TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lowenthal,David
TI  - George Perkins Marsh: prophet of conservation 
T2  - Weyerhaeuser environmental book
SN  - 9780295989853
AV  - E415.9.M185 L6 2003eb
U1  - 973.5/092 22
PY  - 2003///, 2000
CY  - Seattle, WA
PB  - University of Washington Press
KW  - Marsh, George Perkins,
KW  - Marsh, George P.
KW  - Conservationists
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Statesmen
KW  - Hommes d'État
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Écologistes (Défenseurs de l'environnement)
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - State & Local
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Forestry
KW  - fast
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Environmental conditions
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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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