Forests and sea power : the timber problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862 / Robert Greenhalgh Albion ; with an introduction by Tim Bean.

Author/creator Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
Format Book
Publication InfoAnnapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 1999.
Descriptionxxx, 485 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects

SeriesClassics of naval literature
Classics of naval literature. ^A233589
Contents Trees and ship timber -- Contracts, conservatism, and corruption -- England's diminishing woodlands -- Baltic timber and foreign policy -- Penury and the Dutch wars -- The broad arrow in the colonies -- Masts and American independence -- Timber trust and continental system -- Searching the world for timber -- Trafalgar and dry rot.
General noteOriginally published: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1926. (Harvard economic studies ; vol. 24). With new introd.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 99050337
ISBN1557500215 (alk. paper)