The stories of the planet’s oldest trees and what they have meant
to human beings. Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But
as historian Jared Farmer reveals in Elderflora, our veneration
took a modern turn in the eighteenth century when naturalists
embarked on a quest to locate and precisely date the oldest living
things on earth. The new science of tree time prompted travellers
to visit ancient specimens and conservationists to protect sacred
groves. Exploitation accompanied sanctification, as old-growth
forests succumbed to imperial expansion and the industrial
revolution. Taking us from Lebanon to New Zealand to California,
Farmer surveys the complex history of the world’s oldest trees,
including voices of Indigenous peoples, religious figures, and
contemporary scientists who study elderflora in crisis. In a
changing climate, a long future is still possible, Farmer shows,
but only if we give care to young things that might grow old.
Combining rigorous scholarship with lyrical writing, Elderflora
chronicles the complex roles ancient trees have played in the
modern world and illuminates how we might need old trees now more
than ever.
General
| Imprint: |
Picador
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
March 2024 |
| Authors: |
Jared Farmer
|
| Dimensions: |
197 x 130mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
416 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-500906-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-03-500906-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781035009060 |
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