Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (344 p.) 8 illustrations, 15 tables |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Frontmatter Acknowledgments Contents Illustrations Tables Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Colonial Landscape: Timber, Forests, and Soils 2 Forest Policy with Portuguese Roots 3 Brazil's Timber in the Atlantic Basin 4 The Tropical Woodsman 5 Ax, Ox, and Sawmill: Techniques and Technology 6 Cabotage and Transatlantic Shipping 7 Shipbuilding and Tropical Timber Conclusion: Anonyms for Free Enterprise Appendixes Appendix A An Inventory of Timbers Encountered in Colonial Documents for Shipbuilding, Construction, and Cabinetwork, c. 1710-1820 Appendix B Colonial Weights, Measures, and Coinage Appendix C Tool List Required to Establish a New Corte in Paraiba, 1788 Notes Bibliography Index In English |
ISBN: | 978-1-5036-1761-2 ; 978-0-8047-3396-0 |
Other identifiers: | 10.1515/9781503617612 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477957