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A history of the native woodlands of Scotland, 1500-1920 / T.C. Smout, Alan R. MacDonald and Fiona Watson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smout, T. C. (T. Christopher)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forests and forestry--Scotland--History.
- Forests and forestry.
- Trees--Scotland--History.
- Trees.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (465 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first modern history of Scottish woodlands explores the changing relationship between trees and people from the time of Scotland's first settlement, focusing on the period 1500 to 1920. Drawing on work in natural science, geography and history, as well as on the authors' own research, it presents an accessible and readable account that balances social, economic and environmental factors. Two opening chapters describe the early history of the woodlands.
- Contents:
- COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of black and white maps; List of black and white figures; List of colour plates; List of tables; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 The extent and character of the woods before 1500; CHAPTER 3 The extent and character of the woods, 1500-1920; CHAPTER 4 Woodland produce; CHAPTER 5 Woodland as pasture and shelter; CHAPTER 6 Trading and taking wood before 1800; CHAPTER 7 Managing the woods before 1770; COLOUR PLATES; CHAPTER 8 Outsiders and the woods I: the pinewoods; CHAPTER 9 Outsiders and the woods II: charcoal and tanbark
- CHAPTER 10 Woodland management in an industrial economy, 1830-1920 and beyond; CHAPTER 11 Rothiemurchus, 1650-1900; CHAPTER 12 The Navy, Holyrood and Strathcarron in the seventeenth century; CHAPTER 13 The Irish and Glenorchy, 1721-40; CHAPTER 14 The MacDonald woods on Skye, 1720-1920; CHAPTER 15 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-421) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611252281
- 9781435643529
- 1435643526
- 9780748653331
- 0748653333
- 9781281252289
- 128125228X
- 9780748637560
- 0748637567
- OCLC:
- 437203032
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