T. C. Smout is Historiographer Royal in Scotland. Alan MacDonald in Senior Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Dundee. Previous books include The Jacobean Kirk, 1567-1625: Sovereignty, Polity and Liturgy (Routledge, 1998) and The Burghs and Parliament in Scotland, c.1550-1651 (Ashgate, 2016). He was co-editor of the three-volume The History of the Scottish Parliament (EUP, 2004-2010). Fiona Watson is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Stirling.

This book is a superb blend of social history, economic history and environmental history.

• Acknowledgements; List of Black and White Maps; List of Black and White Figures; List of Colour Plates; List of Tables1 Introduction2 The Extent and Character of the Woods Before 15003 The Extent and Character of the Woods, 1500-19204 Woodland Produce5 Woodland as Pasture and Shelter6 Trading and Taking Wood Before 18007 Managing the Woods Before 17708 Outsiders and the Woods I: The Pinewoods9 Outsiders and the Woods II: Charcoal and Tanbark10 Woodland Management in an Industrial Economy, 1830-1920and Beyond11 Rothiemurchus, 1650-190012 The Navy, Holyrood and Strathcarron in the Seventeenth Century13 The Irish and Glenorchy, 1721-174014 The MacDonald Woods on Skye, 1720-192015 ConclusionBibliography; Index

T. C. Smout is Historiographer Royal in Scotland. Alan MacDonald in Senior Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Dundee. Previous books include The Jacobean Kirk, 1567-1625: Sovereignty, Polity and Liturgy (Routledge, 1998) and The Burghs and Parliament in Scotland, c.1550-1651 (Ashgate, 2016). He was co-editor of the three-volume The History of the Scottish Parliament (EUP, 2004-2010). Fiona Watson is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Stirling.

This book is a superb blend of social history, economic history and environmental history.

• Acknowledgements; List of Black and White Maps; List of Black and White Figures; List of Colour Plates; List of Tables1 Introduction2 The Extent and Character of the Woods Before 15003 The Extent and Character of the Woods, 1500-19204 Woodland Produce5 Woodland as Pasture and Shelter6 Trading and Taking Wood Before 18007 Managing the Woods Before 17708 Outsiders and the Woods I: The Pinewoods9 Outsiders and the Woods II: Charcoal and Tanbark10 Woodland Management in an Industrial Economy, 1830-1920and Beyond11 Rothiemurchus, 1650-190012 The Navy, Holyrood and Strathcarron in the Seventeenth Century13 The Irish and Glenorchy, 1721-174014 The MacDonald Woods on Skye, 1720-192015 ConclusionBibliography; Index

T. C. Smout is Historiographer Royal in Scotland. Alan MacDonald in Senior Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Dundee. Previous books include The Jacobean Kirk, 1567-1625: Sovereignty, Polity and Liturgy (Routledge, 1998) and The Burghs and Parliament in Scotland, c.1550-1651 (Ashgate, 2016). He was co-editor of the three-volume The History of the Scottish Parliament (EUP, 2004-2010). Fiona Watson is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Stirling.

This book is a superb blend of social history, economic history and environmental history.

• Acknowledgements; List of Black and White Maps; List of Black and White Figures; List of Colour Plates; List of Tables1 Introduction2 The Extent and Character of the Woods Before 15003 The Extent and Character of the Woods, 1500-19204 Woodland Produce5 Woodland as Pasture and Shelter6 Trading and Taking Wood Before 18007 Managing the Woods Before 17708 Outsiders and the Woods I: The Pinewoods9 Outsiders and the Woods II: Charcoal and Tanbark10 Woodland Management in an Industrial Economy, 1830-1920and Beyond11 Rothiemurchus, 1650-190012 The Navy, Holyrood and Strathcarron in the Seventeenth Century13 The Irish and Glenorchy, 1721-174014 The MacDonald Woods on Skye, 1720-192015 ConclusionBibliography; Index