The ‘gift of the new world’: Retelling the trajectories of black Locust in France
Language
en
Article de revue
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Journal of Historical Geography. 2022-09, vol. 78, p. 115-125
Elsevier
English Abstract
This article provides a detailed account of the shifting places of the black Locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia) in France, from its introduction as a North American exotic in the early seventeenth century to the present. ...Read more >
This article provides a detailed account of the shifting places of the black Locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia) in France, from its introduction as a North American exotic in the early seventeenth century to the present. Three phases or moments are identified, articulating material and discursive dimensions of the trajectory of the tree — and of the spaces where it became prominent: exhortation, instrumentalization and marginalization. Due to a long introduction timeline and unmatched levels of expectations for versatility, the intertwined social-ecological dynamics of black Locust are marked by several reframings and rediscoveries. As such, a geohistorical focus on French ‘acacia’ landscapes offers an original window on the political economies of past and ongoing regional forest transitions of Western Europe.Read less <
English Keywords
Black locust
Forest history
Robinia pseudoacacia
Socio-ecological dynamics
NarrativesBotany
Origin
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