Money Trees: The Douglas Fir and American Forestry, 1900-1944 - Brock, Emily K.
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An interdisciplinary history of the crucial decades that shaped the modern American conception of the value of the forest. It begins with early 20th century environmental changes in the Douglas Fir forests of the Pacific Northwest, which led to increasing divisiveness and controversy. Brock balances this regional story with a national view of the intellectual and political currents that governed forest management.

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An interdisciplinary history of the crucial decades that shaped the modern American conception of the value of the forest. It begins with early 20th century environmental changes in the Douglas Fir forests of the Pacific Northwest, which led to increasing divisiveness and controversy. Brock balances this regional story with a national view of the intellectual and political currents that governed forest management.
Autorenporträt
Emily K. Brock is a historian of science and environment. Her work focuses on American natural resource management and the intersections between industry, science, and conservation. She has a Ph.D. from Princeton University and has taught at several universities including Stanford University and the University of South Carolina. She now lives in Berlin, Germany, where she is a research scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. This is her first book.