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.

• 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

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

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.

• 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

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

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.

• 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

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