Cords & Combustion

This infographic sets Thoreau’s musings – on being a forest warden, heating his hunting hut – in context of British and American debates over forest commons, afforestation, lumbering rights/cycles, and shifting wood/fuel resources seen with the rise of rail transport and timbering.

This board is part of the larger series unpacking the early industrial economies addressed in Thoreau’s Walden (see Re-Surveying Walden).