Wood: A History
"Woodis masterful scholarship. I recommend it with admiration."Environmental History"An ambitious feat which has been very well researched and nicely written. It is an academic cover-to-cover read, but Radkau's enthusiasm for the subject and accessible delivery will draw readers in; it has the potential to appeal to the general reader as well as the academic."Newsletter of theInstitute of Environmental Sciences"Both entertaining and informative - highly recommended."The Forestry Chronicle"Radkau's scholarship is of the highest quality, indeed impeccable. His main argument, that wood is a material of fundamental importance in history, is well-supported and compelling. This book will appeal not only to undergraduate and graduate students in history and Environmental studies: it will also attract a wide general readership, comparable to Mark Kurlansky's booksCodandSaltand even Nathan Lewis'Goldin terms of potential popular appeal."Don Hughes, University of Denver"Joachim Radkau has set the agenda in German forest history for a generation. At last, one of his major works on this theme is available in translation. English-speaking historians should sit up and take notice: their world will look different after reading Radkau's work."Paul Warde, University of East Anglia"A rich, engaging, and important history of one of the most important of all the materials used by human societies."David Christian, Macquarie University