An environmental history of wildlife in England, 1650-1950
While few detailed surveys of fauna or flora exist in England from the period before the nineteenth century, it is possible to combine the evidence of historical sources (ranging from game books, diaries, churchwardens' accounts and even folk songs) and our wider knowledge of past land use and...
| Main Author: | Williamson, Tom, 1955- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2013.
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| Physical Description: |
viii, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
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Table of Contents:
- Setting the scene : the nature of nature
- Seventeenth-century environments : woodland and waste
- Seventeenth-century environments : farmland
- The social contexts of wildlife, c.1650-1750
- The industrial revolution
- The revolution in agriculture
- New roles for nature
- Wildlife in depression, c.1870-1940
- New urban environments, c.1860-1950
- Conclusion : nature, history and conservation.