The Forest for the Trees: How Humans Shaped the North Woods

by Jeff Forester

Book Overview

Author Jeff Forester describes how humans have occupied and managed the northern borderlands of Minnesota, from tribal burning to pioneer and industrial logging to evolving conceptions of wilderness and restoration forestry. On the surface a story of Minnesota's borderlands, The Forest for the Trees more broadly explores the nation's history of resource extraction and wilderness preservation, casting forward to consider what today's actions may mean...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873514807
• ISBN13: 9780873514804
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"