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Book Title: Environmental Change And Human Development: Controlling Natu...
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Environmental Change and Human Development : the Place of Environmental Change in Human Evolution
Publisher: Hodder Education Group
Publication Year: 2003
Subject: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Earth Sciences / Geography, Sociology / General, Ecology
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.6 Oz
Author: Chris Barrow
Item Length: 6.1 in
Subject Area: Nature, Social Science, Science
Item Width: 9.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
