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The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis

By DeFries , Ruth S

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2014
ISBN
9780465080939, 0465080936
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1400818 bytes)
Pages
289 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Agriculture & Food;Cultural;Evolution;Human ecolog

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A MacArthur Genius and eminent scientist shows how an ordinary mammal manipulated nature to become a technologically sophisticated city-dweller and why our history points to an optimistic future in the face of environmental crisis.;Prologue; 1: A Bird's-Eye View; Civilization's Engine; The Irish Pivot; The Length of the Lens; 2: Planetary Beginnings; Real Estate in the Cosmos; What Goes Around Comes Around; Time to Fill the Pantry; 3: Enter Human Ingenuity; From Genes to Ingenuity; Tools, Fire, and Words; Forager to Farmer; 4: Conundrums of Settled Life; The Great Irony; Bottleneck from Below; Life from Rivers; Another Conundrum; Ancient China Sidesteps the Bottlenecks; Europe Ratchets Up; 5: Ratchets from Afar; Boobies and Cormorants; Sun-Powered Cargo; Traveling Water; 6: Smash Open the Bottlenecks. Prologue 1: A Bird's-Eye View Civilization's Engine The Irish Pivot The Length of the Lens 2: Planetary Beginnings Real Estate in the Cosmos What Goes Around Comes Around Time to Fill the Pantry 3: Enter Human Ingenuity From Genes to Ingenuity Tools, Fire, and Words Forager to Farmer 4: Conundrums of Settled Life The Great Irony Bottleneck from Below Life from Rivers Another Conundrum Ancient China Sidesteps the Bottlenecks Europe Ratchets Up 5: Ratchets from Afar Boobies and Cormorants Sun-Powered Cargo Traveling Water 6: Smash Open the Bottlenecks. Food from AirBuffalo Bones and Buried Coral Hatchets Downstream Another Spigot Opens 7: Monocultures March Across the Midwest Hybrids Invade the Corn Belt Short Beats Tall In Search of the Soybean Power from the Ancient Sun More Meat, Less Starch 8: Competition for the Bounty Scarecrows to Strychnine A Better Scarecrow Cascading Consequences Perpetual Pursuit 9: The Revolution Goes Global From Mexico to India Miracles with Rice The Dark Side of the Revolution Back to the Wild The Next Genetic Twist 10: Farmer to Urbanite Fattier and Sweeter. The Planetary Machinery Lashes Back The Next Pivots Into the Cacophony Acknowledgments Notes References Index.

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