Dirt
The Erosion of Civilizations
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.....................................ix
1 / GOOD OLD DIRT...................................1
2 / SKIN OF THE EARTH...............................9
3 / RIVERS OF LIFE..................................27
4 / GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES............................49
5 / LET THEM EAT COLONIES...........................83
6 / WESTWARD HOE....................................115
7 / DUST BLOW.......................................145
8 / DIRTY BUSINESS..................................179
9 / ISLANDS IN TIME.................................217
10 / LIFE SPAN OF CIVILIZATIONS.....................233
NOTES...............................................247
BIBLIOGRAPHY........................................251
INDEX...............................................271
Chapter One
Good Old Dirt
What we do to the land, we do to ourselves.
WENDELL BERRY
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