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Imagining the forest : narratives of Michigan and the Upper Midwest /

"Forests have always been more than just their trees. The forests in Michigan (and similar forests in other Great Lakes states such as Wisconsin and Minnesota) played a role in the American cultural imagination from the beginnings of European settlement in the early 19th century to the present....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Knott, John R. (John Ray), 1937-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2012]
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 // What Was Here Before
  • 2 // Clearings
  • 3 // The Culture of Logging
  • 4 // Stewart Edward White and the Logger as Frontier Hero
  • 5 // Loss and Renewal
  • 6 // The Forest as Playground
  • 7 // The Forest as Ecosystem
  • 8 // Designing the Forest
  • Coda
  • Notes
  • Index