This book presents edited and revised versions of more than 30 papers selected from those presented at a major conference on History and Forest Resources, held in Florence in 1998. The conference was organised by the Italian Academy of Forestry Science and working group on Forest History of the International Union of Forestry Research Organisations (IUFRO). As a whole the papers present detailed analyses of the interrelationships between forest ecosystems and socioeconomic development from thirteen different countries of the world. Main economic and social factors, techniques and local practices, as well as legal and political aspects related to forest changes are discussed, according to the latest achievements in forest history research. The book is a companion volume to Methods and Approaches in Forest History.
Contributors ix Preface xiii Introduction: Factors and Processes in the History of Forest Resources 1(20) Mauro Agnoletti Les Ressources Forestieres et le Developpement Economique de la Vallee Mosane du 11e au 17e Siecle dapres lEtude du Trafic Fluvial 21(16) M. Suttor `The Coveted Tree: the Industrial Threat to the Vosges Forest in the 16th and 18th Centuries 37(12) E. Garnier The War of the Plants: Botanical Exchange and Agricultural Conquest of the New World during Colonial Times 49(16) E. Amodio The Historic Evolution of the Haitian Forest 65(14) F. Hatzenberger Forests and Forestry Culture in Tuscany in the 18th and 19th Centuries 79(14) P. Nanni Earlier Images of the Amazon in the USA 93(16) L.F. Sedrez The Tree and the Machine: Manufacture, Communities and Institutions in the Woods of Southern Italy 109(10) M. Armiero The Muniellos Forests (Asturias, Spain) in History 119(8) J.P. Torrente Une Illusion Francaise: la Penurie des Ressources Ligneuses, 1814--1914 127(16) A. Corvol-Dessert Shortage of Wood? Towards a New Approach in Forest History: the Palatinate in the 19th Century 143(10) B.-S. Grewe Socio-economic Development and Changing Mental Concepts (Re)shaping the Woods in a German Region of Low Mountain Ranges: Contributions of a Study on a Regional Level to the Discussion of Major Issues of Forest History 153(8) G. Modert Historical Interactions Between Agricultural and Forest Utilization in the Austrian Alps and their Impact on the Present Forest Condition 161(10) E. Johann Exploiting the Last Phase of the North European Timber Frontier for the International Market 1890--1914: an Economic-Historical Approach 171(14) J. Bjorklund `Impossible Roads and `Inaccessible Woods: Aspects and Problems of Wood Transport in the 18th Century, Southern Italy 185(10) M. Gangemi Parks, Plebs and the Picturesque: Sherwood Forest as a Contested Landscape in Later Georgian England, 1770--1830 195(16) B. Cowell Social and Environmental Determining Factors of Forest Fire History: the Case of Eastern Andalusia, 1840--1890 211(12) S. Cruz Artacho M. Gonzalez de Molina M.N. Delgado A. Ortega Common Woodlands in Mediterranean Societies: Commercial Management Versus Forms of Peasant Resistance in Andalusia (Spain), 1750--1930 223(14) A.O. Santos Biodiversity Conservation in Central Himalaya: a Peoples Approach 237(16) A.S. Rawat Peoples Struggle Against the Institution of Royal Forest Reserves in England in the 11th--14th Centuries 253(10) J.J. Serovayskay In the Wood of Neglect 263(16) J. Dargavel Law, Forest Resources and Management of Territory in the Late Middle Ages: Woodlands in Tuscan Municipal Statutes 279(10) F. Salvestrini A Brief History of Forest Changes in the Sila Greca Mountains 289(18) M.A. Gallo F. Iovino Economic Culture and Forest Policy in Italy, 1861--1915 307(6) T. Raffaelli Forest Policy and Public Forest Production in Spain, 1855--1936 313(8) D.G. Martinez J.I.J. Blanco J.A.S. Amarilla J.F.Z. Pineda S.Z. Blanco Economic Policy and Forest Resources in Spain: the Case of the Province of Pontevedra, 1926--1956 321(16) E. Rico Boquete The Impact of Five Forest Commissions on the History and Practice of Forestry in British Columbia, Canada 337(14) P. Mitchell-Banks A Brief History of Italian Forest Policy 351(12) A.L. Freschi L. Hermanin A History of the French Coniferous Forest 363(8) V. Moriniaux Imagining and Creating Forests in Britain, 1890--1939 371(16) J. Tsouvalis C. Watkins Some Aspects of Forest Management in Spain from the 16th to the 19th Century 387(10) C.M. Manuel The Impact of Economic, Social and Political Factors on the Ecology of Small English Woodlands: a Case Study of the Ancient Woods in South Yorkshire, England 397(14) I.D. Rotherham M. Jones Index 411
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