Science and hope : a forest history

Dargavel, John. (Author). Johann, Elisabeth. (Added Author).

Summary: "This volume is concerned with the modern form of forest science, founded in Europe early in the nineteenth century, when regimes for managing the forests that could be traced to the ancient world and had flourished in the Middle Ages were disrupted." --back cover

Record details

ISBN: 9781874267737 (hardback)
ISBN: 1874267731 (hardback)
Physical Description: print
269 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Cambridge : White Horse Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Commencing -- Foundation. Measuring ; Tending ; Profiting ; Regulating -- Extension. Introducing ; Converting ; Conquering -- Development. Breeding ; Fertilising ; Planning -- Divergence. Balancing ; Excising ; Devolving -- Millennium. Warming ; Sustaining -- Considering -- Appendix: List of species.