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The Control of Nature is a 1989 nonfiction book by John McPhee that chronicles three attempts to control natural processes that had varying success. The book combines three long essays previously published in The New Yorker: "Atchafalaya", "Cooling the Lava", and "Los Angeles Against the Mountains".
1 sty 2001 · Written in 1989, Control of Nature analyzes the economic, social and geological forces behind three man-vs.-nature struggles: the attempt to force the Mississippi River to behave in the way that permanently settled human communities want it to, and not to change course when it naturally would have done so; the fight to cool a lava flow in ...
1 wrz 1990 · The Control of Nature is John McPhee's bestselling account of places where people are locked in combat with nature. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strageties and tactics through which people attempt to control nature.
The Control of Nature by John McPhee was published in 1989 and includes three essays/articles reported from different geographic locales that reflect one common theme: man attempting to control nature.
1 kwi 2011 · The book explores how people try to control nature in different places and situations, such as the Atchafalaya River, Iceland, Hawaii, and Los Angeles. It features vivid descriptions of natural phenomena and human interventions, as well as the characters and conflicts involved.
1 wrz 1990 · The Control of Nature is John McPhee's bestselling account of places where people are locked in combat with nature. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strageties and tactics through which people attempt to control nature.
31 mar 2011 · The control of nature ... The control of nature by McPhee, John A. Publication date 1999 Topics Environmental protection, Nature -- Effect of human beings on Publisher Thorndike, ME : G. K. Hall Collection internetarchivebooks; delawarecountydistrictlibrary; americana; printdisabled
