Trees, woods and forests : a social and cultural history / Charles Watkins.

Main entry:

Watkins, C., author.

Title & Author:

Trees, woods and forests : a social and cultural history / Charles Watkins.

Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2014.

Description:

312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-300) and index.
Ancient practices -- Forests and spectacle -- Tree movements -- Tree aesthetics -- Pollards -- Sherwood forest -- Estate forestry -- Scientific forestry -- Recreation and conservation -- Ligurian semi-natural woodland.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

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.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9781780233734
1780233736

Subject:

Forests and forestry History.
Trees History.
Arbres Histoire.
Forests and forestry.
Trees.
Wald
Kultur

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 288610
Call No.: BIB 230370
Status: Available

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