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The Moorlands of England and Wales : An Environmental History, 8000 BC - AD 2000 /

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748617319);This is a history of the moorlands and the part they have played in English and Welsh history over ten millennia. Ian Simmons combines the perspectives of natural science, archaeology, social history and historical geography, and draws on forty...

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Autor principal: Simmons, Ian G (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Note to readers
  • Chapter 1 'THE HUGE EXPANSE OF THE MOOR'
  • Chapter 2 THE MILLENNIA OF THE HUNTER-GATHERERS
  • Chapter 3 THE MILLENNIA OF AN AGRICULTURALIST ECONOMY
  • Chapter 4 INTO AN INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY
  • Chapter 5 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND NATURE CONSERVATION
  • Chapter 6 MORE DETAILED HISTORIES
  • Chapter 7 REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE IMAGINATION
  • Chapter 8 'Too FAR FOR YOU TO SEE'
  • Locations
  • Glossary
  • Acronyms and abbreviations
  • Select bibliography
  • Index