David Lowenthal

George Perkins Marsh

Prophet of Conservation

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Produktbeschreibung

David Lowenthal is professor emeritus of geography at University College London. His books include The Past Is a Foreign Country, West Indian Societies, and The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 632
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 916g
• ISBN-13: 9780295983158
• ISBN-10: 0295983159
• Artikelnr.: 22339959

Autorenporträt

David Lowenthal is professor emeritus of geography at University College London. His books include The Past Is a Foreign Country, West Indian Societies, and The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Foreword by William Cronon
Preface
Woodstock and the First Watershed
Burlington: Blunders and Bereavements
Puritans, Vikings, Goths
Congress and the Smithsonian
American History from the Ground Up
Constantinople and the Desert
Missionary Miseries, Mediterranean Jaunts
Debts and Dromedaries
Vermont Public Servant
The English Language
Risorgimento and Civil War
Turin and the Alps
Man and Nature: The Making
Man and Nature: The Meaning
Florence and Unfinished Italy
Last Watersheds: Rome, Cravairola, Vallombrosa
Retrospect: Forming a Life
Prospect: Reforming Nature
Abbreviations in Notes and bibliography
Notes
Bibliography
Illustration credits
Index