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001			1222909798
003			OCoLC
005			20211118112510.0
008			201119t20202020nyuaf e b 001 0 eng d
019			_a1139768684 _a1198445294 _a1204159022 _a1224595254 _a1234974057
020			_a9781982114732 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1982114738 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1222909798
040			_aNjBwBT _beng _erda _cFSP _dFSP _dOCLCO _dHBP _dJAS _dOCLCQ _dKUA _dOCLCF _dOQX _dYDX _dBDX _dOCLCA _dUAP _dHQD _dUtOrBLW _dMiTN
050	1	4	_aTA419 _b.E66 2020
082	0	4	_a620.1/209 _223
100	1		_aEnnos, Roland,
245	1	4	_aThe age of wood : _bour most useful material and the construction of civilization / _cRoland Ennos.
250			_aFirst Scribner hardcover edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bScribner, _c2020.
264		4	_�2020.
300			_axvi, 318 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
380			_aBook _2tlcgt.
385			_aGeneral _2tlctarget.
505	0		_aPrologue: The road to nowhere -- Wood and human evolution. Our arboreal inheritance -- Coming down from the trees -- Losing our hair -- Tooling up -- Building civilization. Clearing the forest -- Melting and smelting -- Carving our communities -- Supplying life's luxuries -- Supporting our pretensions -- Limiting our outlook -- Wood in the industrial era. Replacing firewood and charcoal -- Wood in the nineteenth century -- Wood in the modern world -- Facing the consequences. Assessing our impact -- Mending our strained relationship.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 293-301) and index.
520			_aA scholarly and scientific examination of the unrecognized role of trees in the planet's ecosystem reveals wood's unexpected influence on human evolution, civilization, and the global economy.
650		0	_aWood.
650		0	_aTrees.
650		0	_aWoodwork _xHistory.
650		0	_aBuilding, Wooden _xHistory.
999			_c506218 _d506218