Americans and Their Forests

Americans and Their Forests

Author: Michael Williams

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992-06-26

Total Pages: 630

ISBN-13: 9780521428378

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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.