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George Perkins Marsh
Prophet of Conservation
George Perkins Marsh (1801–1882) was the first to reveal the menace of environmental misuse, to explain its causes, and to prescribe reforms. David Lowenthal here offers fresh insights, from new sources, into Marsh’s career and...
ISBN: 9780295983158
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Man and Nature
Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action
In Man and Nature, first published in 1864, polymath scholar and diplomat George Perkins Marsh challenged the general belief that human impact on nature was generally benign or negligible and charged that ancient civilizations of...
ISBN: 9780295983165
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