{"product_id":"george-perkins-marsh-9780295983158","title":"George Perkins Marsh","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Perkins Marsh (1801-1882) was the first to reveal the menace of environmental misuse, to explain its causes, and to prescribe reforms. This book offers insights, from sources, into Marsh's career and shows his relevance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a keenly felt and carefully written biography by one of our leading geographers.Every page, almost every line, of this remarkable book shines with scholarship, learning, and insight of both the subject and author. I don't know whom I admire more— Marsh or Lowenthal.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Historical Geography *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This superbly written biography provides a brilliant insight into the life and background of one who was influential in the development of today's environmental movement.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * The Naturalist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Learned in twenty languages, a lawyer, (unsuccessful) businessman, several-term congressional representative, sometimes university lecturer, lexicographer, grammarian, archaeological enthusiast, veteran diplomat, and ceaseless pursuer of sundry projects civic and scholarly, Marsh was a rare example of amateurish Yankee ingenuity transformed into a disciplined, cosmopolitan intelligence.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * The Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Every page, almost every line, of this remarkable book shines with the scholarship, learning, and insight of both the subject and the author.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Historical Geography *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Truly remarkable. . . Lowenthal is masterful in weaving together the whole of Marsh's remarkable life: his wide ranging scholarly interests, diverse personal experience, command of myriad languages, and his ability to constantly criticize and reverse himself in the light of new evidence and experience.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Northern Woodlands *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A vivid portrait of Marsh against his intellectual and social background. . . . Lowenthal is the ideal biographer. . . . Everyone should come away with a better appreciation of a man who was a century ahead in recognizing many of our environmental problems and who addressed them at a fundamental level.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Nature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brings to life the career and ideas of an important green forerunner [whose] book was one of the founding works of modern environmentalism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The history of science in 19th-century U.S., the political culture of the diplomatic world, the politics of Italian independence— all are commented on by two brilliant scholars: Marsh and Lowenthal.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Classic. . . a compelling read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Boston Globe *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is well written, well constructed, and thoughtful— valuable as a biography of a fascinating American Victorian amateur scholar, politician, and diplomat, and essential as a contribution to the history of environmental thought.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Foreword by William Cronon\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Woodstock and the First Watershed\u003cbr\u003e Burlington: Blunders and Bereavements\u003cbr\u003e Puritans, Vikings, Goths\u003cbr\u003e Congress and the Smithsonian\u003cbr\u003e American History from the Ground Up\u003cbr\u003e Constantinople and the Desert\u003cbr\u003e Missionary Miseries, Mediterranean Jaunts\u003cbr\u003e Debts and Dromedaries\u003cbr\u003e Vermont Public Servant\u003cbr\u003e The English Language\u003cbr\u003e Risorgimento and Civil War\u003cbr\u003e Turin and the Alps\u003cbr\u003e Man and Nature: The Making\u003cbr\u003e Man and Nature: The Meaning\u003cbr\u003e Florence and Unfinished Italy\u003cbr\u003e Last Watersheds: Rome, Cravairola, Vallombrosa\u003cbr\u003e Retrospect: Forming a Life\u003cbr\u003e Prospect: Reforming Nature\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations in Notes and bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Illustration credits\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400912118103,"sku":"9780295983158","price":33.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295983158.jpg?v=1730471924","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/george-perkins-marsh-9780295983158","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}