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UNINA9910822100103321 |
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Autore |
Lowenthal David <1923-> |
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Titolo |
George Perkins Marsh : prophet of conservation / / David Lowenthal ; foreword by William Cronon |
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Seattle, WA, : University of Washington Press, 2003, 2000 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (632 p.) |
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Collana |
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Weyerhaeuser environmental book |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Conservationists - United States |
Statesmen - United States |
United States Environmental conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents ""; ""List of Illustrations ""; ""Preface ""; ""1. Woodstock and First Watershed ""; ""2. Burlington: Blunders and Bereavements ""; ""3. Puritans, Vikings, Goths ""; ""4. Congress and the Smithsonian ""; ""5. American History from the Ground Up ""; ""6. Constantinople and the Desert ""; ""7. Missionary Miseries, Mediterranean Jaunts ""; ""8. Debts and Dromedaries ""; ""9. Vermont Public Servant ""; ""10. The English Language ""; ""11. Risorgimento and Civil War ""; ""12. Turin and the Alps ""; ""13. Man and Nature: The Making ""; ""14. Man and Nature: The Meaning "" |
""15. Florence and Unfinished Italy """"16. Last Watersheds: Rome, Cravairola, Vallombrosa ""; ""17. Retrospect: Forming a Life ""; ""18. Prospect: Reforming Nature ""; ""Abbreviations in Notes and Bibliography ""; ""Notes ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Illustration Credits ""; ""Index "" |
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