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Autore |
Marsh George P (George Perkins), <1801-1882.> |
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Titolo |
Man and nature / / George Perkins Marsh ; edited by David Lowenthal |
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Cambridge, Mass. : , : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, , 1965 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxix, 472 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nature - Effect of human beings on |
Conservation of natural resources |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"The text...is the first edition, as published in New York by Charles Scribner in 1864." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical footnotes and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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