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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455162203321

Autore

Marsh George P (George Perkins), <1801-1882.>

Titolo

Man and nature [[electronic resource] /] / by George Perkins Marsh ; edited by David Lowenthal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965

ISBN

0-674-04063-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (504 p.)

Disciplina

910

Soggetti

Nature - Effect of human beings on

Conservation of natural resources

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The text...is the first edition, as published in New York by Charles Scribner in 1864."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical footnotes.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""A Note on the Text""; ""Man and Nature""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introductory""; ""2. Transfer, Modification, and Extirpation of Vegetable and of Animal Species""; ""3. The Woods""; ""4. The Waters""; ""5. The Sands""; ""6. Projected or Possible Geographical Changes by Man""; ""Index""