American canopy
Subtitle: the role of trees in the shaping of a nation
By: Eric Rutkow
Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781439193549; 9781439193587; 9781439193600
Subjects: Environmental conditions; American National characteristics; Forests and forestry; Human ecology; Timber; Trees; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The Death of Prometheus; title: From Discovery to Revolution; title: The Fruits of Union; title: The Unrivaled Nature of America; title: Forests of Commerce; title: A [New] Consciousness; title: New Industry and Growth; title: Under Attack; title: Trees as Good Soldiers and Citizens; title: Postwar Prosperity; title: The Environmental Era.