The cooper and his trade

Introduction

Part One, The Life of a Craftsman: The Making of a Cooper

The Branches of Coopering

Machine Coopering

Timber used in the Coopering Trade

Tools

Part Two, The History of Coopering: The Beginnings

The Roman Period

The Anglo-Saxon Period

The Early Medieval Period

The Late Medieval Period

The Tudor Period

The Stuart Period

The Eighteenth Century

The Nineteenth Century

And the Ending

Bibliography

Index.