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First published in 1864, 'Man & Nature' was the first book to challenge the perception that man's effect on nature was benign or negligible. Marsh argued that the ancient world promoted its own destruction by deforestation & soil exhaustion. His work inspired many early conser...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marsh, George P. (George Perkins), 1801-1882
Otros Autores: Lowenthal, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965.
Colección:John Harvard library.
Temas:
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Conservation of natural resources.
Conservation of Natural Resources
Homme > Influence sur la nature.
Conservation des ressources naturelles.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
TRAVEL > Reference.
TRAVEL > Road Travel.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Adventure.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • A Note on the Text
  • Man and Nature
  • Preface
  • 1. Introductory
  • 2. Transfer, Modification, and Extirpation of Vegetable and of Animal Species
  • 3. The Woods
  • 4. The Waters
  • 5. The Sands
  • 6. Projected or Possible Geographical Changes by Man
  • Index

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