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For most people in the United States, going almost anywhere begins with reaching for the car keys. This is true, Christo

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Car Country: An Environmental History
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Humanity is by many measures the biggest success story in the animal kingdom; but what are the costs of this triumph? Ov

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Humanity is by many measures the biggest success story in the animal kingdom; but what are the costs of this triumph? Ov

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Cities are amongst our greatest creations. Yet at the start of the twenty-first century there is increasing concern over

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1. The environmental setting -- Physical characteristics -- Climate -- Plant and animal life -- Cultural geography -- Ea

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In the seventeenth century, the Dutch herring fisheries in the North Sea were considered the most sophisticated and dema

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The melting of the Ice Age glaciers heralded the arrival of the Archaic peoples in the South and the lives of the South&

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Millions of tourists and residents know the Bow River as it tumbles through Banff's spectacular scenery or carves a

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Here is the story of the long interaction between humans, land, and climate in the American South. It is a tale of explo

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