Forest Resources in U.S. History
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 430
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Forest Resources in U.S. History presents a broad-brush overview of the history of Americans and our forest resources. This text covers how Americans have shaped forests and used the resources that forests provide to create the most prosperous nation the world has seen.
Forest Resources in U.S. History features information on:
- Human attitudes
- Human ingenuity
- Human experience
- Change – changes in the forest and changes amongst the people of the United States
- Freedom
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Dedication
SECTION I AMERICA'S FORESTS AT THE TIME OF EUROPEAN CONTACT
Chapter 1 Forests of the United States
Chapter 2 Formation of America's Ancient Forests
Chapter 3 Civilizations
Chapter4 1491
Chapter 5 The Pristine Myth: The Landscape of the Americas in 1492
Chapter6 Shaping the American Landscape
SECTION II THE NEW NATION: AMERICA WAS BUILT WITH WOOD
Chapter 7 Freedom and Liberty: The Four Migratins from Britain
Chapter 8 Wooden Ships
Chapter 9 American Building Construction: 1607-ca. 1833
Chapter 10 Wood Use in Everyday Life: A Walk through Williamsburg
Chapter 11 Early Commercial Uses of the Forest
Chapter 12 The Innovation of Light Frame Construction
SECTION III THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND THE AMERICAN CONSERVATION MOVEMENT
Chapter 13 Lessons from Gettysburg and Petersburg
Chapter 14 American Land Policy; 1787-1891
Chapter 15 Railroads
Chapter 16 Lumbering and the Land: 1869-1929
Chapter 17 The American Conservation Movement
Chapter 18 The Birth of Forestry in America
SECTION IV FOREST RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Chapter 19 The Oak-Chestnut Forest
Chapter 20 Conflict over Forests
Chapter 21 Fire
Chapter 22 The Global Wood Products Market
Chapter 23 The Ideal Green Material
Chapter 24 Residential Construction and Materials Use in the 21st Century
References
Acknowledgements
Dedication
SECTION I AMERICA'S FORESTS AT THE TIME OF EUROPEAN CONTACT
Chapter 1 Forests of the United States
Chapter 2 Formation of America's Ancient Forests
Chapter 3 Civilizations
Chapter4 1491
Chapter 5 The Pristine Myth: The Landscape of the Americas in 1492
Chapter6 Shaping the American Landscape
SECTION II THE NEW NATION: AMERICA WAS BUILT WITH WOOD
Chapter 7 Freedom and Liberty: The Four Migratins from Britain
Chapter 8 Wooden Ships
Chapter 9 American Building Construction: 1607-ca. 1833
Chapter 10 Wood Use in Everyday Life: A Walk through Williamsburg
Chapter 11 Early Commercial Uses of the Forest
Chapter 12 The Innovation of Light Frame Construction
SECTION III THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND THE AMERICAN CONSERVATION MOVEMENT
Chapter 13 Lessons from Gettysburg and Petersburg
Chapter 14 American Land Policy; 1787-1891
Chapter 15 Railroads
Chapter 16 Lumbering and the Land: 1869-1929
Chapter 17 The American Conservation Movement
Chapter 18 The Birth of Forestry in America
SECTION IV FOREST RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Chapter 19 The Oak-Chestnut Forest
Chapter 20 Conflict over Forests
Chapter 21 Fire
Chapter 22 The Global Wood Products Market
Chapter 23 The Ideal Green Material
Chapter 24 Residential Construction and Materials Use in the 21st Century
References