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- Title
Per una storia degli alberi e del bosco.
- Authors
Melchiorre, Matteo
- Abstract
The success of numerous recent publications regarding trees and woodlands reflects contemporary concerns and shared priorities. In this «mass debate», where different disciplines and ideologies meet, Italian historical research is marginal, despite a rich tradition of scholarship on the history of the environment, agriculture, and human geography. By examining three major studies on trees and woodlands, written by Mauro Agnoletti, HansJörg Küster and Oliver Rackham, this piece suggests a reflection on potential research approaches to the «history of trees», based on the historical method as a structural principle rather than simply as a style of writing. Such research calls for a multidisciplinary approach combining the fields of historical ecology and environmental history; a renewed «history of trees» should start from systematic, indepth archival work. Only in this way can historians make a constructive, critical contribution to the ongoing debate, which, by focusing on the theme of trees and woodlands, aims to influence, guide, and justify choices concerning the relationship between man and nature.
- Subjects
TREES; HISTORY of forestry; ENVIRONMENTAL history; AGRICULTURE; HUMAN geography
- Publication
Storica, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 76, p91
- ISSN
1125-0194
- Publication type
Article