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Lädt ... A Forest Journey: The Prophetic Story of Trees in the Development of Civilizationvon John Perlin
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This book is long and dense, but I continued to enjoy it because it was a well written history of Civilization the last 5 thousand years that showed with complete proof the role of Trees in civilizations rise and fall over that time. A refresher for all the World History classes I took with a nuance not covered in those courses - the major role of trees in thousands of years of mankind's history! This should be a primer for any history course for no textbook I ever read covered the affect trees/forests have had on culture, economies,politics, technology, demographics, or the general fate of people over time. And it shows how much continued influence they have on our fate with Climate Change including all the surrounding issues like species demise, diseases like Covid 19, etc. A must read for any educated citizen of the World. ( ) The book puts humankind's use (and misuse) of forests into historical perspective, illuminating patterns over thousands of years, and demonstrating again and again (and again and again and again) how we have soiled our own nest with a mixture of ignorance, greed, and outright stupidity. This doesn't make for particularly pleasant reading, but it is enormously informative and persuasive, and uncovers a lot of mostly hidden uses that trees are put to, as well as the ones that spring to most everyone's mind. I bought the Kindle version, and thus the many illustrations are less attractive than they would be in a real book--I just couldn't bring myself to buy a book about trees that was made with trees, and you can get a better look at the pictures on a tablet or PC if you want. I would say this is a must-read for anyone interested in forests, or human history. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
"Ancient writers observed that forests always recede as civilizations develop and grow. The great Roman poet Ovid wrote that before civilization began, "even the pine tree stood on its own very hills" but when civilization took over, "the mountain oak, the pine were felled." This happened for a simple reason: trees have been the principal fuel and building material of every society over the millennia, from the time urban areas were settled until the middle of the nineteenth century. To this day trees still fulfill these roles for a good portion of the world's population. Without vast supplies of wood from forests, the great civilizations of Sumer, Assyria, Egypt, Crete, Greece, Rome, the Islamic World, Western Europe, and North America would have never emerged. Wood, in fact, is the unsung hero of the technological revolution that has brought us from a stone and bone culture to our present age. Until the ascendancy of fossil fuels, wood was the principal fuel and building material from the dawn of civilization. Its abundance or scarcity greatly shaped, as A Forest Journey ably relates, the culture, demographics, economy, internal and external politics and technology of successive societies over the millennia. The Forest Journey was originally published in 1989 and updated in 2005. The book's comprehensive coverage of the major role forests have played in human life -- told with grace, fluency, imagination, and humor -- gained it recognition as a Harvard Classic in Science and World History and as one of Harvard's "One Hundred Great Books." Others receiving the honor include such luminaries as Stephen Jay Gould and E.O. Wilson. This is a foundational conservation story that should not be lost in the archives. This new, updated and revised edition emphasizes the importance of forests in the fight against global warming and the urgency to protect what remains of the great trees and forests of the world."-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)333.7509Social sciences Economics Economics of land & energy Land, recreational and wilderness areas, energy Forests & Rainforests Biography; History by PlaceKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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