People and woods in Scotland : a history / edited by T.C. Smout.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smout, T. C. (T. Christopher)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trees--Scotland.

Trees.

Forest ecology--Scotland.

Forest ecology.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

xii, 244 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2003]

Summary:

This is a history of the trees, woodlands and forests of Scotland and of the people who used them. It begins 11,500 years ago when the ice sheet melted and explaining the almost complete withdrawal of tree cover in Scotland over the following millennia. The book considers the revival of forests and woodlands in the twentieth century and ends by examining the changes under way now.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0748617000

0748617019

OCLC:

51485992