CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
5. EDITORIAL CONVENTIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS xiii
6. PREFACE xv
7. CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: A FOREST LANDSCAPE 1
8. CHAPTER 2 THENATURAL CAPITAL OF ASHDOWN 11
9. CHAPTER 3 ASHDOWN BEFORE THE FOREST 29
10. CHAPTER 4 ASHDOWN EMERGES AND THE LANDSCAPE FILLS UP, 1086 –1485 61
11. CHAPTER 5 SOCIETY AND COMMUNITY ON ASHDOWN FOR EST, 1500 –1800 97
12. CHAPTER 6 ASHDOWN’S FOREST ECONOMY 147
13. CHAPTER 7 THREATS TO ASHDOWN FOREST 171
14. CHAPTER 8 VICTORIAN ASHDOWN: A CHANGING SETTING FOR AN ESCALATING CONFLICT 203
15. CHAPTER 9 THE ASHDOWN FOREST DISPUTE 249
16. CHAPTER 10 THE EARLY YEARS OF FORMAL CONSERVATION, 1885–1914 291
17. CHAPTER 11 ASHDOWN IN WAR AND PEACE, 1914–1945 333
18. CHAPTER 12 ASHDOWN’S HISTORIC PRESENT FROM 1945 379
19. CHAPTER 13 FOREST CONFLICTS: A CONCLUSION 407
20. GLOSSARY 415
21. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 421
22. INDEX 441