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A History of the Native Woodlands of Scotland, 1500-1920
T. C. Smout
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Description for A History of the Native Woodlands of Scotland, 1500-1920
Paperback. The first modern history of Scottish woodlands from the time of Scotland's first settlement, focusing on the period 1500 to 1920. Num Pages: 448 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, 16 colour plates, 16 page colour plate section with 33 il. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; KCZ; RGBL; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 784.
REVIEWS OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS: '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 'This well-produced book has been a great pleasure for me to read and, indeed, I wish it had been written years ago so I could have recommended it during my course on Quaternary paleoecology! Every one of the colour plates is appropriate and attractive.!I stress again my admiration of this book.' James ... Read more
REVIEWS OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS: '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 'This well-produced book has been a great pleasure for me to read and, indeed, I wish it had been written years ago so I could have recommended it during my course on Quaternary paleoecology! Every one of the colour plates is appropriate and attractive.!I stress again my admiration of this book.' James ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748632947
SKU
V9780748632947
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About T. C. Smout
T. C. Smout is Historiographer Royal in Scotland. Alan MacDonald is a senior lecturer in History at the University of Dundee, with a particular interest in the history of early modern Scotland, especially the history of the church and of parliament. Fiona Watson is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Stirling.
Reviews for A History of the Native Woodlands of Scotland, 1500-1920
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more