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020			_a9780395468821
020			_a0395468825
035			_a(KOHALIB)isbn-9780395468821
040			_aKOHALIB _beng _erda _cKOHALIB
082	0	4	_a970.01 _223
100	1		_aMacLeish, William H.
245	1	4	_aThe day before America / _cWilliam H. MacLeish.
264		1	_aBoston : _bHoughton Mifflin, _c1994.
300			_a277 pages
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aHistory and prehistory come alive in this extraordinary account of America as it was before it got its name. William H. MacLeish paints a heart-rending portrait of the lush, miraculous New World on the eve of the Encounter - the arrival of the first Europeans, after which nothing would be the same. Drawing on the work of anthropologists, geologists, and other academic experts, MacLeish roams over 18,000 years of the continent's history, exploring the role of climate and human activity in preparing the world that we have inherited. The Day Before America is studded with fascinating information on the awesome changes wrought by the ice age (and the inevitability of its return), the ecological effects of hunting and early agriculture, the astonishing variety of Indian civilizations, and the transformations in the continent's nature over the past five hundred years. It is a book informed by a deep commitment to the wonder and sacredness of the natural world. At bottom, it is a statement of belief in an unsentimental environmentalism - an effort to see our world in the longest view, and to value it all the more for that.
590			_aInventory: Single copy, entry 530; recorded quantity 1; damaged N/A
650		4	_aHunting and Gathering Societies
650		4	_aIndians of North America
650		4	_aIndian Philosophy
650		4	_aNatural History
650		4	_aHuman Ecology
650		4	_aHistory
650		4	_aPrehistorie
650		4	_aIndians of North America, History
942			_cBOOK _2ddc
999			_c518 _d518