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An environmental history of wildlife in England, 1650-1950 /
While few detailed surveys of fauna or flora exist in England from the period before the nineteenth century, it is possible to combine the evidence of historical sources (ranging from game books, diaries, churchwardens' accounts and even folk songs) and our wider knowledge of past land use and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | While few detailed surveys of fauna or flora exist in England from the period before the nineteenth century, it is possible to combine the evidence of historical sources (ranging from game books, diaries, churchwardens' accounts and even folk songs) and our wider knowledge of past land use and landscape, with contemporary analyses made by modern natural scientists, in order to model the situation at various times and places in the more remote past. This timely volume encompasses both rural and urban environments from 1650 to the mid-twentieth century, drawing on a wide variety of social, histo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 281 pages .) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441117571 1441117571 9781441167439 1441167439 9781306726214 1306726212 |