Introduction -- The nature and development of the forests since the last ice age -- Scottish forestry in the 19th century -- The upland question -- Post-war policy : the end of the strategic reserve -- Contradictions in the forests : economics versus conservation -- Landscape aesthetics, conservation and public access before 1940 -- Landscape aesthetics, conservation and public access after 1940 -- Foresters as naturalists -- The end of monoculture forestry -- The past and the future
