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<div align="center"><font size=4><b><i>Modern Times, Rural Places:<br>
Seminar Series at MIT<br><br>
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<font size=4><i>"The Building of European Forests: In Search
of Turning Points in Forest History"<br><br>
<br>
</i>Bernd-Stefan Grewe<br><br>
</b></font>Assistant Professor of History and Sociology, Director of the
Transnational History Research Group, University of Constance,
Germany<br><br>
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Most people in western societies think that forests are nature and
wilderness. But there is no primeval forest left in Central Europe. Even
those woodlands protected as national parks or reserves have been shaped
by human use. For centuries, they had a key function for the economic and
social development of societies. The character of European forests has
changed greatly since 1500. But how to define turning points in forest
history? I will suggest give a broad outline of the political, economic,
social, cultural and ecologic development of European forests since 1500.
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<div align="center"><b>Friday, October 21, 2005<br>
2:30 to 4:30 pm<br>
Building E51 Room 095<br><br>
</b>Sponsored by MITs History Faculty and the Program in Science,
Technology, and Society<br>
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Margo Collett at
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