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

Marsh, George

ISBN 10: 0674544528 / ISBN 13: 9780674544529

Published by Belknap Press: An Imprint of Har, 1965

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Clean Pages. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action (The John Harvard Library)
• Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Har
• Publication Date: 1965
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674544528
• ISBN 13: 9780674544529
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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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.