Forests of Ash: An Environmental History [Hardcover]

Tom Griffiths (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 25, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0521812860 | ISBN-13: 978-0521812863

This beautifully-written book tells the story of Australia's giant eucalypt, the Mountain Ash, which grows in the region north and east of Melbourne. Visited seasonally by indigenous people and later a site of mining and sawmilling for settlers, as well as contested ground for conservationists, the life cycles and fire cycles of the forests span millennia. Tom Griffiths tells the environmental, ecological and social history of a unique Australian forest, and in doing so, tells the story of the continent as a whole.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Forests of Ash is a good story well written. The subject is made even more approachable through maps and over sixty photographs, many of them stunning. This is definitely not just a text for scholars." Environmental History

"The book...provides an excellent case study of the application of environmental history to one forest. It is a very worthwhile contribution to the ongoing public debate about the use of the ash forests." Pacific Affairs

Book Description

This beautifully-written book tells the story of Australia's giant eucalypt, the Mountain Ash, which grows in the region north and east of Melbourne. Visited seasonally by indigenous people and later a site of mining and sawmilling for settlers, as well as contested ground for conservationists, the life cycles and fire cycles of the forests span millennia. Tom Griffiths tells the environmental, ecological and social history of a unique Australian forest, and in doing so, tells the story of the continent as a whole.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 236 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (March 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521812860
• ISBN-13: 978-0521812863
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,277,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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