Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. NOTE ON SPELLING AND DATES vii
4. INTRODUCTION: A Wooden World 1
5. CHAPTER 1. Scarcity, Conflict, and Regulation in England’s Royal Forests 14
6. CHAPTER 2. Creating Scarcity in Ireland’s Woods 59
7. CHAPTER 3. The Political Ecology of Woods in Virginia 108
8. CHAPTER 4. Conservation and Commercialization in Bermuda 131
9. CHAPTER 5. Deforestation and Preservation in Early Barbados 167
10. CHAPTER 6. Toward an Atlantic or Imperial Political Ecology? 193
11. ARCHIVES CONSULTED 239
12. NOTES 241
13. INDEX 297
14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 303