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The Earth as Modified by Human Action
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I've just scanned the book so far. Review is just to help other know what the book is about. Two stars is for formatting, not content.
Full title is: The Earth As Modified By Human Action: A New Edition Of Man And Nature , Geroge P.Marsh 1868
From the modern perspective a kind of scatter shot book about the effects of nature on humanity and vice versa.
The introductory chapter starts with "Natural Advantages of the Territory of the Roman Empire" and ends with "Uncertainty as to Effects of Human Action" Then it covers various biomes like woods, marshes, sands and the last chapter covers large scale mid-1800s engineering projects like the Suez Canal.
So, far an interesting look into the understanding and mindset of the day. Interesting that the need for conservation and care in dealing with the natural world was already in people's minds.
Book is marred by a lack of page number and chapter headers on pages and therefore no index. You can't actually find any particular subject in the book without a lot of flipping around. Hence, two stars