Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action (Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium) - Brossura

Marsh, George Perkins

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ISBN 10: 0674544528 ISBN 13: 9780674544529

Casa editrice: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965

Riassunto

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"

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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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1965
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0674544528
• ISBN 13: 9780674544529
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 504
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