1st Edition
Tree Cultures The Place of Trees and Trees in Their Place
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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The relationship between nature and culture has become a popular focus in social science, but there have been few grounded accounts of trees. Providing shelter, fuel, food and tools, trees have played a vital role in human life from the earliest times, but their role in symbolic expression has been largely overlooked. For example, trees are often used to express nationalistic feelings. Germans... Read more
AcknowledgementsList of FiguresList of Tables1 IntroductionPart I: Placing Trees In Cultural TheoryPreamble2 Arbori-Culture3 The Non-human Agency of Trees4 Tree-places5 EthicsPart II: Trees in their PlacePreamble6 Orchard7 Cemetery8 Heritage Trail9 Square10 ConclusionsBibliographyIndex
Biography
Paul Cloke Professor of Geography,University of Bristol Owain Jones Research Fellow, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
