The Growing Recognition of George Perkins Marsh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4491901 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel W Gade (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 341 |
| Publication date | 1983-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/214840 |
| OpenAlex | W2321108259 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Since the mid-1960s, the achievement of George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882) has been recognized for the originality of its message: mankind has been an inexorable and often destructive modifier of the face of the earth. This polyhistor was born and raised in a Vermont which was greatly altered by farmers and lumbermen during his lifetime. Marsh's awareness of that landscape transformation and his later observations in the Old World led him to write Man and
Art history · Biology · Geography · George (robot · Marsh · Wetland · American Environmental and Regional History · Archaeology and Natural History · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies · Ecology · History
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2012 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |