Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. List of black and white maps ix
5. List of black and white figures x
6. List of colour plates xii
7. List of tables xiii
8. 1 Introduction 1
9. 2 The extent and character of the woods before 1500 20
10. 3 The extent and character of the woods, 1500–1920 45
11. 4 Woodland produce 77
12. 5 Woodland as pasture and shelter 102
13. 6 Trading and taking wood before 1800 124
14. 7 Managing the woods before 1770 157
15. 8 Outsiders and the woods I: the pinewoods 192
16. 9 Outsiders and the woods II: charcoal and tanbark 225
17. 10 Woodland management in an industrial economy, 1830–1920 and beyond 258
18. 11 Rothiemurchus, 1650–1900 290
19. 12 The Navy, Holyrood and Strathcarron in the seventeenth century 319
20. 13 The Irish and Glenorchy, 1721–40 340
21. 14 The MacDonald woods on Skye, 1720–1920 364
22. 15 Conclusion 388
23. Bibliography 404
24. Index 422