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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action
George Perkins Marsh
863 pages~17 hr 12 min read206 chapters$4.99
George Perkins Marsh saw forests felled and rivers ruined and sounded an alarm the world took a century to heed. His landmark study shows how human action reshapes the very face of the earth, from woods and waters to sands and soils. The founding text of the conservation movement. Read the book that first warned us to take care.
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206 chapters
- 1MAN AND NATURE;
- 2PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
- 3AS MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTION.
- 4NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER CO., No. 654 BROADWAY. 1867.
- 5P R E F A C E.
- 6BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST
- 7OF WORKS CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS VOLUME.
- 8TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 9CHAPTER I.
- 10INTRODUCTORY.
- 11Natural Advantages of the Territory of the Roman Empire.
- 12Physical Decay of the Territory of the Roman Empire, and of other parts of the Old World.
- 13Causes of this Decay.
- 14New School of Geographers.
- 15Reaction of Man on Nature.
- 16Observation of Nature.
- 17Cosmical and Geological Influences.
- 18Geographical Influence of Man.
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