Defending Giants: The Redwood Wars and the Transformation of American Environmental Politics

by Darren Frederick Speece

Book Overview

Giant redwoods are American icons, paragons of grandeur, exceptionalism, and endurance. They are also symbols of conflict and negotiation, remnants of environmental battles over the limits of industrialization, profiteering, and globalization.

Since the middle of the nineteenth century, logging operations have eaten away at the redwood forest, particularly areas covered by ancient giant redwoods. Today, such trees occupy a mere 120,000...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295999519
• ISBN13: 9780295999517
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher