Brief History of Forestry
Bernhard Eduard Fernow
34 chapters · 15 h 29 min · English
Read by John Van Stan, laurencetrask, Taylor Roark, Connie Bettison, KevinS, Shashank Jakhmola and others
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An accessible, comprehensive summary of the science and art of forestry, from its ancient roots to its 20th century techniques (many of which are still used today). This book synthesizes forestry efforts and practices from around the globe, providing the reader with unique lens into the sociocultural, historic and, of course, economic processes of nearly every world region. (Summary by jvanstan)
Chapters
1 Prefaces 5 min 2 Introduction 13 min 3 The Forests of the Ancients 26 min 4 Germany: From Earliest Times to End of Middle Ages 40 min 5 Germany: First Development of Forestry Methods (1500-1800) 47 min 6 Germany: First Development of Forestry Methods (1500-1800), continued 45 min 7 Germany: Development in the Nineteenth Century 55 min 8 Germany: Development in the Nineteenth Century, continued 56 min 9 Austria-Hungary 49 min 10 Austria-Hungary: Hungary 11 min 11 Switzerland 33 min 12 France 53 min 13 France, continued 33 min 14 Russia and Finland 44 min 15 Russia and Finland: Finland 15 min 16 The Scandinavian States: Sweden 38 min 17 The Scandinavian States: Norway 15 min 18 The Scandinavian States: Denmark 9 min 19 The Mediterranean Peninsulas: Turkish and Slavish Territories 13 min 20 The Mediterranean Peninsulas: Greece 12 min 21 The Mediterranean Peninsulas: Italy 24 min 22 The Mediterranean Peninsulas: Spain 18 min 23 The Mediterranean Peninsulas: Portugal 7 min 24 Great Britain and Her Colonies 26 min 25 Great Britain and Her Colonies: India 53 min 26 Great Britain and Her Colonies: Canada 53 min 27 Great Britain and Her Colonies: New Foundland and Other British Possessions and Colonies 9 min 28 Japan 25 min 29 Korea 2 min 30 United States of America 1. Forest Conditions 19 min 31 United States of America 2. Early forest History 25 min 32 United States of America 3. Development of Forest Policy 38 min 33 United States of America 4. Education and Literature 12 min 34 United States of America: Insular Possessions 6 min
