انسان و طبیعت: یا، جغرافیای فیزیکی به‌عنوان تغییر یافته توسط عمل انسانی (مقالات کنگره سلتی هاروارد) (کتابخانه جان هاروارد)

George Perkins Marsh's Man and Nature was the first book to attack the American myth of the superabundance and the inexhaustibility of the earth. It was, as Lewis Mumford said, "the fountainhead of the conservation movement," and few books since have had such an influence on the way men view and use land. "It is worth reading after a hundred years," Mr. Lowenthal points out, "not only because it taught important lessons in its day, but also because it still teaches them so well...Historical insight and contemporary passion make Man and Nature an enduring classic." Contents ......Page 6 Introduction......Page 10 A Note on the Text......Page 28 Man and Nature......Page 32 Preface......Page 34 1. Introductory......Page 38 2. Transfer, Modification, and Extirpation of Vegetable and of Animal Species......Page 84 3. The Woods......Page 144 4. The Waters......Page 312 5. The Sands......Page 413 6. Projected or Possible Geographical Changes by Man......Page 468 Index......Page 498 THE Roman Empire, at the period of its greatest expansion, comprised the regions of the earth most distinguished by a happy combination of physical advantages.