England, Evelyn, and the maritime symbolism of English oak trees, woods and forests /

ascribe to English oak trees and woodlands such concepts as

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanson, Jesse Conrad, 1961-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1994.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:ascribe to English oak trees and woodlands such concepts as
both obscuring and revealing England's quest for global
crystalized the symbolism of English oak trees and woodlands,
cultural significance of trees and woodlands has long been
During the lnterregnum the English government began to
either ignored the association of English oak with naval
England's forest and foreign policies as well. Although the
Evelyn, not only to encourage landowners to plant English oak
geography are disregarded.
hegemony. Over the course of the eighteenth and early
increase the explanatory power of historical-cultural
naval power and national prosperity. The publication and
nineteenth centuries, the literate community drew upon the
on their estates for naval purposes, but to influence
power, dealt with it superficially, or treated it as a static
recognized, most geographies of early modern England have
subsequent popularity of John Evelyn's Sylva... (1 664)
symbolic form. However, by neglecting the process through
symbolic meaning of oak trees and woodlands popularized by
which an organic society ascribed symbolic meaning to its
wooded landscapes, important issues that may otherwise
Item Description:"Major subject: Geography".
Vita.
Physical Description:xiv, 239 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.