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  • Jeremy B. C. Jackson and Steve Chapple
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. PREFACE ix
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
  5. BREAKPOINT xvii
  6. PART I. Heartland
  7. One. Corn Off the Cob 3
  8. Two. Food versus Fuel 13
  9. Three. Where’s the Food? 23
  10. Four. Don’t Drink That! 32
  11. PART II. Coast
  12. Five. Delta Dawn 45
  13. Six. Blue Bayou 70
  14. Seven. The Fate of a Great City 104
  15. PART III. Too Little Water and Too Much
  16. Eight. Sea Level Rise Is Dangerous 119
  17. Nine. Retreat from the Coasts 135
  18. Ten. Agriculture in Crisis 147
  19. Eleven. Reinventing Agriculture 157
  20. Epilogue: America at the Crossroads 170
  21. Notes 205
  22. Index 277
https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300235036-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. PREFACE ix
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
  5. BREAKPOINT xvii
  6. PART I. Heartland
  7. One. Corn Off the Cob 3
  8. Two. Food versus Fuel 13
  9. Three. Where’s the Food? 23
  10. Four. Don’t Drink That! 32
  11. PART II. Coast
  12. Five. Delta Dawn 45
  13. Six. Blue Bayou 70
  14. Seven. The Fate of a Great City 104
  15. PART III. Too Little Water and Too Much
  16. Eight. Sea Level Rise Is Dangerous 119
  17. Nine. Retreat from the Coasts 135
  18. Ten. Agriculture in Crisis 147
  19. Eleven. Reinventing Agriculture 157
  20. Epilogue: America at the Crossroads 170
  21. Notes 205
  22. Index 277
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