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Informationen zum Autor Michael Williams is a professional historian who has recently taken up fiction writing. Klappentext When Europeans first reached the land that would become the United States they were staggered by the breadth and density of the forest they found. The existence of that forest, and the effort either to use or subdue it, have been constant themes in American history, literature, economics, and geography up to the present day. In Americans and Their Forests, Michael Williams tells us of the meaning of the forest in American history and culture, he describes and analyzes the clearing and use of the forest from pre-European times to the present, and he traces the subsequent regrowth of the forest since the middle of the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung Dr Williams begins by exploring the role of the forest in American culture: the symbols! themes! and concepts - for example! pioneer woodsman! lumberjack! wilderness - generated by contact with the vast land of trees. He considers the Indian use of the forest! describing the ways in which native tribes altered it! primarily through fire! to promote a subsistence economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; A note on tree, lumber, and plant association names; Abbrevaitions; Part I. The Forest Before 1600: 1. The forest in American life; 2. The forest and the Indian; Part II. Change in the Forest, 1600-1859: 3. The forest and pioneer life, 1600-1810; 4. Two centuries of change: the commercial uses of the forest; 5. The quickening pace: agricultural clearing, 1810-1860; 6. The quickening pace: the industrial impact, 1810-1860; Part III. Regional and National Impacts, 1860-1920: 7. The lumberman's assault on the forests of the Lake States, 1860-1890; 8. The lumberman's assault on the southern forest, 1880-1920; 9. The last lumber frontier: the rise of the Pacific Northwest, 1880-1940; 10. Industrial impacts on the forest, 1860-1920; 11. Agricultural impacts on the forest, 1860-1920; Part IV. Inquiry and Concern: Questions About the Forest, 1870-1933: 12. Preservation and management, 1870-1910; 13. Ownership, supply, protection, and use, 1900-1933; 14. The rebirth of the forest, 1933 and after; Notes; References; Index....
