George Perkins Marsh : prophet of conservation / / David Lowenthal ; foreword by William Cronon
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Seattle, WA, : University of Washington Press, 2003, 2000 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (632 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.5092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Conservationists - United States |
| Statesmen - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Environmental conditions |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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 "" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | George Perkins Marsh |
| ISBN: | 0-295-98985-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822100103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Weyerhaeuser environmental book.