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Zusatztext This volume is a useful addition to the literature, and it will undoubtedly be used by academic researchers in the field of forest history. Klappentext Focusing on forests and trees, this book investigates how relations between society and nature change over time. It traces historical perceptions and woodland management practices, explores the rise of scientific forestry methods, discusses in depth the organizational culture of the Forestry Commission, and considers the claim that present-day forestry has become a postmodern phenomenon. Zusammenfassung Attitudes in Britain to forests and trees are changing. Plantation forests - the product of the 'strategic reserve of timber' vision that held sway in the early twentieth century, and was turned into a physical reality by the Forestry Commission - are no longer fashionable. Today's forests are required to be sustainable, multi-purpose, and biologically diverse. They are expected to possess a 'spirit of place', be aesthetically pleasing, and help alleviate poverty and social exclusion in cities and remote rural areas. This book traces the changing fortune of forests and trees in Britain and people's changing relations with them. It investigates traditional woodland management practices, and considers how they came to be supplanted by scientific forestry knowledge and methods. It examines the development of the Forestry Commission and its body of foresters, looks at the symbolic function of forests and trees, and assesses the claim that present day forestry has become a postmodern phenomenon.A Critical Geography of Britain's State Forests will prove useful not only to foresters and nature conservationists, but to all those who are interested in how human beings socially and biophysically construct the environment, driven by a constant urge to find their place and meaning within it. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: Reflections on Nature, Society, and Geography 2: The Dawn of Scientific Forestry 3: The Birth of a New Tradition 4: Co-emergent Spaces: From Wastelands to Plantation Forests 5: Moments of Crisis I: Upheavals in the Scottish Uplands 6: Moments of Crisis II: The Ancient Woodland Debate 7: Nature Conservation, Landscape Design, and Recreation: Voices From Within the Forestry Commission 8: The Forestry Commission's Reflective Turn 9: The Dawn of Postmodern Forestry Conclusion Bibliography ...
