Overview

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. The book is then divided into chapters that consider traditional uses and management, the impact of outsiders on the pine woods and the oakwoods in the first phase of exploitation, and the effect of industrialisation. Separate chapters are devoted to case studies of management at Strathcarron, Glenorchy, Rothiemurchus and on Skye.

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Author:   T. C. Smout ,  Alan R. MacDonald ,  Fiona Watson
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.789kg
ISBN:  

9780748632947

ISBN 10:   0748632948
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   26 September 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of 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, 1721-1740; 14 The MacDonald Woods on Skye, 1720-1920; 15 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Reviews

<p> Scientific, geographical, and historical analyses are deftly combined in this unique history that will sure be of interest to historians, environmentalists, and conservationists well beyond the confines of Scotland... Recommended. -- Choice

This book is a superb blend of social history, economic history and environmental history. -- Robert A. Lambert Journal of Scottish Historical Studies At last the light of scholarship is shed on the subject in this enthralling book... This past has been brilliantly recreated by TC Smout, Alan Macdonald and Fiona Watson, and perhaps we can now say that the importance of Scotland's native woodlands is beginning to be properly recognised. -- Hugh G Miller, Emeritus Professor of Forestry, University of Aberdeen The Review This book is a superb blend of social history, economic history and environmental history. At last the light of scholarship is shed on the subject in this enthralling book... This past has been brilliantly recreated by TC Smout, Alan Macdonald and Fiona Watson, and perhaps we can now say that the importance of Scotland's native woodlands is beginning to be properly recognised.

Author Information

T. C. Smout is Historiographer Royal in Scotland and founder of the Institute for Environmental History at the University of St Andrews Alan R. MacDonald is Lecturer in History at the University of Dundee Fiona Watson is Senior Lecturer in History and Director of the Centre for Environmental History at the University of Stirling

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