The Making Of The British Landscape

Author : Nicholas Crane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0753826674

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Nicholas Crane's new book brilliantly describes the evolution of Britain's countryside and cities. It is part journey, part history, and it concludes with awkward questions about the future of Britain's landscapes. Nick Crane's story begins with the melting tongues of glaciers and the emergence of a gigantic game-park tentatively being explored by a vanguard of Mesolithic adventurers who have taken the long, northward hike across the land bridge from the continent. The Iron Age develops into a pre-Roman 'Golden Era' and Crane looks at what the Romans did (and didn't) contribute to the British landscape. Major landscape 'events' (Black Death, enclosures, urbanisation, recreation, etc.) are fully described and explored, and he weaves in the role played by geology in shaping our cities, industry and recreation, the effect of climate (and the Gulf Stream), and of global economics (the Lancashire valleys were formed by overseas markets). The co-presenter of BBC's COAST also covers the extraordinary benefits bestowed by a 6,000-mile coastline. The 12,000-year story of the British landscape culminates in the twenty-first century, which is set to be one of the most extreme centuries of change since the Ice Age.

Author : Francis Pryor
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141943367

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This is the changing story of Britain as it has been preserved in our fields, roads, buildings, towns and villages, mountains, forests and islands. From our suburban streets that still trace out the boundaries of long vanished farms to the Norfolk Broads, formed when medieval peat pits flooded, from the ceremonial landscapes of Stonehenge to the spread of the railways - evidence of how man's effect on Britain is everywhere. In The Making of the British Landscape, eminent historian, archaeologist and farmer, Francis Pryor explains how to read these clues to understand the fascinating history of our land and of how people have lived on it throughout time. Covering both the urban and rural and packed with pictures, maps and drawings showing everything from how we can still pick out Bronze Age fields on Bodmin Moor to how the Industrial Revolution really changed our landscape, this book makes us look afresh at our surroundings and really see them for the first time.

Author : Michael P. Conzen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 805 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317793694

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The Making of the American Landscape by Michael P. Conzen Pdf

The only compact yet comprehensive survey of environmental and cultural forces that have shaped the visual character and geographical diversity of the settled American landscape. The book examines the large-scale historical influences that have molded the varied human adaptation of the continent’s physical topography to its needs over more than 500 years. It presents a synoptic view of myriad historical processes working together or in conflict, and illustrates them through their survival in or disappearance from the everyday landscapes of today.

Author : Nicholas Crane
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0297856677

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The Making of the British Landscape by Nicholas Crane Pdf

Nicholas Crane's new book brilliantly describes the evolution of England's countryside and cities. It is part journey, part history, and it concludes with awkward questions about the future of England's landscapes. Nick Crane's story begins with the melting tongues of glaciers and the emergence of a gigantic game-park tentatively being explored by a vanguard of Mesolithic adventurers who have taken the long, northward hike across the land bridge from the continent. The Iron Age develops into a pre-Roman 'Golden Era' and Nick Crane looks at what the Romans did (and didn't) contribute to the British landscape. The major landscape 'events' (Black Death, enclosures, urbanisation, recreation, etc.) are fully described and he weaves in the major generic drivers behind the British landscape: the role played by geology in shaping our cities, industry and recreation, the effect of climate (and the Gulf Stream), and of global economics (the Lancashire valleys were formed by overseas markets). The co-presenter of BBC's 'Coast' also covers the extraordinary benefits bestowed by a 6,000-mile coastline. The 10,000-year story of the British landscape culminates in the 21st century, which is set to be one of the most extreme centuries of change since the Ice Age. Nick Crane describes how this island came to be so incredibly diverse in this celebration of our wonderful landscapes.

Author : W. G. Hoskins
Publisher : Nature Classics Library
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : England
ISBN : 1908213108

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The Making of the English Landscape by W. G. Hoskins Pdf

The classic text of English landscape history, ground-breaking and hugely influential.

Author : Mr Jason Wood,Professor John K Walton
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781409471622

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The Making of a Cultural Landscape by Mr Jason Wood,Professor John K Walton Pdf

For centuries, the English Lake District has been renowned as an important cultural, sacred and literary landscape. It is therefore surprising that there has so far been no in-depth critical examination of the Lake District from a tourism and heritage perspective. Bringing together leading writers from a wide range of disciplines, this book explores the tourism history and heritage of the Lake District and its construction as a cultural landscape from the mid eighteenth century to the present day. It critically analyses the relationships between history, heritage, landscape, culture and policy that underlie the activities of the National Park, Cumbria Tourism and the proposals to recognise the Lake District as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It examines all aspects of the Lake District's history and identity, brings the story up to date and looks at current issues in conservation, policy and tourism marketing. In doing so, it not only provides a unique and valuable analysis of this region, but offers insights into the history of cultural and heritage tourism in Britain and beyond.

Author : Mary-Ann Ochota
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780711240087

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Hidden Histories: A Spotter's Guide to the British Landscape by Mary-Ann Ochota Pdf

For the times when you’re driving past a lumpy, bumpy field and you wonder what made the lumps and bumps; for when you’re walking between two lines of grand trees, wondering when and why they were planted; for when you see a brown heritage sign pointing to a ‘tumulus’ but you don’t know what to look for… Entertaining and factually rigorous, Hidden Histories will help you decipher the story of our landscape through the features you can see around you. This Spotter’s Guide arms the amateur explorer with the crucial information needed to ‘read’ the landscape and spot the human activities that have shaped our green and pleasant land. Photographs and diagrams point out specific details and typical examples to help the curious Spotter ‘get their eye in’ and understand what they’re looking at, or looking for. Specially commissioned illustrations bring to life the processes that shaped the landscape - from medieval ploughing to Roman road building - and stand-alone capsules explore interesting aspects of history such as the Highland Clearances or the coming of Christianity. This unique guide uncovers the hidden stories behind the country's landscape, making it the perfect companion for an exploration of our green and pleasant land.

