Forests: The Shadow of Civilization by Robert Pogue Harrison
By Robert Pogue Harrison
"Forests is without doubt one of the such a lot awesome essays at the human position in nature i've got ever learn, and belongs at the small shelf that incorporates Raymond Williams' masterpiece, The kingdom and the City. Elegantly conceived, superbly written, and powerfully argued, [Forests] is a version of scholarship at its passionate most sensible. not anyone who cares approximately cultural heritage, in regards to the human position in nature, or concerning the way forward for our earthly domestic, may still omit it.—William Cronon, Yale Review
"Forests is, between different issues, a piece of scholarship, and certainly one of tremendous worth . . . person who now we have wanted. it may be learn and reread, further to and commented on for your time to come."—John Haines, The big apple instances publication Review
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