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An Historical geography of England and Wales /
This text has been designed to cover all aspects and phases of the historical geography of England and Wales in a single volume. In its substantially revised and enlarged form, the treatment of standard themes has been completely re-written to take account of recent work and shifts in viewpoint whil...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; San Diego :
Academic Press,
[1990]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; An Historical Geography of England and Wales; Copyright Page; Contributors; Preface; Preface to the First Edition; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Chapter 1. Perspectives on Prehistory; Introduction: a Time Perspective; The Environmental Foundations; The Nature of the Evidence; Changing Interpretational Contexts; Prehistoric Populations; Developing Interpretational Frameworks; Social and Political Organization; Perspectives on Continuity; Territorial Identification; Exchange and Trade; References; Chapter 2. The Human Geography of Roman Britain
- The Late Pre-Roman Iron AgeThe Incorporation of Britain into the Empire; The Growth of Towns; Town-Country Relationships: Regional Artifact Studies; Rural Settlement; Routes and Networks; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. Celts, Saxons and Scandinavians; The Phase of Transition and the Coming of the Saxons; The Emergence of the English Kingdoms; Early Social Organization; Urban Decline and Rebirth; The Impact of the Scandinavians; Rural Development; Urban Growth; References; Chapter 4. People and Land in the Middle Ages, 1066-1500; Introduction; Expansion; Growth; The Limits to Growth
- CrisisContraction, Rationalization, and Realignment; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5. Towns and Trade 1066-1500; Medieval Towns and Trade: The Contours of Change; The Chronology of Change: Boroughs and Market Centres; The Urban Economy; Urban Society; Urban Morphology and Fabric; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6. Geographical Aspects of Population Change in England 1500-1730; National Population Trends; Mortality 1500-1730; Fertility 1500-1730; Migration 1500-1730; References; Chapter 7. Agriculture 1500-1730; Common Land and Enclosure; Landholding; Markets and Land Use; Production; Review
- Regions and Industrialization: the Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth CenturiesConclusion; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 10. The Changing Evaluation of Space 1500-1914; Ideology, Political Economy and Spatial Order; The Decline of Feudalism: Change from Within or Without?; Free Markets, Capitalism and Spatial Order; Free Markets, Capitalism and Spatial Order: The Ideological and Political Bases of Change; Free Markets, Capitalism and Spatial Order: Sources of Spontaneous Change; Free Markets and Capitalism: their Impact on Industry; Free Markets and Capitalism: their Impact on Towns