The control of nature /
McPhee details the strategies and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking in his vivid depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those who would attempt to wrest control from her--stubborn, often ingenious, and always arresting charact...
| Основен автор: | McPhee, John, 1931- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Farrar, Straus, Giroux,
1989.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
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| Резюме: |
McPhee details the strategies and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking in his vivid depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those who would attempt to wrest control from her--stubborn, often ingenious, and always arresting characters. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
"The text of this book originally appeared in the New Yorker"--T.p. verso. |
| Физически характеристики: |
272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0374128901 9780374128906 9780374522599 (trade pbk.) 0374522596 (trade pbk.) |