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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748612413
  • 9780748637560
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.7509411
LOC classification:
  • SD183.S66 2005
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
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. 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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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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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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