Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. List of Plates viii
5. List o f Figures xi
6. List of Colour Plates xii
7. Introduction: Trees in Scottish Life 1
8. 1 Living in the Past: Woods and People in Prehistory to 1000 BC 14
9. 2 The Coming of Iron, 1000 BC to AD 500 40
10. 3 Sufficiency to Scarcity: Medieval Scotland, 500-1600 60
11. 4 Using the Woods, 1600-1850 (1) The Community Resource 82
12. 5 Using the Woods, 1600-1850 (2) Managing for Profit 105
13. 6 CA Nation of Planters5: Introducing the New Trees, 1650-1900 128
14. 7 The Twentieth Century: Forestry Takes Off 158
15. 8 The Ecological Impact of Using the Woods 195
16. 9 The Future 214
17. Appendices 225
18. Select Bibliography and Guide to Further Reading 231
19. List of Contributors 236
20. Index 237