The article discusses the advancement of timber traders and former middlemen in Riga's timber trade during the second half of the 19 th and early 20 th century. Using methods from spatial history, statistical data on the Riga timber trade and archival documents from the timber trade files in the...

El autor realiza una contribucion al estudio de las estructuras socieconomicas de las regiones de montana en la Europa preindustrial, prestando atencion a un modelo de especializacion economica basado en el aprovechamiento maderero de los montes de propiedad publica. Elige para ello la comarca...

South America has substantial potential to expand its forest plantations and raw material supply. From 1997 to 2005, South America had a high annual growth rate in the production of industrial roundwood, with Brazil and Chile being the most important countries. In the same period, Asia had the...