Managing Northern Europe's Forests

Although this book is well worth buying for Majchrowskas Polish chapter alone, it offers very much more[This] is a fertile book full of details that will grow into tantalizing questions in the readers 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 periodthe 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 fr 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

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 (20052007) and manages the website Environmental History Resources (www.eh-resources.org).

List of tables, maps and Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: State Forestry in Northern Europe Richard Hlzl and K. Jan Oosthoek Chapter 1. Forestry in Germany, c1550-2000 Bernd-Stefan Grewe and Richard Hlzl Chapter 2. State Forestry in the Netherlands: from Liberalism to Nature Creation K. Jan Oosthoek Chapter 3. State forestry in Belgium since the End of the Eighteenth Century Pierre-Alain Tallier, Hilde Verboven, Kris Vandekerkhove, Hans Baet and Kris Verheyen Chapter 4. Origins and Development of State Forestry in the United Kingdom K. Jan Oosthoek Chapter 5. State and Forestry in Denmark from the Late Eighteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century Bo Fritzbger Chapter 6. State Forestry in Norway Lars Helge Frivold and Asbjrn Svendsrud Chapter 7. Swedish State Forestry, 1790-2000 Per Eliasson and Erik Trnlund Chapter 8. Finnish Forestry in a Long-Term Perspective Heikki Roiko-Jokela Chapter 9. The History of State Forests and Forestry in Poland Anna Majchrowska Conclusion: National Histories, Shared Legacies: State Forestry in Northern Europe in Comparison Richard Hlzl and K. Jan Oosthoek Glossary of terms Index