Man and Nature : : Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action / / George Perkins MARSH.
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 m...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021] ©1965 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t CONTENTS -- |t Introduction -- |t A Note on the Text -- |t Preface -- |t CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY -- |t CHAPTER II. TRANSFER, MODIFICATION, AND EXTIRPATION OF VEGETABLE AND OF ANIMAL SPECIES -- |t CHAPTER III. THE WOODS -- |t CHAPTER IV. THE WATERS -- |t CHAPTER V. THE SANDS -- |t CHAPTER VI. PROJECTED OR POSSIBLE GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES BY MAN -- |t Index |
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520 | |a 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. "It is worth reading after a hundred years," Mr. Lowenthal points out, "not only because it taught important lessons in its day, but also because it still teaches them so well.Historical insight and contemporary passion make Man and Nature an enduring classic." | ||
538 | |a Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. | ||
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588 | 0 | |a Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) | |
650 | 0 | |a Conservation des ressources naturelles. | |
650 | 0 | |a Conservation of natural resources. | |
650 | 0 | |a Homme |x Influence sur la nature. | |
650 | 0 | |a Nature |x Effect of human beings on. | |
650 | 7 | |a SCIENCE / Environmental Science (see also Chemistry / Environmental). |2 bisacsh | |
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