The age of wood : our most useful material and the construction of civilization
Record details
- ISBN: 1982114746
- ISBN: 9781982114749
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Physical Description:
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xvi, 318 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm - Edition: First Scribner trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-301) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: The road to nowhere -- Wood and human evolution. Our arboreal inheritance ; Coming down from the trees ; Losing our hair ; Tooling up -- Building civilization. Clearing the forest ; Melting and smelting ; Carving our communities ; Supplying life's luxuries ; Supporting our pretensions ; Limiting our outlook -- Wood in the industrial era. Replacing firewood and charcoal ; Wood in the nineteenth century ; Wood in the modern world -- Facing the consequences. Assessing our impact ; Mending our strained relationship. |
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Subject: | Wood Trees Woodwork History Building, Wooden History |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | TA 419 .E56 2021 | 30775305563729 | General Collection | Available | - |