Man and Nature

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Title page 1864 edition

Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action, first published in 1864, was written by American polymath scholar and diplomat

global resources and raise awareness about our actions. It is one of the first works to document the effects of human action on the environment and it helped to launch the modern conservation movement
.

Marsh is remembered by scholars as a profound and observant student of men, books and nature with a wide range of interests ranging from history to poetry and literature. His wide array of knowledge and great natural powers of mind gave him the ability to speak and write about every topic of inquire with the assertive authority of a genuine investigator. He initially got the idea for "man and Nature" from his observations in his New England home and his foreign travels devoted to similar inquiries.[3] Marsh wrote the book in line with the view that human life and action is a transformative phenomenon, especially in relation to nature, and due to personal economic interests. He felt that men were too quick to lessen their sense of responsibility and he was "unwilling to leave the world worse than he found it".[4]

The book challenges the myth of the inexhaustibility of the earth and the belief that

United States National Forest. Gifford Pinchot, first Chief of the United States Forest Service, called it "epoch making" and Stewart Udall
wrote that it was "the beginning of land wisdom in this country."

The book is divided into six chapters.

See also

References

  1. ^ "University of Washington Press - Books - Man and Nature". www.washington.edu. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  2. ^ G. P. Marsh, Man and Nature; or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action (New York 1864); Marsh to Spencer F. Baird, 21 May 1860, Baird Corr., Smithsonian Institution.
  3. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  4. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  5. ^ University of Washington Press - Books - Man and Nature". www.washington.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  6. ^ "Marsh, George Perkins, Man and Nature; or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action | Environment & Society Portal". www.environmentandsociety.org. Retrieved 2017-11-02.

Further reading

  • Rutkow, Eric (2012). American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation. New York: Scribner. pp. 93–98.
    ISBN 978-1-4391-9354-9
    .

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