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George Perkins Marsh : prophet of conservation / David Lowenthal ; foreword by William Cronon.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Weyerhaeuser environmental bookPublication details: Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, 2003, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 605 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780295989853
  • 0295989858
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: George Perkins Marsh.DDC classification:
  • 973.5/092 22
LOC classification:
  • E415.9.M185 L6 2003eb
Online resources:
Contents:
List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Woodstock and First Watershed -- 2. Burlington: Blunders and Bereavements -- 3. Puritans, Vikings, Goths -- 4. Congress and the Smithsonian -- 5. American History from the Ground Up -- 6. Constantinople and the Desert -- 7. Missionary Miseries, Mediterranean Jaunts -- 8. Debts and Dromedaries -- 9. Vermont Public Servant -- 10. The English Language -- 11. Risorgimento and Civil War -- 12. Turin and the Alps -- 13. Man and Nature: The Making -- 14. Man and Nature: The Meaning -- 15. Florence and Unfinished Italy.
16. Last Watersheds: Rome, Cravairola, Vallombrosa -- 17. Retrospect: Forming a Life -- 18. Prospect: Reforming Nature -- Abbreviations in Notes and Bibliography -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index.
Summary: 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. David Lowenthal is professor emeritus of geography at University College London. His books include The Past Is a Foreign Country, West Indian Societies, and The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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. David Lowenthal is professor emeritus of geography at University College London. His books include The Past Is a Foreign Country, West Indian Societies, and The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History.

List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Woodstock and First Watershed -- 2. Burlington: Blunders and Bereavements -- 3. Puritans, Vikings, Goths -- 4. Congress and the Smithsonian -- 5. American History from the Ground Up -- 6. Constantinople and the Desert -- 7. Missionary Miseries, Mediterranean Jaunts -- 8. Debts and Dromedaries -- 9. Vermont Public Servant -- 10. The English Language -- 11. Risorgimento and Civil War -- 12. Turin and the Alps -- 13. Man and Nature: The Making -- 14. Man and Nature: The Meaning -- 15. Florence and Unfinished Italy.

16. Last Watersheds: Rome, Cravairola, Vallombrosa -- 17. Retrospect: Forming a Life -- 18. Prospect: Reforming Nature -- Abbreviations in Notes and Bibliography -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index.

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