Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action - Hardcover
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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First published in 1864, Man and Nature inspired the modern conservation movement and was the most influential text of its time next to Darwin’s On the Origin of Species.
David Lowenthal is professor emeritus of geography at University College London. His books include George Perkins Marsh: Prophet of Conservation, The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History, and The Past Is a Foreign Country.
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- PublisherBelknap Press
- Publication date1965
- ISBN 10 0674544501
- ISBN 13 9780674544505
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages504
- EditorLowenthal David
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