Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action (The John Harvard Library) - Softcover

Marsh, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674544528 ISBN 13: 9780674544529

Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 1965

Synopsis

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."

About this title

Book Description:

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.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1965
• ISBN 10: 0674544528
• ISBN 13: 9780674544529
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 504
• Editor: Lowenthal David