George Perkins Marsh

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.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.

David Lowenthal is an American professor emeritus of geography at University College London.

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xv
Woodstock and the First Watershed	p. 3
Burlington: Blunders and Bereavements	p. 31
Puritans, Vikings, Goths	p. 48
Congress and the Smithsonian	p. 68
American History from the Ground Up	p. 89
Constantinople and the Desert	p. 109
Missionary Miseries, Mediterranean Jaunts	p. 135
Debts and Dromedaries	p. 154
Vermont Public Servant	p. 181
The English Language	p. 197
Risorgimento and Civil War	p. 220
Turin and the Alps	p. 242
Man and Nature: The Making	p. 267
Man and Nature: The Meaning	p. 290
Florence and Unfinished Italy	p. 313
Last Watersheds: Rome, Cravairola, Vallombrosa	p. 336
Retrospect: Forming a Life	p. 370
Prospect: Reforming Nature	p. 404
Abbreviations in Notes and Bibliography	p. 433
Notes	p. 435
Bibliography	p. 545
Illustration Credits	p. 574
Index	p. 575
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