Author: George P. Marsh
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2022-03-12
Total Pages: 582
ISBN-13: 3752584203
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.
Author: Paul Vidal de La Blache
Publisher:
Published: 1926
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: George Perkins Marsh
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Published: 2014-08-07
Total Pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9781498152471
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Is A New Release Of The Original 1864 Edition.
Author: Michael John Bradshaw
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9780071152020
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David Lowenthal
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2009-11-23
Total Pages: 656
ISBN-13: 0295989858
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: John A. Matthews
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2008-05-22
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 0191578681
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Modern Geography has come a long way from its historical roots in exploring foreign lands, and simply mapping and naming the regions of the world. Spanning both physical and human Geography, the discipline today is unique as a subject which can bridge the divide between the sciences and the humanities, and between the environment and our society. Using wide-ranging examples from global warming and oil, to urbanization and ethnicity, this Very Short Introduction paints a broad picture of the current state of Geography, its subject matter, concepts and methods, and its strengths and controversies. The book’s conclusion is no less than a manifesto for Geography’s future. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.