George Perkins Marsh, prophet of conservation / [Text]
by Lowenthal, David; Lowenthal, David.
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BookSeries: Weyerhaeuser environmental books. Publisher: Seattle, Wash. University of Washington Press c2000Description: xxv, 605 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0295979429.Subject(s): Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882 | HS - Humanities/History | High school | Statesmen -- United States -- Biography | Conservationists -- Biography | United States -- Environmental aspects | United States -- Foreign relationsSummary: A biography of nineteenth-century linguist, lawyer, congressman, and diplomat George Perkins Marsh, discussing his role in the founding of the Smithsonian Institution, and his service as U.S. envoy to Turkey and Italy, and focusing on his work to expose the menace of environmental misuse.
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Rev. ed. of: George Perkins Marsh. 1958.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-573) and index.
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A biography of nineteenth-century linguist, lawyer, congressman, and diplomat George Perkins Marsh, discussing his role in the founding of the Smithsonian Institution, and his service as U.S. envoy to Turkey and Italy, and focusing on his work to expose the menace of environmental misuse.
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