Author: George Perkins Marsh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
The Origin and History of the English Language and of the Early Literature it Embodies
Author: George Perkins Marsh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Man and Nature
Author: George Perkins Marsh
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 9780295983165
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
First published in 1864, Marsh's ominous warnings inspired environmental conservation and reform. By linking culture with nature, science with history, "Man and Nature" was the most influential text of its time next to Darwin's "On the Origin of Species."
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 9780295983165
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
First published in 1864, Marsh's ominous warnings inspired environmental conservation and reform. By linking culture with nature, science with history, "Man and Nature" was the most influential text of its time next to Darwin's "On the Origin of Species."
So Great a Vision
Author: George Perkins Marsh
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584651307
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
A convenient, one-volume edition of the seminal conservation writings of George Perkins Marsh, annotated in the context of modern conservation thinking.
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584651307
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
A convenient, one-volume edition of the seminal conservation writings of George Perkins Marsh, annotated in the context of modern conservation thinking.
George Perkins Marsh
Author: David Lowenthal
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295989858
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
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 the concerns of working people, to women’s rights, and to historical stewardship resonate more than ever. His Vermont birthplace is now a national park chronicling American conservation, and the crusade he launched is now global. Marsh’s seminal book Man and Nature is famed for its ecological acumen. The clue to its inception lies in Marsh’s many-sided engagement in the life of his time. The broadest scholar of his day, he was an acclaimed linguist, lawyer, congressman, and renowned diplomat who served 25 years as U.S. envoy to Turkey and to Italy. He helped found and guide the Smithsonian Institution, shaped the Washington Monument, penned potent tracts on fisheries and on irrigation, spearheaded public science, art, and architecture. He wrote on camels and corporate corruption, Icelandic grammar and Alpine glaciers. His pungent and provocative letters illuminate life on both sides of the Atlantic. Like Darwin’s Origin of Species, Marsh’s Man and Nature marked the inception of a truly modern way of looking at the world, of taking care lest we irreversibly degrade the fabric of humanized nature we are bound to manage. Marsh’s ominous warnings inspired reforestation, watershed management, soil conservation, and nature protection in his day and ours. George Perkins Marsh: Prophet of Conservation was awarded the Association for American Geographers' 2000 J. B. Jackson Prize. The book was also on the shortlist for the first British Academy Book Prize, awarded in December 2001.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295989858
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
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 the concerns of working people, to women’s rights, and to historical stewardship resonate more than ever. His Vermont birthplace is now a national park chronicling American conservation, and the crusade he launched is now global. Marsh’s seminal book Man and Nature is famed for its ecological acumen. The clue to its inception lies in Marsh’s many-sided engagement in the life of his time. The broadest scholar of his day, he was an acclaimed linguist, lawyer, congressman, and renowned diplomat who served 25 years as U.S. envoy to Turkey and to Italy. He helped found and guide the Smithsonian Institution, shaped the Washington Monument, penned potent tracts on fisheries and on irrigation, spearheaded public science, art, and architecture. He wrote on camels and corporate corruption, Icelandic grammar and Alpine glaciers. His pungent and provocative letters illuminate life on both sides of the Atlantic. Like Darwin’s Origin of Species, Marsh’s Man and Nature marked the inception of a truly modern way of looking at the world, of taking care lest we irreversibly degrade the fabric of humanized nature we are bound to manage. Marsh’s ominous warnings inspired reforestation, watershed management, soil conservation, and nature protection in his day and ours. George Perkins Marsh: Prophet of Conservation was awarded the Association for American Geographers' 2000 J. B. Jackson Prize. The book was also on the shortlist for the first British Academy Book Prize, awarded in December 2001.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action
Author: George P. Marsh
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387048203
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387048203
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Man and Nature, Or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh
Author: George Perkins Marsh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Man and Nature
Author: George P. Marsh
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752584203
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752584203
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.
Man as a Geological Agent
Author: Robert Lionel Sherlock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Man and Nature
Author: George Perkins Marsh
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498152471
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1864 Edition.
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498152471
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1864 Edition.
The Earth as Transformed by Human Action
Author: B. L. Turner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521446303
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
The Earth as Transformed by Human Action is the culmination of a mammoth undertaking involving the examination of the toll our continual strides forward, technical and social, take on our world. The purpose of such a study is to document the changes in the biosphere that have taken place over the last 300 years, to contrast global patterns of change to those appearing on a regional level, and to explain the major human forces that have driven these changes. The first section deals strictly with the major human forces of the past 300 years and the second is a detailed account of the transformations of the global environment wrought by human action. The final section examines a range of perspectives and theories that purport to explain human actions with regard to the biosphere.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521446303
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
The Earth as Transformed by Human Action is the culmination of a mammoth undertaking involving the examination of the toll our continual strides forward, technical and social, take on our world. The purpose of such a study is to document the changes in the biosphere that have taken place over the last 300 years, to contrast global patterns of change to those appearing on a regional level, and to explain the major human forces that have driven these changes. The first section deals strictly with the major human forces of the past 300 years and the second is a detailed account of the transformations of the global environment wrought by human action. The final section examines a range of perspectives and theories that purport to explain human actions with regard to the biosphere.