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The control of nature
Title:
The control of nature
ISBN:
9780374128906

9780374522599
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, c1989.
Physical Description:
272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:
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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