The History of the Countryside

by OliverRackham (Author)

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  Paperback
  1995

  $3.24

  From its earliest origins to the present day, the author describes the endlessly changing character of Britain's countryside. Exploring the natural and man-made features of the land - fields, highways, hedgerows, fens, marshes, rivers, heaths, coasts, wood and wood pastures - Rackham shows how they have developed over the centuries. In doing so he covers a wealth of related subjects to provide an account of the sometimes subtle and often radical ways in which people, fauna, flora, soils and other physical conditions have influenced the shaping of the countryside.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $3.24

  This history describes the ever-changing nature of Britain's countryside. Exploring both the natural and man-made features of the land - fields, highways, hedgerows, fens, marshes, rivers, heaths, coasts, woods and pastures - the book shows how they have developed over the centuries and, in doing so, covers a wealth of related subjects to demonstrate the sometimes subtle and sometime radical ways in which people, fauna, flora, climate, soils and other physical conditions have played their part in the shaping of the countryside.