Tree of rivers : the story of the Amazon / John Hemming; [maps by Martin Lubikowski].
2008
F2546 .H46 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
Tree of rivers : the story of the Amazon / John Hemming; [maps by Martin Lubikowski].
Author
Hemming, John, 1935-
ISBN
9780500514016
0500514011
0500514011
Publication Details
New York : Thames & Hudson, c2008.
Language
English
Description
368 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
F2546 .H46 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
981.1
Summary
By far the world's largest river, the Amazon flows through the greatest expanse of tropical rain forest on earth. Human beings settled in Amazonia ten thousand years ago and learned to live well on its bounty. Europeans first saw it around 1500 and started settling there in the seventeenth century. By the nineteenth century, Amazonian natives had almost been destroyed by diseases and slavery. Although the rubber industry created huge fortunes, it was at a fearful cost in human misery. In the last hundred years, the Amazon has seen intrepid explorers, entrepreneurial millionaires, and political extremists; alongside them, scientists, anthropologists, and archaeologists have sought to discover its secrets. Today, the world's appetite for timber, beef, and soya is destroying this great tropical forest. Hemming explains why the Amazon is environmentally crucial and describes the passionate struggles to exploit and to protect it.--From publisher description.
Note
"First published in 2008 in hardcover in the United States of America by Thames and Hudson Inc. ... New York"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-363) and index.
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