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Elderflora : a modern history of ancient trees / Jared Farmer.
Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But as historian Jared Farmer reveals in Elderflora, our veneration took a modern turn in the eighteenth century, when naturalists embarked on a quest to locate and precisely date the oldest living things on earth. The new science of tree time prompted travelers to visit ancient specimens and conservationists to protect sacred groves. Exploitation accompanied sanctification, as old-growth forests succumbed to imperial expansion and the industrial revolution. Taking us from Lebanon to New Zealand to California, Farmer surveys the complex history of the world's oldest trees, including voices of Indigenous peoples, religious figures, and contemporary scientists who study elderflora in crisis. In a changing climate, a long future is still possible, Farmer shows, but only if we give care to young things that might grow old. -- Provided by publisher
Record details
- ISBN: 9780465097845
- ISBN: 0465097847
- Physical Description: vii, 432 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | I. Venerable Species -- II. Memento Mori -- III. Monuments of Nature -- IV. Pacific Fires -- V. Circles and Lines -- VI. Oldest Known -- VII. Latest Oldest -- VIII. Time to Mourn. |
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| Subject: | Trees > History. Trees > Age. Historic trees. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Branch | 582.1609 F233e 2022 (Text) | 33126020568360 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |