The Earth as Modified by Human Action

Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics

by George Perkins Marsh

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1874 edition by Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, London.

Genres: Sustainability

656 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1864

About the author

George Perkins Marsh was an American diplomat and philologist and is considered by some to be America's first environmentalist and the precursor to the sustainability concept, although "conservationist" would be more accurate.

Reviews

[Faye · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted to read George Perkins Marsh's, a famous Vermonter, most well-known book as it is considered to have been a significant contribution to the conservation movement. He documents the destruction of several environments but believe mankind could restore them. Marsh promoted management of nature and did not consider the human species to be part of the natural world.