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A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization

Name: A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization
Author: John Perlin
ISBN: 9780393026672

John Perlin

446 pages

W W Norton & Co Inc

Jan 1989

Hardcover

Business & Investing WSBN

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Chronicles the destruction of the world's forests as a result of overdependency on wood as a building and energy source, and points out the resultant declining soil productivity, flooding, and depletion of firewood supplies

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Published 1989

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