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| Preface |
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| INTRODUCTION Holmberg's Mistake |
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| PART ONE Numbers from Nowhere? |
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2. Why Billington Survived |
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3. In the Land of Four Quarters |
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4. Frequently Asked Questions |
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| PART TWO Very Old Bones |
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6. Cotton (or Anchovies) and Maize (Tales of Two Civilizations, Part I) |
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7. Writing, Wheels, and Bucket Brigades (Tales of Two Civilizations, Part II) |
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| PART THREE Landscape with Figures |
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10. The Artificial Wilderness |
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| CODA |
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11. The Great Law of Peace |
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| Appendixes |
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C. The Syphilis Exception |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Notes |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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