The American chestnut an environmental history
"'The American Chestnut' tells the story of the American chestnut from Native American prehistory through the Civil War and the Great Depression. Davis documents the tree's impact on nineteenth-and early twentieth-century American life, including the decorative and culinary arts. While he pays much...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Athens :
The University of Georgia Press,
[2021]
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| Summary: | "'The American Chestnut' tells the story of the American chestnut from Native American prehistory through the Civil War and the Great Depression. Davis documents the tree's impact on nineteenth-and early twentieth-century American life, including the decorative and culinary arts. While he pays much attention to the importation of chestnut blight and the tree's decline as a dominant species, the author also evaluates efforts to restore the American chestnut to its former place in the eastern deciduous forest, including modern attempts to genetically modify the species."-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-352) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780820360454 0820360457 |
| Author Notes: | DONALD EDWARD DAVIS is an independent scholar, author, and former Fulbright fellow. He has authored or edited seven books, including Southern United States: An Environmental History . His second book, Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians , won the prestigious Philip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award. Davis was also the founding member of the Georgia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation, serving as its president from 2005 to 2006. He is currently employed by the Harvard Forest as a part-time research scholar and lives in Washington, D.C. |
