George Perkins Marsh : prophet of conservation
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George Perkins Marsh : prophet of conservation
（Weyerhaeuser environmental books）
University of Washington Press, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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内容説明
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.Marsh's seminal book "Man and Nature" is famed for its ecological acumen. The clue to its inception lies in Marsh's many-sided engagement in the life of his time. The broadest scholar of his day, he was an acclaimed linguist, lawyer, congressman, and renowned diplomat who served 25 years as U.S. envoy to Turkey and to Italy. He helped found and guide the Smithsonian Institution, shaped the Washington Monument, penned potent tracts on fisheries and on irrigation, spearheaded public science, art, and architecture.
He wrote on camels and corporate corruption, Icelandic grammar and Alpine glaciers. His pungent and provocative letters illuminate life on both sides of the Atlantic.Like Darwin's "Origin of Species", Marsh's "Man and Nature" marked the inception of a truly modern way of looking at the world, of taking care lest we irreversibly degrade the fabric of humanised nature we are bound to manage. Marsh's ominous warnings inspired reforestation, watershed management, soil conservation, and nature protection in his day and ours. 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".
目次
ContentsForeword by William CrononPreface 1 Woodstock and the First Watershed2 Burlington: Blunders and Bereavements3 Puritans, Vikings, Goths4 Congress and the Smithsonian5 American History from the Ground Up6 Constantinople and the Desert7 Missionary Miseries, Mediterranean Jaunts8 Debts and Dromedaries9 Vermont Public Servant10 The English Language11 Risorgimento and Civil War12 Turin and the Alps13 Man and Nature: The Making14 Man and Nature: The Meaning15 Florence and Unfinished Italy16 Last Watersheds: Rome, Cravairola, Vallombrosa17 Retrospect: Forming a Life18 Prospect: Reforming NatureAbbreviations in Notes and BibliographyNotesBibliographyIndex
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