Shades of Green: An Environmental and Cultural History of Sitka Spruce 9781909686786, 1909686786, 9781909686793, 1909686794, 9781909686809, 1909686808

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Shades of Green: An Environmental and Cultural History of Sitka Spruce
9781909686786, 1909686786, 9781909686793, 1909686794, 9781909686809, 1909686808

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Ruth Tittensor

Table of contents :
Chapter 1 The Most Hated Tree? Chapter 2 "The Tree From Sitka" Chapter 3 Origin, Migration and Survival on the Edge Chapter 4 At Home in North American Rainforests Chapter 5 Sitka Spruce in the Lives of First Nations Chapter 6 Prehistoric Lives and Woodlands in Britain and Ireland Chapter 7 Woodland History and Britain's Need for Sitka Spruce Chapter 8 Realisation: New Trees for New Woodlands Chapter 9 Ships, Surveyors, Scurvy and Spruces Chapter 10 Journeys and Experiments for Seeds and People Chapter 11 From Rare Ornamental to Upland Carpet Chapter 12 Peat: The Final Frontier Chapter 13 Perceptions Chapter 14 Contribution to Modern Societies Chapter 15 Plantation Ecology: Plants and Animals Re-assemble Chapter 16 Sustainability in North America Chapter 17 New Temperate Rainforests? Futures in Ireland and Britain

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