Managing Northern Europe's Forests

K. Jan Oosthoek is an environmental historian and education specialist in the humanities based in Brisbane, Australia. He is author of Conquering the Highlands: A History of the Afforestation of the Scottish Uplands (2013). He has also served as vice-president of the European Society for Environmental History (2005–2007) and manages the website ‘Environmental History Resources’ (www.eh-resources.org).

• List of tables, maps and FiguresAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: State Forestry in Northern EuropeRichard Hölzl and K. Jan OosthoekChapter 1. Forestry in Germany, c1550-2000Bernd-Stefan Grewe and Richard HölzlChapter 2. State Forestry in the Netherlands: from Liberalism to Nature CreationK. Jan OosthoekChapter 3. State forestry in Belgium since the End of the Eighteenth CenturyPierre-Alain Tallier, Hilde Verboven, Kris Vandekerkhove, Hans Baeté and Kris VerheyenChapter 4. Origins and Development of State Forestry in the United KingdomK. Jan OosthoekChapter 5. State and Forestry in Denmark from the Late Eighteenth to the Early Twenty-First CenturyBo FritzbøgerChapter 6. State Forestry in NorwayLars Helge Frivold and Asbjørn SvendsrudChapter 7. Swedish State Forestry, 1790-2000Per Eliasson and Erik TörnlundChapter 8. Finnish Forestry in a Long-Term PerspectiveHeikki Roiko-JokelaChapter 9. The History of State Forests and Forestry in PolandAnna MajchrowskaConclusion: National Histories, Shared Legacies: State Forestry in Northern Europe in ComparisonRichard Hölzl and K. Jan OosthoekGlossary of termsIndex

“Although this book is well worth buying for Majchrowska’s Polish chapter alone, it offers very much more…[This] is a fertile book full of details that will grow into tantalizing questions in the reader’s mind.” • Environment and History“The juxtaposition of these cases from across northern Europe allows for fruitful comparisons and reflection on the evolution of states and their forests in the modern period…the editors’ concluding essay does a good job of drawing the articles together. Overall, this is a valuable work for those interested in forest history and environmental studies.” • Central European History“All in all, this volume, thoroughly edited, richly illustrated as well as having a helpful glossary and an equally useful index, offers a substantially new and innovative contribution to the history of forests in Europe. It is well worth reading and exemplary for other areas.” • Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte“This comprehensive and truly transnational collection provides fascinating comparative studies of the history of forestry. It will be of wide interest to environmental historians and students of silviculture everywhere.” • Tom Brooking, University of Otago