George Marsh
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After being appointed the United States Minster Resident to the Ottoman Empire in 1849, George P. Marsh had the opportunity to travel the world and visit the sites of ancient civilizations. Troubled by what he saw, Marsh came to the conclusion that these societies were victims of self-destruction and that the same fate could be in store for the nations of today. Moved to action, Marsh would go on to publish Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as...
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Library of American civilization volume LAC 12026
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C. Scribner
Pub. Date
1860
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English
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Library of American civilization volume LAC 40103
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Free Press Office Print
Pub. Date
1848
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English
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Library of American civilization volume LAC 12661
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C. Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
1885
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English