In his Introduction to this new edition, David Lowenthal places "Man and Nature" in the context of recent scholarship and evaluates its significance for the environmental movement that has emerged since the latter part of the twentieth century. He also paints a vivid portrait of the book's brilliant, passionate, wide-ranging, and sometimes choleric author.
Although what we know and what we fear about the environment have vastly amplified since Marsh's day, his appraisal of forest cover and erosion remains largely valid, his cautions about watershed control still cognent, and his call for stewardship ever more pertinent. "Man and Nature" is worth reading not only for having taught lessons crucial in its day, but for teaching them still so well.
David Lowenthal is professor emeritus of geography at University College London. His books include "George Perkins Marsh: Prophet of Conservation, The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History," and "The Past Is a Foreign Country."
" "Man and Nature was"] the rudest kick in the face that American initiative, optimism, and carelessness had yet received." - Wallace Stegner
"It is no exaggeration to say that "Man and Nature" launched the modern conservation movement. It helped Americans in the second half of the nineteenth century recognize the damage they were doing to the natural environment, and challenged them to behave in more responsible ways toward the earth and its natural systems. . . . "Man and Nature" stands right next to "Silent Spring" and "A Sand County Almanac" by any measure of historic significance." - from the Foreword by William Cronon
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In his Introduction to this new edition, David Lowenthal places "Man and Nature" in the context of recent scholarship and evaluates its significance for the environmental movement that has emerged since the latter part of the twentieth century. He also paints a vivid portrait of the book's brilliant, passionate, wide-ranging, and sometimes choleric author.
Although what we know and what we fear about the environment have vastly amplified since Marsh's day, his appraisal of forest cover and erosion remains largely valid, his cautions about watershed control still cognent, and his call for stewardship ever more pertinent. "Man and Nature" is worth reading not only for having taught lessons crucial in its day, but for teaching them still so well.
David Lowenthal is professor emeritus of geography at University College London. His books include "George Perkins Marsh: Prophet of Conservation, The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History," and "The Past Is a Foreign Country."
" "Man and Nature was"] the rudest kick in the face that American initiative, optimism, and carelessness had yet received." - Wallace Stegner
"It is no exaggeration to say that "Man and Nature" launched the modern conservation movement. It helped Americans in the second half of the nineteenth century recognize the damage they were doing to the natural environment, and challenged them to behave in more responsible ways toward the earth and its natural systems. . . . "Man and Nature" stands right next to "Silent Spring" and "A Sand County Almanac" by any measure of historic significance." - from the Foreword by William Cronon
Imprint | University of Washington Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics |
Release date | April 2003 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | November 2010 |
Authors | George Perkins Marsh |
Editors | David Lowenthal |
Foreword by | William Cronon |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade / Trade |
Pages | 512 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-295-98316-5 |
Barcode | 9780295983165 |
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LSN | 0-295-98316-7 |