Man and Nature : : Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action / / George Perkins MARSH.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: MARSH, George Perkins,
• MitwirkendeR: Lowenthal, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021]; ©1965
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (503 p.)

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."

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- A Note on the Text -- Preface -- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY -- CHAPTER II. TRANSFER, MODIFICATION, AND EXTIRPATION OF VEGETABLE AND OF ANIMAL SPECIES -- CHAPTER III. THE WOODS -- CHAPTER IV. THE WATERS -- CHAPTER V. THE SANDS -- CHAPTER VI. PROJECTED OR POSSIBLE GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES BY MAN -- Index