The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis: A Biography of an Ingenious Species by Ruth DeFries

The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis: A Biography of an Ingenious Species

Ruth DeFries

288 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
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A MacArthur “Genius” and eminent scientist shows how an ordinary mammal manipulated nature to become a technologically sophisticated city-dweller—and why our history points to an optimistic future in the face of environmental crisis
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