George Perkins Marsh: Prophet of Conservation

by David Lowenthal

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295983159
• ISBN13: 9780295983158
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 632 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"