LEADER 04972nam 22011054a 450 001 9910780448703321 005 20230627213137.0 010 $a9786612357084 010 $a1-282-35708-5 010 $a0-520-92991-8 010 $a1-59734-809-0 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520929913 035 $a(CKB)111090529079590 035 $a(EBL)224753 035 $a(OCoLC)475931883 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000222412 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11190562 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000222412 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10169768 035 $a(PQKB)10064843 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC224753 035 $a(OCoLC)55531647 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30509 035 $a(DE-B1597)519228 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520929913 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL224753 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10057081 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235708 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111090529079590 100 $a20030826h20042004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPlanting nature $etrees and the manipulation of environmental stewardship in America /$fShaul E. Cohen 210 1$aBerkeley :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2004. 210 4$aŠ2004 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) $cillustrations 311 0 $a0-520-23770-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-199) and index. 327 $aTaking control of nature -- Planting patriotism, cultivating institutions -- The National Arbor Day Foundation: modifying the natural world -- American forests: planting the future -- Uncle Sam plants for you -- The greatest good -- Celebritrees. 330 $aTrees hold a powerful place in American constructions of what is good in nature and the environment. As we attempt to cope with environmental crises, trees are increasingly enlisted with great fervor as agents of our stewardship over nature. In this innovative and impassioned book, Shaul E. Cohen exposes the way that environmental stewardship is undermined through the manipulation of trees and the people who plant them by a partnership of big business, the government, and tree-planting groups. He reveals how positive associations and symbols that have been invested in trees are exploited by an interlocking network of government agencies, private timber companies, and nongovernmental organizations to subvert the power of people who think that they are building a better world. Planting Nature details the history of tree planting in the United States and the rise of popular sentiment around trees, including the development of the Arbor Day holiday and tree-planting groups such as the National Arbor Day Foundation and American Forests. Drawing from internal papers, government publications, advertisements, and archival documents, Cohen illustrates how organizations promote tree planting as a way of shifting attention away from the causes of environmental problems to their symptoms, masking business-as-usual agendas. Ultimately, Planting Nature challenges the relationships between a "green" public, the organizations that promote their causes, and the "powers that be," providing a cautionary tale of cooperation and deception that cuts across the political spectrum. 606 $aAfforestation$zUnited States 606 $aAfforestation$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States 606 $aAfforestation$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 610 $aactivism. 610 $aafforestation. 610 $aamerican forests. 610 $aarbor day. 610 $abig business. 610 $abiodiversity. 610 $aclear cutting. 610 $aconservation. 610 $adeforestation. 610 $aecology. 610 $aecosystem. 610 $aenvironment. 610 $aenvironmental crisis. 610 $aenvironmental groups. 610 $aenvironmentalism. 610 $aforest. 610 $aglobal releaf. 610 $agovernment policy. 610 $agreen activism. 610 $agreen living. 610 $agreen politics. 610 $ahabitat. 610 $alumber. 610 $anatural sciences. 610 $anatural world. 610 $anature. 610 $anonfiction. 610 $apolitical agenda. 610 $apolitical science. 610 $arelationship to nature. 610 $astewardship. 610 $atimber companies. 610 $atimber. 610 $atree planting. 610 $atree time usa. 610 $atrees for america. 610 $atrees. 615 0$aAfforestation 615 0$aAfforestation$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aAfforestation$xGovernment policy 676 $a333.75/152/0973 700 $aCohen$b Shaul Ephraim$f1961-$01486808 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780448703321 996 $aPlanting nature$93706420 997 $aUNINA