Book ID: CBB000950553

Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (2007)

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Montgomery, David R. (Author)


University of California Press


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: ix + 285 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Cushman, Gregory T. (2008) Review of "Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 382). unapi

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