George Perkins Marsh : prophet of conservation /
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 who...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Seattle, WA :
University of Washington Press
2003, 2000.
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| Series: | Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvct016g |
Table of 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.