Wood: Craft, Culture, History - Softcover

Green, Harvey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143112694 ISBN 13: 9780143112693

Publisher: Penguin USA, 2007

Synopsis

A rich, authoritative look at a material that plays an essential role in human culture

Wood has been a central part of human life throughout the world for thousands of years. In an intoxicating mix of science, history, and practical information, historian and woodworker Harvey Green considers this vital material's place on the planet. What makes one wood hard and one soft? How did we find it, tame it? Where does it fit into the histories of technology, architecture, and industrialization, of empire, exploration, and settlement? Spanning the surprising histories of the log cabin and Windsor chair, the deep truth about veneer, the role of wood in the American Revolution, the disappearance of the rain forests, the botany behind the baseball bat, and much more, Wood is a deep and satisfying look at one of our most treasured resources.

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Product Description:

Wood In this rich and fascinating book, Green examines how wood in all its variety of form and function has contributed to an extraordinary range of human endeavors. 112 photos. Full description

Review:

"Like a walk along a quiet forest rail, reading this book provides opportunity after opportunity to reflect upon the meaning of trees and the things that come from them."
- Henry Petroski, author of The Pencil and The Evolution of Useful Things

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin USA
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0143112694
• ISBN 13: 9780143112693
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496