Plant Life: The Entangled Politics of Afforestation

by Rosetta S. Elkin

Book Overview

How afforestation reveals the often-concealed politics between humans and plants

In Plant Life, Rosetta S. Elkin explores the procedures of afforestation, the large-scale planting of trees in otherwise treeless environments, including grasslands, prairies, and drylands. Elkin reveals that planting a tree can either be one of the ultimate offerings to thriving on this planet, or one of the most extreme perversions of human agency...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517912628
• ISBN13: 9781517912628
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 8.9"