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Geoheritage and Geotourism: A European Perspective
Thomas A. Hose
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Description for Geoheritage and Geotourism: A European Perspective
Hardback. Essays on aspects of the natural world, its heritage, and how best to preserve it. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GM; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 247 x 26. Weight in Grams: 970.
Essays on aspects of the natural world, its heritage, and how best to preserve it. Europe's engagement from the late sixteenth century onwards in scientific Earth science inquiry has generated numerous and varied collections of minerals, rocks, and fossils, together with their associated archives, artworks and publications, forming a rich cultural geoheritage held in major private and especially royal and aristocratic collections, museums, universities, archives and libraries. The mines, quarries, geological structures, landforms, minerals, rocks and fossils - or geodiversity - that underpin these collections populate past and present-day Earth science literature. However, for too long their scientific, historic ... Read more
Essays on aspects of the natural world, its heritage, and how best to preserve it. Europe's engagement from the late sixteenth century onwards in scientific Earth science inquiry has generated numerous and varied collections of minerals, rocks, and fossils, together with their associated archives, artworks and publications, forming a rich cultural geoheritage held in major private and especially royal and aristocratic collections, museums, universities, archives and libraries. The mines, quarries, geological structures, landforms, minerals, rocks and fossils - or geodiversity - that underpin these collections populate past and present-day Earth science literature. However, for too long their scientific, historic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783271474
SKU
V9781783271474
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-34
About Thomas A. Hose
Honorary Research Associate, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
Reviews for Geoheritage and Geotourism: A European Perspective
Essential reading for anyone engaged in any aspect of geotourism and geohertiage.
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Strengthen[s] the very basis in which we work. It is well worthwhile to read.
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Strengthen[s] the very basis in which we work. It is well worthwhile to read.
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