George Perkins Marsh

Broschiertes Buch

Man and Nature

Or, Physical Geography As Modified by Human Action

Herausgeber: Lowenthal, David

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

David Lowenthal is professor emeritus of geography at University College London. His books include George Perkins Marsh: Prophet of Conservation, The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History, and The Past Is a Foreign Country.

Produktdetails

• Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics
• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 764g
• ISBN-13: 9780295983165
• ISBN-10: 0295983167
• Artikelnr.: 22274758