Managing Northern Europe''s Forests - Histories From the Age of Improvement to the Age of Ecology

Northern Europe was, by many accounts, the birthplace of much of modern forestry practice, and for hundreds of years the region's woodlands have played an outsize role in international relations, economic growth, and the development of national identity. Across eleven chapters, the contributors to this volume survey the histories of state forestry policy in Scandinavia, the Low Countries, Germany, Poland, and Great Britain from the early modern period to the present. Each explores the complex interrelationships of state-building, resource management, knowledge transfer, and trade over a period characterized by ongoing modernization and evolving environmental awareness.

About the author

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).

Richard Hölzl is a provenance researcher at the Museum Fünf Kontinente in Munich and teaches Modern History at the University of Göttingen. He is the author of books on nineteeth-century scientific forestry in Germany (Umkämpfte Wälder, 2010) and on Catholic missions in colonial East Africa (Gläubige Imperialisten, 2021).

Product details

• Authors: K. Jan Hoelzl Oosthoek, K. Jan Holzl Oosthoek
• Assisted by: Richard Hoelzl (Editor), Richard Hölzl (Editor), K. Jan Oosthoek (Editor), Oosthoek K. Jan (Editor)
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781800739222
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-922-2
• No. of pages: 420
• Series: Environment in History: International Perspectives; Environment in History: Intern
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Eastern Europe, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Forestry & related industries, Environmental Management, Conservation of the environment, Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques, Forestry industry, Forestry and silviculture