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发表于2024-11-28
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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.
戴維·R. 濛哥馬利(1961— )
美國華盛頓大學地球與空間科學專業教授。1984年畢業於斯坦福大學地質學專業,1991年在加州大學伯剋利分校獲得地貌學專業博士學位。主要研究領域為地形演化,以及地貌過程對生態係統和人類社會的影響。曾獲得2008年的麥剋阿瑟天纔奬,並屢次獲得華盛頓州圖書奬。代錶作包括《魚王》(King of Fish,2003)、《泥土》(Dirt,2007)、《岩石不會說謊》(The Rocks Don’t Lie,2012)、《種植革命》(Growing A Revolution,2017)等。
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Dirt pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024