Papers selected from a conference held in Florence in 1998.

This book presents edited and revised versions of 31 papers selected from those presented at a major conference on 'History and forest resources', held in Florence, Italy, in 1998. It also includes an introduction by the first editor. The book is a companion volume to 'Methods and approaches in forest history' (IUFRO Research Series No. 3), which is also based on papers from the conference, and published by CABI Publishing in association with IUFRO. The conference was organized by the Italian Academy of Forestry Science and IUFRO Working Group S6.07.02 on Forest History. As a whole the papers present details of the interrelationships between forest ecosystems and socioeconomic development (including early forest industry development) from 13 countries. The main economic and social factors, techniques and local practices, as well as legal, political, environmental and ecological aspects related to forest changes are discussed, according to the latest achievements in forest history research.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Factors and Processes in the History of Forest Resources / Mauro Agnoletti -- Les Ressources Forestières et le Développement Economique de la Vallée Mosane du 11e au 17e Siècle d'après l'Étude du Trafìc Fluvial / M. Suttor -- 'The Coveted Tree' : the Industrial Threat to the Vosges Forest in the 16th and 18th Centuries / E. Garnier -- The War of the Plants : Botanical Exchange and Agricultural Conquest of the New World during Colonial Times / E. Amodio -- The Historic Evolution of the Haitian Forest / F. Hatzenberger -- Forests and Forestry Culture in Tuscany in the 18th and 19th Centuries / P. Nanni -- Earlier Images of the Amazon in the USA / L.F. Sedrez -- The Tree and the Machine : Manufacture, Communities and Institutions in the Woods of Southern Italy / M. Armiero -- The Muniellos Forests (Asturias, Spain) in History / J.P. Torrente -- Une Illusion Française : la Pénurie des Ressources Ligneuses, 1814-1914 / A. Corvol-Dessert -- Shortage of Wood? Towards a New Approach in Forest History : the Palatinate in the 19th Century / 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 / G. Modert -- Historical Interactions Between Agricultural and Forest Utilization in the Austrian Alps and their Impact on the Present Forest Condition / E. Johann -- Exploiting the Last Phase of the North European Timber Frontier for the International Market 1890-1914 : an Economic-Historical Approach / J. Björklund -- 'Impossible' Roads and 'Inaccessible' Woods : Aspects and Problems of Wood Transport in the 18th Century, Southern Italy / M. Gangemi -- Parks, Plebs and the Picturesque : Sherwood Forest as a Contested Landscape in Later Georgian England, 1770-1830 / B. Cowell -- Social and Environmental Determining Factors of Forest Fire History : the Case of Eastern Andalusia, 1840-1890 / S. Cruz Artacho, M. González de Molina, M.N. Delgado and A. Ortega -- Common Woodlands in Mediterranean Societies : Commercial Management Versus Forms of Peasant Resistance in Andalusia (Spain), 1750-1930 / A.O. Santos -- Biodiversity Conservation in Central Himalaya : a People's Approach / A.S. Rawat -- People's Struggle Against the Institution of Royal Forest Reserves in England in the 11th-14th Centuries / J.J. Serovayskay -- In the Wood of Neglect / J. Dargavel -- Law, Forest Resources and Management of Territory in the Late Middle Ages : Woodlands in Tuscan Municipal Statutes / F. Salvestrini -- A Brief History of Forest Changes in the Sila Greca Mountains / M.A. Gallo and F. Iovino -- Economic Culture and Forest Policy in Italy, 1861-1915 / T. Raffaelli -- Forest Policy and Public Forest Production in Spain, 1855-1936 / D.G. Martínez, J.I.J. Blanco, J.A.S. Amarilla, J.F.Z. Pineda and S.Z. Blanco -- Economic Policy and Forest Resources in Spain : the Case of the Province of Pontevedra, 1926-1956 / E. Rico Boquete -- The Impact of Five Forest Commissions on the History and Practice of Forestry in British Columbia, Canada / P. Mitchell-Banks -- A Brief History of Italian Forest Policy / A.L. Freschi and L. Hermanin -- A History of the French Coniferous Forest / V. Moriniaux -- Imagining and Creating Forests in Britain, 1890-1939 / J. Tsouvalis and C. Watkins -- Some Aspects of Forest Management in Spain from the 16th to the 19th Century / 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 / I.D. Rotherham and M. Jones.

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