / Roger Revelle ; Lateritic soils / Mary McNeil -- Human food production as a process in the biosphere / Lester R. Brown ; The food resources of the ocean / S.J. Holt ; The dimensions of world poverty / David Simpson ; Human materials production as a process in the biosphere / Harrison Brown -- The dimensions of intervention. Toxic substances and ecological cycles / George M. Woodwell ; Air pollution and public health / Walsh McDermott ; The aging Great Lakes / Charles F. Powers and Andrew Robertson ; Ionizing radiation and the citizen / George W. Beadle ; Thermal pollution and aquatic life / John R. Clark ; Carbon dioxide and climate / Gilbert N. Plass ; The climate of cities / William P. Lowry ; Infectious drug resistance / Tsutomu Watanabe -- On management and buying time. The assessment of technology / Harvey Brooks and Raymond Bowers ; The reclamation of a man-made desert / Walter C. Lowdermilk ; The rangelands of the Western United States / R. Merton Love ; Chemical fertilizers / Christopher J. Pratt ; Third-generation pesticides / Carroll M. Williams ; The prospects of fusion power / William C. Gough and Bernard J. Eastlund ; The urbanization of the human population / Kingsley Davis ; Military technology and national security / Herbert F. York. |
| Place Published |
San Francisco, |
| PUB Date Free Form |
{1971} |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Document Type |
BC |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
79158355 //r90 |
| Merged OCLC records |
38228244; 977285090; 1171219691; 1200992777; 1201615607; 1201852569; 1201867701; 1201982831 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
19940915152853 |
| Language |
ENG |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
00870cam 2200265 45020 |
