| Edition |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 318 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue: The road to nowhere -- Wood and human evolution. Our arboreal inheritance -- Coming down from the trees -- Losing our hair -- Tooling up -- Building civilization. Clearing the forest -- Melting and smelting -- Carving our communities -- Supplying life's luxuries -- Supporting our pretensions -- Limiting our outlook -- Wood in the industrial era. Replacing firewood and charcoal -- Wood in the nineteenth century -- Wood in the modern world -- Facing the consequences. Assessing our impact -- Mending our strained relationship. |
| Summary |
A scholarly and scientific examination of the unrecognized role of trees in the planet's ecosystem reveals wood's unexpected influence on human evolution, civilization, and the global economy. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-301) and index. |
| Subject |
Wood.
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Trees.
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Woodwork -- History.
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Building, Wooden -- History.
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Building, Wooden. (OCoLC)fst00840948
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Trees. (OCoLC)fst01155984
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Wood. (OCoLC)fst01179191
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Woodwork. (OCoLC)fst01179877
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9781982114732 |
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1982114738 |
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