The Earth as Modified by Human Action
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THE EARTH AS MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTION.
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS VOLUME.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
THE EARTH AS MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTION.
CHAPTER 1.
UNCERTAINTY OF OUR HISTORICAL CONCLUSIONS ON ANCIENT CLIMATES.
STABILITY OF NATURE.
FORMATION OF BOGS.
NATURAL CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGE.
IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL CONSERVATION, AND RESTORATION.
PHYSICAL RESTORATION.
CHAPTER II.
MODERN GEOGRAPHY EMBRACES ORGANIC LIFE.
ORIGIN OF DOMESTIC PLANTS.
OBJECTS OF MODERN COMMERCE.
FOREIGN PLANTS, HOW INTRODUCED.
VEGETABLE POWER OF ACCOMMODATION.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
USEFUL AMERICAN PLANTS GROWN IN EUROPE.
EXTIRPATION OF VEGETABLES.
ANIMAL LIFE AS A GEOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL AGENCY.
INFLUENCE OF ANIMAL LIFE ON VEGETATION
ORIGIN AND TRANSFER OF DOMESTIC QUADRUPEDS.
EXTIRPATION OF WILD QUADRUPEDS.
LARGE MARINE ANIMALS RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT IN GEOGRAPHY.
INTRODUCTION AND BREEDING OF FISH.
INTRODUCTION OF BIRDS.
INJURY TO THE FOREST BY INSECTS.
DESTRUCTION OF INSECTS.
CHAPTER III.
VIII.
IX.
CHAPTER IV.
DRAINING OF THE LAKE OF HAARLEM.
SUBTERRANEAN WATERS.
CHAPTER V.
COAST DUNES.
CHARACTER OF DUNE SAND.
CHAPTER VI.
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