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Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
Dirt, soil, call it what you want-it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea that we are-and have long been-using up Earth's soil. Once bare of protective vegetation and exposed to wind and rain, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, slowly enough to be ignored in a single lifetime but fast enough over centuries to limit the lifespan of civilizations. A rich mix of history, archaeology and geology, Dirt traces the role of soil use and abuse in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central America, and the American push westward. We see how soil has shaped us and we have shaped soil-as society after society has risen, prospered, and plowed through a natural endowment of fertile dirt. David R. Montgomery sees in the recent rise of organic and no-till farming the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate of previous civilizations.


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Title of ebook: Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
ISBN: 9780520933163
parent-ISBN: 9780520248700
Publisher: University of California Press
Internet download file size: 1442 kb
Published: 05-2007
Released online for download: 05-14-2007
Author of eBook: Montgomery, David R.
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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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