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People and woods in Scotland : a history by T C Smout; Ian Armit; Anne Crone; Christopher Dingwell; David Foot; Syd House; Neil Mackenzie; Alexander Mather; Ian Ralston; Chris Smout; Mairi Stewart; Richard Tipping; Fiona Watson; Richard Worrell is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748607012); This is a history of the trees, woodlands and forests of Scotland and of the people who used them. It begins 11,500 years ago when the ice sheet melted and trees such as hazel, pine, ash and oak returned, bringing with them first birds and mammals and, soon after, the first hunter-gathering humans. The book charts and explains the almost complete withdrawal of tree cover in Scotland over the following millennia, considers the revival of forests and woodlands in the twentieth century, and ends by examining the changes under way now. The book is intended for everyone interested in Scotland's natural history. It calls on an expert in pollen analysis to examine ancient patterns of woodland distribution; on archaeologists to describe how wood was put to good purpose, especially for buildings; on historians and foresters to explain how trees and woods have been exploited and enjoyed over the ages: on ecologists to show how the histories of people and woods are inseparably linked in Scotland; and on a geographer to consider how the Scottish landscape may react to changing policy, attitudes, populations, and climate. The text is fully illu

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Author

T C Smout; Ian Armit; Anne Crone; Christopher Dingwell; David Foot; Syd House; Neil Mackenzie; Alexander Mather; Ian Ralston; Chris Smout; Mairi Stewart; Richard Tipping; Fiona Watson; Richard Worrell

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781474472722

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Gardening, Lifestyle