Publication

2014-06-24 - University of Virginia Press

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100813935660
  • ISBN-139780813935669
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013035018
  • OCLC Control Number857753970
  • Better World Books9780813935669
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCG69.S29W55 2014
  • LCCG69.S29 W55 2014

Description

This Missouri-born son of German immigrants contributed to many fields, with a versatility rare in his time and virtually unknown today. Sauer explored plant and animal domestication, the entry of Native Americans into the continent, their transformation of the land into prairies and cultivated fields, and subsequent European enterprise that fueled prosperity but also triggered environmental degradation and the loss of cultural diversity. Providing profound and invaluable insights into the human occupance, cultivation--and often ruination--of the earth, Sauer revolutionized our understanding of the impact of European conquest of the New World.

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