Man and Nature Or, Physical Geography As Modified by Human Action

Name: Man and Nature Or, Physical Geography As Modified by Human Action
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ISBN: 9780295983165

ISBN-10: 0295983167

ISBN-13: 9780295983165

Edition: 2003

Authors: George Perkins Marsh, David Lowenthal, William Cronon, David Lowenthal, William Cronon

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First published in 1864, 'Man & Nature' was the first book to challenge the perception that man's effect on nature was benign or negligible. Marsh argued that the ancient world promoted its own destruction by deforestation & soil exhaustion. His work inspired many early conservationists.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication date: 4/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.958



Foreword: A Classic of Conservation



Introduction to the 2003 Edition



A Note on the Text


Preface



Introductory



Transfer, Modification, and Extirpation of Vegetable and of Animal Species



The Woods



The Waters



The Sands



Projected or Possible Geographical Changes by Man


Index