Branching out the public history of trees / edited by Leah S. Glaser and Philip Levy.
| Other author | Glaser, Leah S. |
| Other author | Levy, Philip, 1963 |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2025] |
| Description | xviii, 337 pages illustrations 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Branching out (University of Massachusetts Press) |
| Physical medium | illustrations |
| Series | Public history in historical perspective |
| Contents | Introduction : finding the forest through the trees / Leah S. Glaser, Philip Levy -- Memories : recovering historical meaning in neighborhood trees / Andrew Hurley -- "'The most useful tree' : American chestnut stories and species restoration" / Carolyn M. Barske Crawford -- An island of trees called Old Hickory : history and place in the Mississippi Delta / Brian Dempsey -- When a tree falls : listening to and managing Connecticut's historic landscape / Leah S. Glaser -- The Trees of the South Mountain Cultural Landscape / Liz Sargent -- Mormon women, mulberry trees, and environmental transformation in the American West / Sasha Coles -- George Washington's cherry tree : Ferry Farm's prunus serotina and historical place making / Philip Levy -- Sam Robinson's sycamore / Mariaelena DiBenigno -- The fox oaks of Flushing, New York : Quaker pulpit and Bowne family legacy / Evan Haefeli -- Pine trees and the legacy of the Shingwauk Site / Krista McCracken -- Oaks of ill repute : dark tourism, dissonant heritage, and Savannah's hanging trees / Alena Pirok -- Living memory in Los Angeles : Cornelius Johnson's 1936 Olympic Oak in art, history, and preservation : Christian Kosmas Mayer in conversation with Alaina Scapicchio / Christian Kosmas Mayer, Alaina Scapicchio -- Afterword / David Glassberg. |
| Abstract | "Trees are not just natural resources; they are also cultural ones that present unique challenges and opportunities for public historians and local preservation activities. Trees can serve as important objects of memory, recalling past triumphs or tragedies. They can also be the last living witness to important events or community memories. But they are living entities and therefore defy the kind of preservation applicable to buildings and other inanimate historical objects. Their inherent organic fragility can also create significant problems for historical sites; storm and fire damage, intensified by climate-change, highlight the ways that trees-however historical or beloved-can become considerable threats. The fourteen new, previously unpublished essays in this fascinating volume explore the many ways that trees are an integral part of public history practice and sites. The authors draw on a range of approaches and historiographies to look at how memories of race-based hate, patriotic stories, community identities, and changed places all have centered on trees"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-328) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024034600 |
| ISBN | 9781625348326 paperback |
| ISBN | 9781625348333 hardcover |
| ISBN | ebook |
| ISBN | epub |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |