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Trees.(Book Review)

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From: Contemporary Review
Date: 20040601
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Trees: Woodlands and Western Civilisation. Richard Hayman. Hambledon and London. [pounds sterling]19.95. x + 261 pages. ISBN 1-85285-299-2. Whether it is the site of the teddy bears' picnic, the place where novelists such as Anthony Trollope found inspiration or the location of pre-Christian worship, woods have fascinated man as well as provided the wherewithal for his survival. In this study Mr Hayman assumes that 'nature remains in itself the same, but that different societies see it differently'. In the relationship between man and forests, 'no living things have had more ...

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