Taking control of nature -- Planting patriotism, cultivating institutions -- The National Arbor Day Foundation: modifying the natural world -- American forests: planting the future -- Uncle Sam plants for you -- The greatest good -- Celebritrees
Summary
Trees hold a powerful place in American constructions of what is good in nature and the environment. As we attempt to cope with environmental crises, trees are increasingly enlisted with great fervor as agents of our stewardship over nature. In this innovative and impassioned book, Shaul E
Analysis
activism
afforestation
american forests
arbor day
big business
biodiversity
clear cutting
conservation
deforestation
ecology
ecosystem
environment
environmental crisis
environmental groups
environmentalism
forest
global releaf
government policy
green activism
green living
green politics
habitat
lumber
natural sciences
natural world
nature
nonfiction
political agenda
political science
relationship to nature
stewardship
timber companies
timber
tree planting
tree time usa
trees for america
trees
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index
