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The control of nature

  • John McPhee,
  • John McPhee,
  • John A. McPhee

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McPhee details the strategies and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking in his vivid depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those who would attempt to wrest control from her--stubborn, often ingenious, and always arresting characters.

Genres

  • Environmental protection
  • Nature
  • Effect of human beings on
  • Influence on nature
  • Man
  • Human beings
  • Long Now Manual for Civilization
  • Nature, effect of human beings on
  • New York Times reviewed
  • Debris avalanches
  • Volcanic eruptions
  • Flood control
  • Mensch
  • Natur
  • Naturgefahr
  • Ingénierie
  • Relation homme-nature
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About the authors

  • John McPhee

    born 1931

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    45 ratings · 139 works

  • John McPhee

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    1 ratings · 16 works

  • John A. McPhee

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Editions

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    Large print ed.

    G.K. Hall

    1999

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    1st ed.

    Farrar, Straus, Giroux

    1989

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    G. K. Hall

    1999

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    Noonday Press

    1990

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  • Edition cover

    Farrar, Straus & Giroux

    2011

  • Edition cover

    Largeprint edition

    G. K. Hall & Company

    January 2000

  • Edition cover

    1st ed.

    Farrar, Straus & Giroux

    1989

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    Pimlico

    1991

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    Hutchinson Radius

    1990

  • Edition cover

    Random House Audio

    September 17, 1989

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    Books On Tape

    September 1991