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This volume brings together the best of T. C. Smout's recent articles and contributions to books and journals on the topic of environmental history.

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This book is about four centuries of conflict over some of the most valued landscapes in Europe. Combining social and cultural history with ecology and geography T. C. Smout has written one of the most profound, as well as one of the most entertaining works of environmental history ever published.The highlands, islands and borders of Scotland, the Lake District and northern moors of England form a natural region, whose wildness has inspired so...

In 1603, England and Scotland came together and Great Britain was created. Why has it stayed together? How near did it come to falling apart? Have the two nations ever done more than tolerate each other? Who were the gainers and losers? Political, economic, legal, intellectual and literary historians examine the first three centuries of Union, including the reception of James in the south, the Civil Wars, the background to Parliamentary Union ...

The first modern history of Scottish woodlands, this highly illustrated volume explores the changing relationship between trees and people from the time of Scotland's first settlement, focusing on the period 1500 to 1920. Drawing on work in natural science, geography and history, as well as on the authors' own research, it presents an accessible and readable account that balances social, economic and environmental factors. Two opening chapters...

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 explains the almost complete withdrawal of tree cover in Scotland over the following millennia. The book considers the revival of forests and woodlands in the twentieth century and ends by examining the changes now under way.

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 explains the almost complete withdrawal of tree cover in Scotland over the following millennia. The book considers the revival of forests and woodlands in the twentieth century and ends by examining the changes now under way.

This volume brings together the best of T. C. Smout's recent articles and contributions to books and journals on the topic of environmental history.

This collection of essays on the theme of 'Scotland and the Sea' ranges far and wide in the maritime history of Scotland.

The first modern history of Scottish woodlands, this highly illustrated volume explores the changing relationship between trees and people from the time of Scotland's first settlement, focusing on the period 1500 to 1920. Drawing on work in natural science, geography and history, as well as on the authors' own research, it presents an accessible and readable account that balances social, economic and environmental factors. Two opening chapters...

Sifts through the myths to illustrate how the reality of the Victorian age differes from modern perceptions. Of particular relevance is Raphael Samuel's important examination of Mrs Thatcher's use of the concept, while other papers shed light on Victorian issues, from the Scotland of Samuel Smiles to the position of women.

A new cover reprint of the second volume of T. C. Smout's magnificent - and indispensable - account of the Scottish people, from 1830-1950.