A History of Civilization in 50 Disasters by Phillip Hoose, Gale Eaton

A History of Civilization in 50 Disasters

Phillip Hoose, Gale Eaton

223 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction historical history science challenging informative slow-paced
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Civilization rearranges nature for human convenience. Clothes and houses keep us warm; agriculture feeds us; medicine fights our diseases. It all works—most of the time. But key resources lie in the most hazardous places, so we choose to live on r...

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