The History of the Countryside
$36.62
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
18 March 2020
Summary
A Tapestry of Time: Unveiling the History of the Countryside
From its earliest origins to the present day, this award-winning, beautifully written book 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, woods and wood pastures - he shows conclusively and unforgettably how they have developed over the centuries. In do…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474614023 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474614027 |
| Author: | Oliver Rackham |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 18 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 580g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 154mm x 38mm |
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A classic, written with humanity, dignity, concern and a great deal of humour
A classic of scholarship and imagination…A monumental work, but it is written with humanity, dignity, concern and a great deal of humour - TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
As quirky and rewarding as the English countryside itself … it is full of answers to questions that others have not had the wit to ask - ECONOMISTOne 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 LIFEAbout The Author
Oliver Rackham
Dr. Oliver Rackham was a botanist and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. An acknowledged authority on the British countryside, especially trees, woodlands and pasture. The History of the Countryside won the 1986 Angel Literary Award, the Sir Peter Kent Conservation Prize and the Natural World Book of the Year Award.
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