Nature contested : environmental history in Scotland and Northern England since 1600 /

This work deals with four centuries of conflict over some of the most valued landscapes in Europe. Based on a series of lectures given by the author at Oxford University in 1999, it combines social and cultural history with ecology and geography.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smout, T. C. (T. Christopher)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2000.
Temas:
Land use, Rural > Scotland > History.
Land use, Rural > Environmental aspects > Scotland.
Utilisation agricole du sol > Écosse > Histoire.
Utilisation agricole du sol > Aspect de l'environnement > Écosse.
NATURE > Ecology.
Ecology.
Land use, Rural.
Land use, Rural > Environmental aspects.
Milieu.
Scotland > Environmental conditions > History.
England, Northern > Environmental conditions > History.
Écosse > Conditions environnementales > Histoire.
Northern England.
Scotland.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of figures
  • Introduction
  • 1. Use and delight: attitudes to nature since 1600
  • 2. Woods of imagination and reality
  • 3. Making and using the soil
  • 4. Commanding the waters
  • 5. The fragile hill
  • 6. The quarrel over the countryside
  • Notes
  • Select bibliography
  • Index.

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