American Canopy
Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation
New York : Scribner, 2012.
Format: Book
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description: vii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
In the bestselling tradition of Michael Pollan's "Second Nature," this fascinating and unique historical work tells the remarkable story of the relationship between Americans and trees across the entire span of our nation's history.
Contents:
Introduction: The death of Prometheus -- From discovery to Revolution -- The fruits of union -- The unrivaled nature of America -- Forests of commerce -- A changing consciousness -- New frontiers -- Under attack -- Trees as good soldiers and citizens -- Postwar prosperity -- The environmental era.
Subjects:
Forests and forestry -- United States -- History.
Forests and forestry -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Trees -- United States -- History.
Trees -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Timber -- United States -- History.
Human ecology -- United States -- History.
National characteristics, American -- History.
United States -- Environmental conditions.
Forests and forestry -- United States -- History.
Forests and forestry -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Trees -- United States -- History.
Trees -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Timber -- United States -- History.
Human ecology -- United States -- History.
National characteristics, American -- History.
United States -- Environmental conditions.
ISBN:
9781439193549 (hbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SCIENCE Plant Rut | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/25/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-389) and index.