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Forests: The Shadow of Civilization
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Forests: The Shadow of Civilization Paperback - 1993 - 1st Edition

by Robert Pogue Harrison

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In a wide-ranging exploration of the role of forests in Western thought, Harrison enriches our understanding not only of the forest's place in the cultural imagination of the West, but also of the ecological dilemmas that now confront us so urgently. Illustrations.

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University of Chicago Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.
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  • Title Forests: The Shadow of Civilization
  • Author Robert Pogue Harrison
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date 1993-03-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # K06A-01997
  • ISBN 9780226318073 / 0226318079
  • Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.03 x 6.09 x 0.82 in (22.94 x 15.47 x 2.08 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91029531
  • Dewey Decimal Code 809.933

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IT IS NOT ONLY IN THE MODERN IMAGINATION THAT FORests cast their shadow of primeval antiquity; from the beginning they appeared to our ancestors as archaic, as antecedent to the human world.

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