Greening of the South - The Recovery of Land and Forest

Informationen zum Autor Thomas D. Clark , a distinguished historian, has published widely on Kentucky and southern history. Klappentext "Drawing on more than a half century of intimate acquaintance with the South and its people, Thomas D. Clark has written an informed and readable account of the last century of southern forest history -- its destruction, conservation, replanting, and recovery. The result is an important book for everyone interested in the economic history of the South." -- Journal of Southern History"A forceful statement that should leave no reader doubtful about the regenerative role of woodlands in regional history A seasoned, regional interpretation of forest history, a much-needed synthesis related in splendidly robust prose." -- American Historical Review"An important, beautifully written book about a neglected subject in southern history both entrancing and scholarly." -- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Zusammenfassung Drawing on more than half a century of intimate acquaintance with the South and its people, this is an informed account of a century of forest history - its destruction, conservation, replanting and recovery.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas D Clark, Thomas D. Clark, Thomas Dionysius Clark
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2004
• EAN: 9780813190822
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-9082-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: New Perspectives on the South
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries