A fresh and engaging look at some serious modern problems: the failure of the family farm, the erosion of soil and the decline in farm yields, and the accelerating and irrevocable loss of biological and cultural information.
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A fresh and engaging look at some serious modern problems: the failure of the family farm, the erosion of soil and the decline in farm yields, and the accelerating and irrevocable loss of biological and cultural information.
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Add this copy of Altars of Unhewn Stone: Science and the Earth to cart. $13.05, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by North Point Pr.
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Add this copy of Altars of Unhewn Stone: Science and the Earth to cart. $65.00, very good condition, Sold by Munster & Company rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Corvallis, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by North Point Press.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1987. x, 158 pp. 23.5 x 16 cm. Light grey cloth covered boards with gilt titling to spine, in a glossy pictorial dustjacket; review copy. Some light toning to front panel and spine of jacket, which is protected in a mylar cover. Two small spots of foxing to top edge of text block, with a few more very small spots on bottom edge. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Laid-in at front is a publisher's prospectus for the book as well as black and white photo of the author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
Add this copy of Altars of Unhewn Stone: Science and the Earth to cart. $90.00, like new condition, Sold by Rose's Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harwich Port, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by North Point Press.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Presumed first edition. 8vo. Cloth. 158 p. Jackson issues an urgent call for a new view of contemporary agriculture, combining findings from scientific and practical research with a keen interpretation of pertinent literature. He demonstrates the wisdom of traditional attitudes towards farming, land and resource use, and the interrelations of cultural and biological communities. Fine in near fine dustjacket in mylar cover.