1. Cultural Consequences of Desertification
2. The End of the Green Sahara
3. Women's Place in the Desert
4. The Devil's Environment
5. Warlords and the Politics of Scarcity
6. Tribes Without Nature in Common
7. Desertification and Culture in Ancient Egypt
8. South Asia's Desert and Forest Heritage
9. The Impact of Desiccation on China
10. Locusts and Desert Saints in North Africa
11. Ancient Europe's Encounters with Desert Civilizations
12. The Age of Desert Civilization in Europe
13. From the Book of Desert Wisdom to the Book of Nature
14. The Dominator Backlash in Modern Europe
15. The Possible Ecological Age
