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Editorial: Cambridge, Mass., London : MIT Press, 2003 2003
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, Nye, David E., 1946-. America as second creation. Technology and narratives of new beginnings. Cambridge, Mass., London : MIT Press, 2003, x, 371pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black cloth, light wear. CONTENTS: Introduction: In the American beginning -- Narrating the assimilation of nature -- Surveying the ground -- Axe…, clearing, cabin -- The nurturing forest -- The mill, or "natural power" -- Pollution and class conflict -- "Let us conquer space" -- "The route of superior desolation" -- "Conquered rivers are better servants than wild clouds" -- Water monopoly: federal irrigation and factories in the field -- Progress, or entropy? -- Conclusion: Second creation, conservation, and wilderness. 9780262140812 ISBN 0262140810.
