George Perkins Marsh: Prophet of Conservation
(Part of the Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books Series)
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George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882) was the first to reveal the menace of environmental misuse, to explain its causes, and to prescribe reforms. David Lowenthal here offers fresh insights, from new sources, into Marsh's career and shows his relevance today, in a book which has its roots in but wholly supersedes Lowenthal's earlier biography George Perkins Marsh: Versatile Vermonter (1958). Marsh's devotion to the repair of nature, to...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0295983159
ISBN13:9780295983158
Release Date:March 2003
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Length:632 Pages
Weight:2.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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