Better wood than gold / John Perliu ; interviewed by Barbara Dunlap.

Program Title:
Better wood than gold / John Perliu ; interviewed by Barbara Dunlap.
PRA Archive #: 
KZ1527
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Perliu, author of A Forest Journey: the Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization, discusses the insights he has gained in his research. He explores how large scale, trade intensive societies have continually overharvested forests around the world. He draws examples from China, the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Europe and the Americas--paying particular attention to the contemporary manifestations of this process in the world economy.|BETTER WOOD THAN GOLD / John Perliu| interviewed by Barbara Dunlap. - SERIES: New signals| 10/3/89 - Perliu, author of "A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization," discusses the insights he has gained in his research. He explores how large scale, trade intensive socieites have continually overharvested forests around the world. He draws examples from China, the Middle East, the Mediteranian, Europe and the Americas--paying particular attention to the contemporary manifestations of this process in the world economy. BROADCAST: KPFK, 3 Oct. 1989.

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KPFK, 3 Oct. 1989.
Item duration: 
1 reel (52 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.|52:00
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Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1989.
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