Wood: Craft, Culture, History(ISBN=) 英文原版

“Like a walk along a quiet forest rail, reading this book
provides opportunity after opportunity to reflect upon the meaning
of trees and the things that come from them.”
– Henry Petroski, author of The Pencil and The Evolution
of Useful Things

A rich, authoritative look at a material that plays an
essential role in human culture

Wood has been a central part of human life throughout the world for
thousands of years. In an intoxicating mix of science, history, and
practical information, historian and woodworker Harvey Green
considers this vital material’s place on the planet. What makes one
wood hard and one soft? How did we find it, tame it? Where does it
fit into the histories of technology, architecture, and
industrialization, of empire, exploration, and settlement? Spanning
the surprising histories of the log cabin and Windsor chair, the
deep truth about veneer, the role of wood in the American
Revolution, the disappearance of the rain forests, the botany
behind the baseball bat, and much more, Wood is a deep and
satisfying look at one of our most treasured resources.

Harvey Green teaches history at Northeastern
University in Boston and works in wood at his shop in rural New
Hampshire. He is a two-time Fulbright Scholar and the author of
three well- regarded books on American material culture.