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A forest journey : the role of wood in the development of civilization / John Perlin.
LIBRA SD418 .P47 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perlin, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Deforestation--History.
- Deforestation.
- Forests and forestry--History.
- Forests and forestry.
- Wood--History.
- Wood.
- Fuelwood consumption--History.
- Fuelwood consumption.
- Plants and civilization.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 445 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Harvard University Press paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1991.
- Summary:
- The destruction of the world's forests is one of the major concerns of our age. Each year the world loses some 37 million acres of forests. But this book is more than just a chronicle of deforestation.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : W.W. Norton, c1989.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-430) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674308921 :
- OCLC:
- 22543707
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