The Age of Wood to 1890
Author: Daniel R. Porter
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 16
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Author: Daniel R. Porter
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 16
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Brooke Hindle
Publisher: Sleepy Hollow Press
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 232
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the earliest settlements until the mid 19th century, Americans used wood, their most abundant national resource, as building material, fuel, and as a raw material for processed chemicals. This book probes the versatility of wood and its significance for American national growth.
Author: Roland Ennos
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Export
Published: 2020-12
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ISBN-13: 9781982159306
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Joachim Radkau
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 0745646883
DOWNLOAD EBOOKÖtzi the iceman could not do without wood when he was climbing his Alpine glacier, nor could medieval cathedral-builders or today's construction companies. From time immemorial, the skill of the human hand has developed by working wood, so much so that we might say that the handling of wood is a basic element in the history of the human body. The fear of a future wood famine became a panic in the 18th century and sparked the beginnings of modern environmentalism. This book traces the cultural history of wood and offers a highly original account of the connection between the raw material and the human beings who benefit from it. Even more, it shows that wood can provide a key for a better understanding of history, of the pecularities as well as the varieties of cultures, of a co-evolution of nature and culture, and even of the rise and fall of great powers. Beginning with Stone Age hunters, it follows the twists and turns of the story through the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution to the global society of the twenty-first century, in which wood is undergoing a varied and unexpected renaissance. Radkau is sceptical of claims that wood is about to disappear, arguing that such claims are self-serving arguments promoted by interest groups to secure cheaper access to, and control over, wood resources. The whole forest and timber industry often strikes the outsider as a world unto itself, a hermetically sealed black box, but when we lift the lid on this box, as Radkau does here, we will be surprised by what we find within. Wide-ranging and accessible, this rich historical analysis of one of our most cherished natural resources will find a wide readership.
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Published: 1891
Total Pages: 368
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 388
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.)
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 12
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Caterina Caneva
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 196
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jeff A. Menges
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Published: 2017-02-15
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0486430812
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe most comprehensive book of its kind, this gorgeous edition presents more than 500 full-color works by famous and lesser-known artists from the heyday of book and magazine illustration. Featured artists include Walter Crane, Edmund Dulac, Maxfield Parrish, Howard Pyle, Arthur Rackham, N. C. Wyeth, and many others — 101 in all. Several examples of each artist's finest illustrations are accompanied by biographical comments and career notes. Additional artists include Victorian-era illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, noted for his compelling combinations of the erotic and grotesque; American painter Harvey Dunn, one of Howard Pyle's most accomplished students; James Montgomery Flagg, famed for his U.S. Army recruitment posters; Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the iconic Gibson Girl; Charles R. Knight, a pioneer in the depiction of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures; Edward Penfield, the king of poster art; Frederic Remington, whose works document the Old West; J. Allen St. John, the principal illustrator of Edgar Rice Burroughs's adventure tales; and dozens of others.