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The American West at risk : science, myths, and politics of land abuse and recovery
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- Creator
- Howard G. Wilshire, Jane E. Nielson, Richard W. Hazlett
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 619 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0195142055, 0199722617, 9780195142051, 9786611341855, 0197561780, 1281341851
- OCLC
- ocn144570897, ocn254160704
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 444-593) and index.
- Once and future trees -- Harvesting the future -- Raiding the range -- Digging to China -- Routes of ruin -- Legacies of war -- Creating the nuclear wasteland -- No habitat but our own -- The last drops -- Garbage of the Golden West -- Tragedy of the playground -- Driving to the end of America's birthright -- Nature's way