The Great Lakes forest : an environmental and social history / Susan L. Flader, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Flader, Susan.

Forest History Society.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forests and forestry--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Forests and forestry.

Forest ecology--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Forest ecology.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Published by the University of Minnesota Press in association with Forest History Society, Inc., Santa Cruz, c1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 18 papers in this book were written in an effort to understand the relation between social and environmental change in the Great Lakes forest, a region that includes northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota and adjacent parts of Ontario. Contributors from the biological and social sciences, the humanities, and the management professions view the forest as a dynamic ecosystem that includes people, with their attitudes and institutions, as well as forest vegetation, waters, and wildlife. This multidisciplinary approach provides fresh and provocative insights into the history of the region.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Photo Essay; Introduction: An Ecosystem Perspective on Environmental and Social Change; Part 1 Forest Ecosystems: Millennia of Change; Part 2 The Indian Experience; Part 3 A Century of Change in the Institutional and Social Environment; Part 4 Status and Prospects; Part 5 Perceptions and Values; Glossary of Scientific Names; Index; Notes on Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5526-X

1-4356-0623-X

OCLC:

182732625