The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its PeoplesGrove Press, 2002 - 404 halaman In The Eternal Frontier, world-renowned scientist and historian Tim Flannery tells the unforgettable story of the geological and biological evolution of the North American continent, from the time of the asteroid strike that ended the age of dinosaurs 65 million years ago, to the present day. Flannery describes the development of North America's deciduous forests and other flora, and tracks the immigration and emigration of various animals to and from Europe, Asia, and South America, showing how plant and animal species have either adapted or become extinct. The story takes in the massive changes wrought by the ice ages and the coming of the Indians, and continues right up to the present, covering the deforestation of the Northeast, the decimation of the buffalo, and other facets of the enormous impact of frontier settlement and the development of the industrial might of the United States. Natural history on a monumental scale, The Eternal Frontier contains an enormous wealth of fascinating scientific details, and Flannery's accessible and dynamic writing makes the book a delight to read. This is science writing at its very best -- a riveting page-turner that is simultaneously an accessible and scholarly trove of incredible information that is already being hailed by critics as a classic. Tim Flannery's account ... will fascinate Americans and non-Americans alike. -- Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel No one before Flannery ... has been brave enough to tackle the whole pageant of North America. -- David Quammen, the New York Times Book Review Tim Flannery's book will forever change your perspective on the North American continent ... Exhilarating. -- John Terborgh, The New York Review of Books Full of engaging and attention-catching information about North America's geology, climate, and paleontology. -- Patricia Nelson Limerick, the Washington Post Book World Natural history par excellence. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) This gutsy Aussie may have read our landscape and ecological history with greater clarity than any native son. -- David A. Burney, Natural History A fascinating, current, and insightful look at our familiar history from a larger perspective. -- David Bezanson, Austin-American Statesman The scope of [Flannery's] story is huge, and his research exhaustive. -- Lauren Gravitz, The Christian Science Monitor |
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... The fickle finger of fate dooms the marsupials . The triumph of the turtles and survival of the placentals . The development of a distinctive North American fauna . PAGE 38 Act 2 IN WHICH AMERICA BECOMES A TROPICAL PARADISE 4.
... The fickle finger of fate dooms the marsupials . The triumph of the turtles and survival of the placentals . The development of a distinctive North American fauna . PAGE 38 Act 2 IN WHICH AMERICA BECOMES A TROPICAL PARADISE 4.
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... BECOMES A TROPICAL PARADISE 4 FIRST CONTACTS Mr Stein's tiny fossil . The great uintathere war . Buffalo Bill meets the professor . Fossil hunting on the frontier . Iguanas become the first wetbacks . Ancient invaders from Asia ...
... BECOMES A TROPICAL PARADISE 4 FIRST CONTACTS Mr Stein's tiny fossil . The great uintathere war . Buffalo Bill meets the professor . Fossil hunting on the frontier . Iguanas become the first wetbacks . Ancient invaders from Asia ...
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... becomes a veritable Africa as camels pretend to be giraffes and gazelles , rhinos become hippos , and antelope proliferate . Is there only one way to live on grass ? The arrival of the early elephants . Strangers wash ashore from South ...
... becomes a veritable Africa as camels pretend to be giraffes and gazelles , rhinos become hippos , and antelope proliferate . Is there only one way to live on grass ? The arrival of the early elephants . Strangers wash ashore from South ...
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... becoming what it is today . A Renaissance European way of thinking has saddled us with a globe divided conceptually in two - an Old and a New World . Despite the fact that neither is a biologically coherent entity , scientists have ...
... becoming what it is today . A Renaissance European way of thinking has saddled us with a globe divided conceptually in two - an Old and a New World . Despite the fact that neither is a biologically coherent entity , scientists have ...
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... become home to an extraordinary diver- sity of cultures , from highly organised nation states to hunter - gatherers , including some unique forms of human social organisation . Since the eighteenth century it has been the continent of ...
... become home to an extraordinary diver- sity of cultures , from highly organised nation states to hunter - gatherers , including some unique forms of human social organisation . Since the eighteenth century it has been the continent of ...
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GROUND ZERO | 9 |
THE REORDERING OF NORTH AMERICA | 25 |
OF HELLBENDERS AND HOOFED CREATURES | 38 |
IN WHICH AMERICA BECOMES A TROPICAL PARADISE | 55 |
FIRST CONTACTS | 57 |
THE BRIDGE OVER GREENLAND | 71 |
IN WHICH AMERICA BECOMES A LAND OF IMMIGRANTS | 81 |
A FATAL CONFIGURATION | 83 |
THE NEW AMERICAN FAUNA | 206 |
THE MAKING OF THE BUFFALO | 218 |
THE RISE OF CULTURES | 230 |
THE TAMING OF TEOSINTE | 244 |
IN WHICH AMERICA CONQUERS THE WORLD | 255 |
ALTERNATIVE AMERICAS | 257 |
ENGLISH COLONIES ALL | 269 |
CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY | 287 |
LA GRANDE COUPURE | 91 |
A GOLDEN AGE | 108 |
GATEWAY TO THE PRESENT | 122 |
UNITED LANDS OF AMERICA | 130 |
LAURENTIDE | 146 |
VISIT TO A NEW WORLD | 155 |
IN WHICH AMERICA IS DISCOVERED | 171 |
A NEW WORLD | 173 |
THE BLACK HOLE THEORY OF EXTINCTION | 186 |
MASSACRING THE MAMMOTH DISMEMBERING THE MASTODON | 194 |
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