This book investigates the economic, strategic, and political importance of forests in early modern and modern Europe.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. The lay of the land; 2. 'Agromania' and silvicultural science; 3. 'A necessity as vital as bread'; 4. 'Seduced by the word 'liberty''; 5. 'Nothing is more respected than the right of property'; 6. 'Not even a branch of wood has been granted to us'; 7. Epilogue: 'homo is but arbor inversa'.