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SD131 .W38 2014
SD131
.
W38
2014
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
1780233736
9781780233734
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Trees, woods and forests :
[Book]
a social and cultural history /
Charles Watkins
312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
illustrations (some color) ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Trees, Woods and Forests: A Social and Cultural History -- Introduction -- One: Ancient Practices -- Two: Forests and Spectacle -- Three: Tree Movements -- Four: Tree Aesthetics -- Five: Pollards -- Six: Sherwood Forest -- Seven: Estate Forestry -- Eight: Scientific Forestry -- Nine: Recreation and Conservation -- Ten: Ligurian Semi-Natural Woodland -- Afterword -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index
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Forests-and the trees within them-have always been a central resource for the development of technology, culture, and the expansion of humans as a species. Examining and challenging our historical and modern attitudes toward wooded environments, this engaging book explores how our understanding of forests has transformed in recent years and how it fits in our continuing anxiety about our impact on the natural world. Drawing on the most recent work of historians, ecologist geographers, botanists, and forestry professionals, Charles Watkins reveals how established ideas about trees
Watkins explores how our understanding of forests has transformed in recent years and how it fits in our continuing anxiety about our impact on the natural world
Forests and forestry-- History
Trees-- History
SD131
.
W38
2014
Watkins, C.
20150410002354.0
rda
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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