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Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: New. First Edition/First Printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softback. Seller Inventory # 027051
Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. First Edition. Nineteenthcentury Britain led the world in technological innovation and urbanization and unprecedented population growth contributed as well to the rash assault to quote Wordsworth on Victorian countrysides Yet James Winter finds that the British environment was generally spared widespread ecological damageDrawing from a remarkable variety of sources and disciplines Winter focuses on human intervention as it not only destroyed but also preserved the physical environment Industrial blight could be contained he says because of Britains capacity to import resources from elsewhere the conservative effect of the estate system and certain intrinsic limitations of steam engines The rash assault was further blunted by traditional agricultural practices preservation of forests and a growing recreation industry that favored beloved landscapes Winters illumination of Victorian attitudes toward the exploitation of natural resources offers a valuable preamble to ongoing discussions of human intervention in the environment. Seller Inventory # DADAX0520229304
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Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # 9780520229303
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Book Description Condition: New. Drawing from a variety of sources and disciplines, this text focuses on human intervention as it not only destroyed, but also preserved the physical environment of 19th-century Britain - a time of urbanization, technological innovation and unprecedented pop. Seller Inventory # 594721633