Original title: Potash industry in Bohemia in the 18th century
Authors: Woitsch, Jiří
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Dealing With Diversity. International Conference of the European Society for Environmental History /2./, Prague (CZ), 2003-09-03 / 2003-09-07
Year: 2003
Language: eng
Abstract: The article deals with the technological and ecological aspects of the pre-industrial production of wood-ash and potash in Bohemia which is held responsible for the negative impact on the state of Bohemian forests in the 17th - 19th centuries. New research has shown that following the introduction of forest regulations in 1754 potash production in Bohemia focused on intensification.
Keywords: 18th century; forest exploitation; wood ash
Project no.: CEZ:AV0Z9058907 (CEP)
Host item entry: Dealing with Diversity. 2nd International Conference of the European Society for Environmental History Prague 2003. Proceedings, ISBN 80-86561-09-7

Institution: Institute of Ethnology AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0035457

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