George Perkins Marsh

Man and Nature

Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action
Herausgeber: Lowenthal, David

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Produktbeschreibung

Challenges the general belief that human impact on nature was generally benign or negligible and charged that ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean had brought about their own collapse by their abuse of the environment.

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Produktdetails

• Man and Nature
• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 770g
• ISBN-13: 9780295983165
• ISBN-10: 0295983167
• Artikelnr.: 22274758

Autorenporträt

George Perkins Marsh. Edited by David Lowenthal. Foreword by William Cronon

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: A Classic of Conservation
Introduction to the 2003 Edition
A Note on the Text
Preface
Introductory
Transfer, Modification and Extirpation of Vegetable and of Animal Species
The Woods
The Waters
The Sands
Projected or Possible Geographical Changes by Man
Index