The Resource American canopy : trees, forests, and the making of a nation, Eric Rutkow
American canopy : trees, forests, and the making of a nation, Eric Rutkow
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- Summary
- The history of trees in America is no less remarkable than the history of the United States itself--from the majestic white pines of New England, coveted by the British Crown for use as masts in navy warships, to the orange groves of California, which lured settlers west. In fact, without the country's vast forests and the hundreds of tree species they contained, there would have been no ships, docks, railroads, stockyards, wagons, barrels, furniture, newspapers, rifles, or firewood. No New York City, Miami, or Chicago. No Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, or Daniel Boone. America--if indeed it existed--would be a very different place without its millions of acres of trees. As Eric Rutkow's epic account shows, trees were essential to the early years of the republic and indivisible from the country's rise as both an empire and a civilization. Never before has anyone treated our country's trees and forests as the subject of a broad historical study, and the result is an accessible, informative, and thoroughly entertaining read.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
- Extent
- vii, 406 p., [8] p. of plates
- Contents
-
- Under attack
- Trees as good soldiers and citizens
- Postwar prosperity
- The environmental era
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781439193549
- Label
- American canopy : trees, forests, and the making of a nation
- Title
- American canopy
- Title remainder
- trees, forests, and the making of a nation
- Statement of responsibility
- Eric Rutkow
- Subject
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- trueForests and forestry -- United States -- History
- Trees -- United States -- History
- Timber -- United States -- History
- trueNational characteristics, American -- History
- trueHuman ecology -- United States -- History
- trueNative trees
- trueUnited States -- Environmental conditions
- trueHistory Writing -- Microhistory
- Trees -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Forests and forestry -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
- trueNature Writing -- Natural Landscapes
- trueTrees
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The history of trees in America is no less remarkable than the history of the United States itself--from the majestic white pines of New England, coveted by the British Crown for use as masts in navy warships, to the orange groves of California, which lured settlers west. In fact, without the country's vast forests and the hundreds of tree species they contained, there would have been no ships, docks, railroads, stockyards, wagons, barrels, furniture, newspapers, rifles, or firewood. No New York City, Miami, or Chicago. No Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, or Daniel Boone. America--if indeed it existed--would be a very different place without its millions of acres of trees. As Eric Rutkow's epic account shows, trees were essential to the early years of the republic and indivisible from the country's rise as both an empire and a civilization. Never before has anyone treated our country's trees and forests as the subject of a broad historical study, and the result is an accessible, informative, and thoroughly entertaining read.--From publisher description
- Summary
- 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
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- 10075948
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rutkow, Eric
- Dewey number
- 577.30973
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- SD143
- LC item number
- .R88 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- SD143
- NAL item number
- .R88 2012
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Forests and forestry
- Forests and forestry
- Trees
- Trees
- Timber
- Human ecology
- National characteristics, American
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
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- trees, forests, and the making of a nation
- Label
- American canopy : trees, forests, and the making of a nation, Eric Rutkow
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-389) and index
- Contents
-
- Under attack
- Trees as good soldiers and citizens
- Postwar prosperity
- The environmental era
- 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
- Control code
- ocn741542476
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
- Extent
- vii, 406 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781439193549
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2012007107
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)741542476
- Label
- American canopy : trees, forests, and the making of a nation, Eric Rutkow
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-389) and index
- Contents
-
- Under attack
- Trees as good soldiers and citizens
- Postwar prosperity
- The environmental era
- 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
- Control code
- ocn741542476
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
- Extent
- vii, 406 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781439193549
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2012007107
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)741542476
Subject
- Forests and forestry -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
- trueForests and forestry -- United States -- History
- trueHistory Writing -- Microhistory
- trueHuman ecology -- United States -- History
- trueNational characteristics, American -- History
- trueNative trees
- trueNature Writing -- Natural Landscapes
- Timber -- United States -- History
- trueTrees
- Trees -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Trees -- United States -- History
- trueUnited States -- Environmental conditions
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