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

Marsh, George Perkins

ISBN 10: 0674544528 / ISBN 13: 9780674544529

Editore: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965

Riguardo questo articolo

book is tight with no markings, light soiling to wraps, minor soiling to page edges, nice copy.

Codice articolo 028860

Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action (Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium) (The John Harvard Library)
• Editore: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1965
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0674544528
• ISBN 13: 9780674544529
• Rilegatura: Trade Paperback
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No Jacket
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • ENVIRONMENT

Descrizione articolo

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"

Product Description

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.