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Man and Nature
Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action
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George Marsh
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Edited by:
David Lowenthal
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
1965
About this book
George Perkins Marsh's Man and Nature was the first book to attack the American myth of the superabundance and the inexhaustibility of the earth. It was, as Lewis Mumford said, "the fountainhead of the conservation movement," and few books since have had such an influence on the way men view and use land.
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First published in 1864, this cautionary exploration of how civilizations decline when they degrade the natural world is the wellspring of the environmental movement.
-- T. H. Watkins Washington Post
-- T. H. Watkins Washington Post
This classic of conservation, Man and Nature, is a remarkable work. Written more than 100 years ago, it remains as rich and suggestive now as it must have been astonishing then… The editor has written an excellent and meticulously balanced foreword… It should be added that the labor of Lowenthal in correcting, amplifying, and annotating the original creation of Marsh is beyond cavil.
-- Los Angeles Times
-- Los Angeles Times
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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Introduction
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A Note on the Text
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Preface
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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
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CHAPTER II. TRANSFER, MODIFICATION, AND EXTIRPATION OF VEGETABLE AND OF ANIMAL SPECIES
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CHAPTER III. THE WOODS
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CHAPTER IV. THE WATERS
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CHAPTER V. THE SANDS
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CHAPTER VI. PROJECTED OR POSSIBLE GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES BY MAN
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Index
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July 1, 2009
eBook ISBN:
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