Author : Oliver Rackham
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1474614027

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The History of the Countryside by Oliver Rackham Pdf

From its earliest origins to the present day, this award-winning, beautifully written book describes the endlessly changing character of Britain's countryside. 'A classic' Richard Mabey Exploring the natural and man-made features of the land - fields, highways, hedgerows, fens, marshes, rivers, heaths, coasts, woods and wood pastures - he shows conclusively and unforgettably how they have developed over the centuries. In doing so, he covers a wealth of related subjects to provide a fascinating account of the sometimes subtle and sometimes radical ways in which people, fauna, flora, climate, soils and other physical conditions have played their part in the shaping of the countryside. 'One thing is certain: no one would be wise to write further on our natural history, or to make films about it, without thinking very hard about what is contained in these authoritative pages' COUNTRY LIFE

Author : Ron Williams
Publisher : McGill Queens Univ
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 077354206X

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Landscape Architecture in Canada by Ron Williams Pdf

A groundbreaking history of the development of designed landscapes in Canada.

Author : William Wyckoff
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300071183

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Creating Colorado by William Wyckoff Pdf

Sprawling Piedmont cities, ghost towns on the plains, earth-toned placitas set against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, mining camps transformed into ski resorts--these are some of the diverse regions in Colorado explored in this fascinating book. Historical geographer William Wyckoff traces the evolution of the state during its formative years from 1860 to 1940, chronicling its changing cultural landscapes, social communities, and connections to a larger America and showing that Colorado has exemplified the unfolding of a complex western environment. Wyckoff discusses how nature, capitalism, a growing federal political presence, and national cultural influences came together to produce a new human geography in Colorado. He explains the ways in which the state's distinctive settlement geographies each took on a special character that persists to the present. He leads the reader through the transformation of the state from wilderness to a distinct region capable of accommodating the diverse needs of ranchers, miners, merchants, farmers, and city dwellers. And he describes how a state created out of cartographic necessity has been given uniqueness and meaning by the people who live there.

Author : Chris Green,Miranda Creswell
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803270616

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The Shaping of the English Landscape: An Atlas of Archaeology from the Bronze Age to Domesday Book by Chris Green,Miranda Creswell Pdf

An atlas of English archaeology covering the period from the middle Bronze Age (c. 1500 BC) to Domesday Book (AD 1086), encompassing the Bronze and Iron Ages, the Roman period, and the early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) age.

Author : Christopher Tilley,Kate Cameron-Daum
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781911307433

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Anthropology of Landscape by Christopher Tilley,Kate Cameron-Daum Pdf

An Anthropology of Landscape tells the fascinating story of a heathland landscape in south-west England and the way different individuals and groups engage with it. Based on a long-term anthropological study, the book emphasises four individual themes: embodied identities, the landscape as a sensuous material form that is acted upon and in turn acts on people, the landscape as contested, and its relation to emotion. The landscape is discussed in relation to these themes as both ‘taskscape’ and ‘leisurescape’, and from the perspective of different user groups. First, those who manage the landscape and use it for work: conservationists, environmentalists, archaeologists, the Royal Marines, and quarrying interests. Second, those who use it in their leisure time: cyclists and horse riders, model aircraft flyers, walkers, people who fish there, and artists who are inspired by it. The book makes an innovative contribution to landscape studies and will appeal to all those interested in nature conservation, historic preservation, the politics of nature, the politics of identity, and an anthropology of Britain.

Author : Charles Hemming
Publisher : Victor Gollancz
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0575039574

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British Landscape Painters by Charles Hemming Pdf

Author : Paul Readman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108424738

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Storied Ground by Paul Readman Pdf

The relationship between landscape and identity is explored to reveal how Englishness encompasses the urban and rural, and the north and south.

Author : Mathew Thomson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191665097

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Lost Freedom by Mathew Thomson Pdf

Lost Freedom addresses the widespread feeling that there has been a fundamental change in the social life of children in recent decades: the loss of childhood freedom, and in particular, the loss of freedom to roam beyond the safety of home. Mathew Thomson explores this phenomenon, concentrating on the period from the Second World War until the 1970s, and considering the roles of psychological theory, traffic, safety consciousness, anxiety about sexual danger, and television in the erosion of freedom. Thomson argues that the Second World War has an important place in this story, with war-borne anxieties encouraging an emphasis on the central importance of a landscape of home. War also encouraged the development of specially designed spaces for the cultivation of the child, including the adventure playground, and the virtual landscape of children's television. However, before the 1970s, British children still had much more physical freedom than they do today. Lost Freedom explores why this situation has changed. The volume pays particular attention to the 1970s as a period of transition, and one which saw radical visions of child liberation, but with anxieties about child protection also escalating in response. This is strikingly demonstrated in the story of how the paedophile emerged as a figure of major public concern. Thomson argues that this crisis of concern over child freedom is indicative of some of the broader problems of the social settlements that had been forged out of the Second World War.