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New Forest : the forging of a landscape /
Hadrian Cook's new account of the New Forest in southern England provides an historical narrative of the occupation and use of a vast area that was, for centuries, important as a Royal Hunting Forest and subject to many contentious laws and regulations, but which includes much economically marg...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Havertown, PA :
Windgather Press, an imprint of Oxbow Books,
2018.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. A new book on the New Forest
- 2. Under the greenwood tree
- 3. A hungry land (10,000 BC-AD 1066)
- 4. The medieval forest (1066-1500)
- 5. Forest governance in medieval times
- 6. The increase and preservation of timber (1500-1700)
- 7. Decline of the old ways (1660-1900)
- 8. A search for the workable (1900-1980)
- 9. The rise of the National Park (1980-present)