Tree Cultures: The Place of Trees and Trees in Their Place

by Paul J. Cloke and Owain Jones

Book Overview

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 drew heavily on tree and forest imagery in nation-building,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859734987
• ISBN13: 9781859734988
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"