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Man and nature

by George Perkins Marsh

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George Perkins Marsh's Man and Nature was the first book to attack the American myth of the superabundance and the inexhaustibility of the earth. It was, as Lewis Mumford said, "the fountainhead of the conservation movement," and few books since have had such an influence on the way men view and use land.

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The earth as modified by human action: A new ed. of Man and nature by George Perkins Marsh

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Canonical title: Man and nature
Original title: Man and Nature; or, Physical geography as modified by human action
Original publication date: 1864
Original language: English

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Languages: English
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ISBNs: 23
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Published: 1864
Genres: Nonfiction, Science & Nature, General Nonfiction, Travel
DDC/MDS: 910
LCC: GF31 .M35

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