01533cam a2200349 i 4500 1261954980 TxAuBib 890131s1989||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 89001052 9780374128906 0374128901 9780374522599 0374522596 (OCoLC)7850 DLC eng DLC AGL LHA BAKER UKV3G BTCTA YDXCP UQ1 JTH TPH EZN GEBAY ILC FN4 BUR GBVCP UAF OCLCF UKMGB CIT TOL UtOrBLW TxAuBib rda McPhee, John, 1931- The control of nature / John McPhee. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1989. 272 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier ""The text of this book originally appeared in the New Yorker""--T.p. verso. McPhee details the strategies and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking in his vivid depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those who would attempt to wrest control from her--stubborn, often ingenious, and always arresting characters. Environmental protection. Nature Effect of human beings on. Nature. Debris avalanches California Los Angeles. Volcanic eruptions Iceland. Flood control Mississippi River.