A contemporary view of the effects of wood, as used for building and fuel, and of deforestation on the development of civilization Until the ascendancy of fossil fuels, wood has been the principal fuel and building materialfrom the dawn of civilization Its abundance or scarcity greatly shaped, as A Forest Journey ably relates, the culture, demographics, оещбм economy, internal and external politics, and technology of successive societies over the millennia The book's comprehensive coverage of the major role forests have played in human lifetold with grace, fluency, imagination, and humorgained it recognition as a Harvard Classic in Science and World History and as one of Harvard's "One-Hundred Great Books " Others receiving the honor include such luminaries as Stephen Jay Gould and E O Wilson This new paperback edition will add a prologue and an epilogue to reflect the current situation in which forests have become imperative for humanity's survival 50 black & white photos and illustrations, bibliography, index New Ed edition Автор Джон Перлин John Perlin.  Маска увлажняющаяИздательство: Countryman, 2005 г Мягкая обложка, 464 стр ISBN 0881506761.