Invaluable Trees - Cultures of Nature, 1660-1830 (Paperback, New ed.)

Trees and tree products have long been central to human life and culture, taking on intensified significance during the long eighteenth century. As basic raw material they were vital economic resources, objects of international diplomatic and commercial exchange, and key features in local economies. In an age of ongoing deforestation, both individuals and public entities grappled with the complex issues of how and why trees mattered. In this interdisciplinary volume, contributors build on recent research in environmental history, literary and material culture, and postcolonial studies to develop new readings of the ways trees were valued in the eighteenth century. They trace changes in early modern theories of resource management and ecology across European and North American landscapes, and show how different and sometimes contradictory practices were caught up in shifting conceptions of nature, social identity, physical health and moral wellbeing. In its innovative and thought-provoking exploration of man's relationship with trees, Invaluable trees: cultures of nature, 1660 -1830 argues for new ways of understanding the long eighteenth century and its values, and helps re-frame the environmental challenges of our own time.

General

Imprint:	Voltaire Foundation
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, 2012:08
Release date:	August 2012
First published:	2012
Editors:	Laura Auricchio • Elizabeth Heckendorn Cook • Giulia Pacini
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	386
Edition:	New ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7294-1048-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800 Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800
LSN:	0-7294-1048-X
Barcode:	9780729410489

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