Man and Nature

基本信息

Edited by:David Lowenthal

Series:The John Harvard Library

Format:Paperback / softback 504 pages, none

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Imprint:Harvard University Press

ISBN:9780674544529

Published:1 Jul 1990

Classifications:History

Weight:617g

Dimensions:229 x 143 (mm)

Pub. Country:United States

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书籍简介

George Perkins Marsh's Man and Nature was the first book to attack the American myth of the superabundance and the inexhaustibility of the earth. It was, as Lewis Mumford said, "the fountainhead of the conservation movement," and few books since have had such an influence on the way men view and use land. "It is worth reading after a hundred years," Mr.Lowenthal points out, "not only because it taught important lessons in its day, but also because it still teaches them so well...Historical insight and contemporary passion make Man and Nature an enduring classic."

乔治·帕金斯·马什的《人与自然》是抨击美国神话的书，美国神话认为地球是富足的，是用不完的。正如刘易斯·芒福德(Lewis Mumford)所说，这本书是“保护运动的源泉”，此后很少有书能对人们看待和使用土地的方式产生如此大的影响。“这本书在一百年后还是值得一读的，”洛温塔尔先生指出，“不仅因为它在当时教会了人们重要的东西，而且因为它至今仍能很好地教会人们……历史的洞察力和当代的激情，使《人与自然》成为不朽的经典。”

评论

First published in 1864, this cautionary exploration of how civilizations decline when they degrade the natural world is the wellspring of the environmental movement. -- T.H. Watkins Washington Post This classic of conservation, Man and Nature, is a remarkable work. Written more than 100 years ago, it remains as rich and suggestive now as it must have been astonishing then...The editor has written an excellent and meticulously balanced foreword...It should be added that the labor of Lowenthal in correcting, amplifying, and annotating the original creation of Marsh is beyond cavil. Los Angeles Times

这本书首次出版于1864年，对文明在破坏自然世界的同时如何衰落进行了警示性的探索，它是环保运动的源泉。这本关于保护人类与自然的经典著作是一部卓越的作品。这本书写于100多年前，内容丰富，发人深省，但在当时它一定是令人震惊的……编辑写了一篇优秀的、精心平衡的前言。还应当指出的是，洛温塔尔在纠正、放大和注释马什的原创性方面所做的努力是微不足道的。——《洛杉矶时报》

作者简介

George Marsh has taught at Columbia University and Lowell College in Massachusetts. He has been a member of Congress, a U.S. minister to Turkey and an ambassador to Italy. Studied classics and linguistics, and can speak 20 languages. In the academic field, it mainly studies the relationship between man and land and the protection of nature, advocates that man should protect and improve nature, and emphasizes the danger of man destroying nature.

George Marsh曾在哥伦比亚大学、马萨诸塞州罗维尔学院任教。历任国会议员、美国驻土耳其公使和驻意大利大使。研究过古典文学和语言学，能操20种语言。在学术方面，主要研究人地关系和自然保护，主张人类应保护自然，改良自然，强调人破坏自然的危险性。