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

George Marsh

ISBN 10: 0674544528 / ISBN 13: 9780674544529

Published by Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1973

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504 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # x-0674544528

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action (John Harvard Library)
• Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674544528
• ISBN 13: 9780674544529
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.75 kilograms

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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."

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.