Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index.
Contents
Taking control of nature -- Planting patriotism, cultivating institutions -- The National Arbor Day Foundation: modifying the natural world -- American forests: planting the future -- Uncle Sam plants for you -- The greatest good -- Celebritrees.
Summary
Trees hold a powerful place in American constructions of what is good in nature and the environment. As we attempt to cope with environmental crises, trees are increasingly enlisted with great fervor as agents of our stewardship over nature. In this innovative and impassioned book, Shaul E.
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