Comp Bk Food Counts(Ind) by Corinne T Netzer

Comp Bk Food Counts(Ind) by Corinne T Netzer

Throughout history, swamps have been idealized and demonized, purged and protected. Today, they are simultaneously considered metaphorical places of evil, pestilence, and death, and treasured as diverse biological ecosystems teeming with life.

Covering not only swamps and bogs but also marshes and wetlands, Swamp ventures into the cultural and ecological histories of these mysterious, mythologized, and misunderstood landscapes. Anthony Wilson takes readers into swamps across the globe, from the freshwater marshes of Botswana's tremendous Okavango delta, to the notable swamps between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, to the peat bogs in Russia, the British Isles, and Scandinavia, which have been used as energy sources for centuries. It explores ideas and representations of wetlands across centuries, cultures, and continents, considering legend and folklore, mythology, literature, film, and natural and cultural history. As it plumbs the murky depths of swamps from the distant past to an uncertain future, Swamps provides an engaging, accessible, informative, and lavishly illustrated journey into these fascinating landscapes.

Corinne T. Netzer is the author of dozens of books on diet and nutrition, including THE COMPLETE BOOK OF FOOD COUNTS, THE CARBOHYDRATE COUNTER, and THE CORINNE T. NETZER DIETER'S ACTIVITY DIARY. There are over 30 million of her books in print.

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ISBN 13	9780440200628
ISBN 10	0440200628
Title	Comp Bk Food Counts(Ind)
Author	Corinne T Netzer
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Dell Publishing
Year published	1988-02-01
Number of pages	543
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