An edition of An environmental history of Great Britain
(2001)
An environmental history of Great Britain
from 10,000 years ago to the present
by Simmons, I. G.
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Effect of human beings on, History, Human geography, Nature, Human ecology, Great britain, history, Human geography, great britain, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Umwelt, Geografie, Environment, SCIENCE / Environmental Science, Human Geography, Milieu, Geschichte, Landscape assessmentPlaces
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An environmental history of Great Britain: from 10,000 years ago to the present
2001, Edinburgh University Press
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
The purpose and scope of the book
Nature and culture in the last 10,000 years
Frameworks for the reader
Links between economy and environment
Committed history?
The organisation of the material
Chapter 2 HUNTER-GATHERERS AND FISHERFOLK: 10,000 TO 5000 BP
Introduction: the beginning
The current interglacial
People and cultures
Environment and culture
The possible role of humans
A summary of environmental change involving humans
Into the agricultural era
Chapter 3 SHAFTS OF SUNLIGHT: AGRICULTURALISTS
Introduction: a very long duration
Atmospheric changes: the climate
Cultivated land and grasslands
Relations with the woodlands
The creation of new landforms
Heaths and moorlands
Industries
Sacred space
The social context
Overview
Chapter 4 CLOSED AND OPEN SYSTEMS, AD 550 TO AD 1700
Atmospheric changes: the climate
Landform change
Agriculture and grasslands
Heaths, moors and mountains
Woods and forests
Fresh water and fresh-water wetlands
Rural settlement
Urban settlement
Industry
Pleasure and the environment
Energy
Sacred space
Social context
Connections: at home and abroad
Sensibilities and attitudes to environment
Chapter 5 BUILDING JERUSALEM: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
The atmosphere
Woods and forests
Agriculture and grasslands
Heaths, moors and mountains
Sensibilities and attitudes to environment
Fresh water and fresh-water wetlands
Rural settlement
Urban settlement
Industry
Energy
The rich and their pleasure
Sacred space
The extension of the economy
A century's trends
Chapter 6 INDUSTRIAL GROWTH: MATERIAL EMPIRES, 1800-1914
The atmosphere
Landforms
Woods and forests
Agriculture
Heaths, moors and mountains
Fresh water and fresh-water wetlands
Fishing and whaling
Energy
Industry
Urban settlement
Rural settlement
Leisure and pleasure
Sacred space
Wildlife and its protection
International linkages
Sensibilities and attitudes to environment
A summary
Chapter 7 'A FIT COUNTRY FOR HEROES, 1914-50
Climate
Landforms
Woods and forests
Agriculture and grasslands
Heaths, moors and mountains
Fresh water and fresh-water wetlands
Industry and wastes
Urban settlement
Rural settlement
Military lands
The coasts
Fishing and whaling
Energy
Environmental protection and conservation
Specialised leisure
Sacred space
Administration and planning
Sensibilities and attitudes to environment
The 1950s: legacies and foreshadowings
Chapter 8 A POST-INDUSTRIAL WORLD, 1950 TO THE PRESENT
Introduction: millennium fever
Atmosphere and climate
Landforms
Fresh water
Forestry and woodlands
Agriculture
Sacred space
Fresh-water wetlands
Heaths, moors and other commons
Military lands
Conservation and landscape protection
Rural settlement: the rural economy
The urban-industrial environment
Land use: the overall picture
Leisure and environment
Coasts
Fisheries in the post-industrial world
Energy
Population trends
Administration
The international scene
Sensibilities and attitudes to environment
Contradictions of the time
Chapter 9 EXPERIENCE AND MEANING
Introduction: many pasts
Critical periods
Cultural context
Pathways
Appendix 1 THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT FROM THE AIR
Notes
Biographies
Glossary
A selected bibliography
Index.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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