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 Info | Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 1999. |
| Description | xxx, 485 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Classics 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 note | Originally published: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1926. (Harvard economic studies ; vol. 24). With new introd. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 99050337 |
| ISBN | 1557500215 (alk. paper) |