@article{426003,
      author = {Green, Harvey,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/426003},
      title = {Wood : craft, culture, history /},
      publisher = {Viking,},
      abstract = {We build our houses with it, burn it for warmth, carve it  for beauty, sail in it, sit on it, play with it, and fight  with it - yet how much do we really understand about the  history and culture of wood? In this rich and fascinating  book, Harvey Green examines how wood in all its variety of  form and function has contributed to an extraordinary range  of human endeavors. Wood reveals the history and culture of  a substance that has been a central part of human life  throughout the world for thousands of years. From the  prized whorls of bird's-eye maple to the oak and pine that  made navies and empires, from the breathtaking stave  churches of Norway to the enduring popularity of the  Windsor chair, from the magic of turning to the grace of a  Chinese chair, and from the botany of the baseball bat to  the stunning carving of Native Americans of the northwest  coast, Wood decodes how a seemingly common material has  come to signal class, status, and authenticity. Using the  historian's craft and the woodworker's hand, Green has  fashioned an authoritative book sure to interest all who  love this amazing material, appreciate its history, and  care about its future.},
      recid = {426003},
      pages = {xxxii, 464 p. :},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2006},
}