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Table of Contents “...Cancer alley / Richard Misrach -- Part 2. Ecological atlas / Kate Orff : Oil : Essay ; From the earth to the sky ; From Spindletop to Chevron ; Depths of addiction ; Consumerism ; Petrochemical landscape -- Infrastructure : Essay ; From seabed to swamp ; From salt dome to pipe ; From pipe to plastic bag ; The ethylene network ; Export corridors ; Pipeline to America -- Waste : Essay ; Pits, ponds, and pipes ; Deep in the ground, up in the air ; Toxics release mapping ; The ecology of waste ; Metabolizing waste -- Displacement : Essay ; Morisonville dream ; Regional displacement over time ; Past and future imagined ; The transformation of Taft ; Cancer alleys around the world -- Ecology/economy : Essay ; Requiem for a bayou ; Mississippi cultures past ; Portrait of growth: ecological economies ; Portrait of decline: the gulf under siege ; Life and livelihoods at risk -- Food : Essay ; The synthetic nitrogen cycle ; The industrial food chain ; "Food-like substance" alley ; Dead zones -- Landscape : Essay ; The landscape we have made ; Bigger, farther, filled with more stuff ; The lonely shopping cart ; Redrawing the map -- Appendix : Glossary of terms and solutions for a post-petrochemical culture....”

Table of Contents “...Introduction -- The south coast desert -- A lost landscape: ancient settlement of Samaca and Ullujaya -- Tracing landscape change: the geomorphological record -- Tracing human ecology: the archaeobotanical and malacological record -- Deforestation -- The Huarango: the genus Prosopis on the south coast -- The Huarango in the desert riparian and agriculural ecosystem -- The Sonoran desert: an ethnoecological analogue? ...”

Subjects “...Landscape assessment California History....”

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Table of Contents “.... -- Guide for readers -- Introduction -- The landscape: Geology ; Ecology ; Environment -- The people: Family and community ; Images and icons ; Race, ethnicity, and identity ; Settlement and migration ; Urban Appalachian experience -- Work and the economy: Agriculture ; Business, industry, and technology ; Labor ; Tourism ; Transportation -- Cultural traditions: Architecture ; Crafts ; Folklore and folklife ; Food and cooking ; Humor ; Language ; Literature ; Music ; Performing arts ; Religion ; Sports and recreation ; Visual arts -- Institutions: Cultural institutions ; Education ; Government ; Health ; Media....”

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