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I.g. Simmons - An Environmental History of Great Britain: From 10, 000 Years Ago to the Present - 9780748612833 - V9780748612833
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An Environmental History of Great Britain: From 10, 000 Years Ago to the Present

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Description for An Environmental History of Great Britain: From 10, 000 Years Ago to the Present Paperback. This is a history of the environment of England, Wales and Scotland, and of the interactions of people, place and nature since the last ice sheet withdrew some ten thousand years ago. Num Pages: 432 pages, 50 photographs, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 736.
This is a history of the environment of England, Wales and Scotland, and of the interactions of people, place and nature since the last ice sheet withdrew some ten thousand years ago. It is concerned with the changing cultures (in the full anthropological sense) of the peoples inhabiting Britain as well as with the environment they transformed, exploited, abused and cherished. As the author points out, every culture in Britain has had to acknowledge its placement on a set of islands 50 N where any month of the year can be the wettest month of the year, where there ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748612833
SKU
V9780748612833
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About I.g. Simmons
Ian G Simmons retired in 2001 from his position as Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Durham. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and the author of many books including The Ecology of Natural Resources(Arnold 1973), Environmental History: An Introduction (Blackwell 1994), Changing the Face of the Earth (second edn, Blackwell 1996), and Humanity and Environment ... Read more

Reviews for An Environmental History of Great Britain: From 10, 000 Years Ago to the Present
This is an excellent book, magisterial in compass, insightful, readable and the footnoted asides are a delight. Students, academics and those unconnected with the world of formal education will find much to enjoy and to inform.
Kevin Edwards, Professor of Physical Geography, University of Aberdeen This is a worthy book full of rich detail, engaging with political philosophy very ... Read more

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