A History of the Native Woodlands of Scotland 1500-1920 /

A History of the Native Woodlands of Scotland 1500-1920 / / Fiona Watson, T. C. Smout, Alan R. MacDonald.

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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,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Smout, T. C.,
MacDonald, Alan R.,
Watson, Fiona,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2004
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (184 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of black and white maps
  • List of black and white figures
  • List of colour plates
  • List of tables
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The extent and character of the woods before 1500
  • 3 The extent and character of the woods, 1500–1920
  • 4 Woodland produce
  • 5 Woodland as pasture and shelter
  • 6 Trading and taking wood before 1800
  • 7 Managing the woods before 1770
  • 8 Outsiders and the woods I: the pinewoods
  • 9 Outsiders and the woods II: charcoal and tanbark
  • 10 Woodland management in an industrial economy, 1830–1920 and beyond
  • 11 Rothiemurchus, 1650–1900
  • 12 The Navy, Holyrood and Strathcarron in the seventeenth century
  • 13 The Irish and Glenorchy, 1721–40
  • 14 The MacDonald woods on Skye, 1720–1920
  • 15 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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