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The landscape studies of Hayman Rooke (1723-1806) : antiquarianism, archaeology and natural history in the eighteenth century /
After his military career, Major Hayman Rooke undertook detailed studies of landscape, ancient trees, natural history, meteorology, and ancient and Roman Britain. He was linked into a broad network of friends and correspondents, including landowners such as Earl Bathurst and the duke of Portland, an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk :
Boydell Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | Gender and landscape history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Hayman Rooke; Antiquarianism and Natural History; Networks of Knowledge Creation; Vision and Knowledge; 1 ROOKE AND HIS WORLD; Military Career; Social Engagement; Antiquarian Research; Credible Knowledge; 2 ROOKE AND THE NATURAL WORLD; Meteorological Research; Meteorology Applied; Social Arboriculture; The Landscape Park; 3 ROOKE AND ANCIENT BRITAIN; Native Britons and the Druids; Britons in the Landscape; Empirical Observations; Recording Ancient Sites; 4 ROOKE AND ROMAN BRITAIN
- Roman Military SitesRoman Roads; Roman Artefacts; Roman Domesticity; CONCLUSION: ROOKE AND HIS LANDSCAPE STUDIES; Regional Study; Spaces of Exchange; Spaces of Practice; Engagement with Landscape; Appendix 1 LIST OF ROOKE'S PUBLICATIONS; Appendix 2 RECONSTRUCTION OF ROOKE'S DIARY; Notes to the Text; Bibliography; Index