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Title
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Man and Nature
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Caption
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George P. Marsh (1801-1882), Dartmouth Class of 1820, is considered America’s first environmentalist and among the first American natural historians to comment on species extinction. Man and Nature raised concerns about the destructive global impacts of human activities on the environment, including plants and animals. For instance, Marsh describes how European demand for beaver fur nearly doomed the industrious mammal to extinction in the Americas: “Parisian fashion has unconsciously exercised an influence which may sensibly affect the physical geography of a distant continent.” Man and Nature was received favorably and helped sparked the Arbor Day movement, the establishment of forest reserves and the national forest service.
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Creator
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George P. Marsh
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Date Created
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1864
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Publisher
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C. Scribner
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Place of Publication
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New York, New York
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Rights
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No Known Copyright
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Bibliographic Citation
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George P. Marsh. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Alumni M352ma
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exh-vanishing_Marsh_004.jpeg
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Case Number
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Understanding Extinction - Species & Human Impacts
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Item Number
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6
