Oak
Subtitle: a British history
By: Esmond Harris, Jeanette Harris and N.D.G. James.
Contributors: Harris, Jeanette, 1929-; James, N. D. G.
Publisher: Windgather Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Macclesfield
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Oak -- Great Britain -- History.; English oak -- Ecology.; Trees -- Symbolic aspects -- Great Britain.; Forest products industry -- Great Britain.; Forests and forestry -- Great Britain -- History.
Description: "This book is a cultural history not only of a tree, but also of a timber. It reclaims the disappearing forestry and carpentry skills of our ancestors and shows how, in an era of climate change, oak can enrich our future as well as our past."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-233) and index.