A History of the Native Woodlands of Scotland, 1500-1920 Paperback - 2007

A History of the Native Woodlands of Scotland, 1500-1920 T. C. Smout, Alan R. MacDonald & Fiona Watson "An authoritative, readable and attractively illustrated book... it is likely to be a much cited, definitive work for a long time to come." Ian Whyte, Landscape History ''I thoroughly recommend it to ecologists, historians, and anyone liking a good story'' Oliver Rackham, Agricultural History Review "The careful analysis by the authors of a wide range of sources is exemplary and the results are of great interest and value ... This important book should be required reading for all interested in the economic and environmental history of the woodlands." Economic History Review 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 pinewoods 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. 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