Circular

Circular
Author: United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Division of Publications
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1028
Release: 1906
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Americans and Their Forests

Americans and Their Forests
Author: Michael Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 630
Release: 1992-06-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521428378

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.