Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics) - Softcover

George Perkins Marsh; David Lowenthal; William Cronon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0295983167 ISBN 13: 9780295983165

Publisher: University of Washington Press, 2003

Synopsis

Man and Nature 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. Full description

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Review:

It is no exaggeration to say that Man and Nature launched the modern conservation movement. It helped Americans in the second half of the nineteenth century recognize the damage they were doing to the natural environment, and challenged them to behave in more responsible ways toward the earth and its natural systems. . . . Man and Nature stands right next to Silent Spring and A Sand County Almanac by any measure of historic significance.

Author: William Cronon, from the Foreword

From the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0295983167
• ISBN 13: 9780295983165
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512