Man and Nature : Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action

George Marsh

ISBN 10: 0674544528 / ISBN 13: 9780674544529

Editore: Harvard University Press Jan 1965, 1965

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Neuware - 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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• Titolo: Man and Nature : Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action
• Editore: Harvard University Press Jan 1965
• Data di pubblicazione: 1965
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0674544528
• ISBN 13: 9780674544529
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 229 L x 143 A x 32 P (millimetri) 229 millimetri di larghezza per 143 millimetri di altezza per 32 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 771 grammi

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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. "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.