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Wessex: A Landscape History

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
382 Seiten
Englisch
Archaeopresserschienen am04.04.2024
Wessex is famous for its coasts, heaths, woodlands, chalk downland, limestone hills and gorges, settlements and farmed vales. This book provides an account of the physical form, development and operation of its landscape as it was shaped by our ancestors. Major themes include the development of agriculture, settlements, industry and transport.mehr

Produkt

KlappentextWessex is famous for its coasts, heaths, woodlands, chalk downland, limestone hills and gorges, settlements and farmed vales. This book provides an account of the physical form, development and operation of its landscape as it was shaped by our ancestors. Major themes include the development of agriculture, settlements, industry and transport.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-80327-535-2
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum04.04.2024
Seiten382 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 246 mm, Höhe 174 mm, Dicke 22 mm
Gewicht952 g
Artikel-Nr.14077965
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface: Mesolithic, Malthus and mangelwurzels Introduction: Where and what is Wessex? Chapter 1: The region that is Wessex Chapter 2: Utilisation of natural resources Chapter 3: Environmental governance and change Chapter 4: Floodplains, levels and marshes Chapter 5: The Vales Chapter 6: More than just calcium carbonate and grass? Chapter 7: Heathland and upland moorland Chapter 8: Woods and forests Chapter 9: Between two seas Chapter 10: Landscape, value and change Indexmehr

Autor

Hadrian Cook started out as a geologist and soil scientist, and now teaches and writes on landscape-based subjects including environmental policy and history. He has served on the full-time academic staff of the University of London, at Wye and Imperial Colleges, and on the staff of Kingston University London, and has worked as an independent environmental consultant specialising in river catchment management. Hadrian currently works in adult and community education and is on the committee of the Society for Landscape Studies. As Trustee for the Harnham Water Meadows Trust, Salisbury, he works as the 'drowner' of these famous water meadows.