American Forests: Nature, Culture, and Politics

Book Overview

Endangered ecosystem or renewable resource? How we feel about forests has to do with more than trees.

This interdisciplinary collection of essays examines the history of forestry in the United States, exploring the impact of the discipline on natural and human landscapes since the mid-nineteenth century. Through important articles that have helped define the field, it assesses the development of the forestry profession and the U.S. Forest Service,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700608494
• ISBN13: 9780700608492
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"