Trees And Woodland In The British Landscape

Author : Oliver Rackham
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1474614051
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape written by Oliver Rackham and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully written classic of nature writing. 'A masterly account...of supreme interest...a classic' Country Life Long accepted as the best work on the subject, Oliver Rackham's book is both a comprehensive history of Britain's woodland and a field-work guide that presents trees individually and as part of the landscape. From prehistoric times, through the Roman period and into the Middle Ages, Oliver Rackham describes the changing character, role and history of trees and woodland. He concludes this definitive study with a section on the conservation and future of Britain's trees, woodlands and hedgerows.

Author : Oliver Rackham
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007493843
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Woodlands written by Oliver Rackham and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Trees are wildlife just as deer or primroses are wildlife. Each species has its own agenda and its own interactions with human activities ...’

Author : Oliver Rackham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781908213426
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ash Tree written by Oliver Rackham and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first history of and ecology of the Ash Tree, exploring its place in human culture and explaining Ash Disease.

Author : Richard Hayman
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781852852993
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trees written by Richard Hayman and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2003 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Richard Hayman traces the different values and virtues people have seen in trees and forests over the course of history, reflecting the changing use of woodland and the effects of deforestation and urbanization. Tacitus, followed by Romantics and historians of liberty, located freedom in the German forests. Medieval forests were both protected hunting parks and the refuge of Robin Hood. Shakespeare contrasted the simplicity of life in the Forest of Arden with the artificial manners of the court. Since the 18th century, poets such as Wordsworth, Clare, and Hardy have drawn inspiration from trees. How we see trees today will dictate how trees are treated in the future.

Author : Kyoji Sassa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780792352808
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Forest Science written by Kyoji Sassa and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1998 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book consists of sixty nine papers covering forests as environment from various aspects, forest ecosystems & biodiversity, forest hydrology, natural disasters (landslides and debris flows et al) in mountains and their reduction.

Author : Alper H. Çolak
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784272663
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Woods, Trees and Forests written by Alper H. Çolak and published by Pelagic Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From antiquity until today, trees and woods have inspired artists, writers and scientists; they have shaped cultures and reverberated through belief systems. Yet worldwide forest cover has declined dramatically over the last 1,000 years. Now, primeval forests are only to be found at a few sites unreachable by humans, and even then they are affected by climate change, atmospheric pollution and species extinctions. Nonetheless, ancient woods, trees and forests are at the core of many global landscapes. Understanding the vital resources that they provide requires genuinely multidisciplinary research. With contributions from major authorities in the field such as Oliver Rackham, Frans Vera, Elisabeth Johann, George Peterken and Melvyn Jones among others, this timely volume reflects on the importance of our oldest trees from a range of perspectives and varied geographical locations. Individual chapters consider eco-cultural heritage, the archaeology of trees, landscape history, forest rights, tree management, saproxylic insects, the importance of deadwood, practical conservation and monitoring, biodiversity, wood-pasture and more. Fresh insights are provided from across Europe as far as Turkey. Given the urgent need to understand, conserve and restore ancient woodlands and trees, this book will do much raise awareness, foster enthusiasm and inspire wonder.

Author : Oliver Rackham
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719036477
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of the Cretan Landscape written by Oliver Rackham and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to help the visitor understand Crete's remarkable landscape, which is just as spectacular as the island's rich archaeological heritage. Crete is a wonderful and dramatic island, a miniature continent with precipitous mountains, a hundred gorges, unique plants, extinct animals and lost civilisations, as well as the characteristic agricultural landscape of olive groves, vines and goats, Jennifer Moody and Oliver Rackham explain how the island's peculiar and extraordinary features, moulded and modified by centuries of human activity, have come together to create the landscape we see today. They also explain the formation and ecology of Crete's beautiful mountains and coastline, and the contemporary threats to the island's fragile natural beauty.

Author : Oliver Rackham
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780297843351
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated History of the Countryside written by Oliver Rackham and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited. This book was released on 2003 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE tells the many-layered story of the British landscape. Oliver Rackham shows, with passion and humour, how to read our surroundings; the past - even the medieval past - lives around us. Adapted from his classic work THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE this illustrated edition combines Dr Rackham's wisdom and eloquence with the finest landscape photography, vividly exposing the splendour and secrets of our countryside. At the heart of the book are eight of the author's walks within areas of natural beauty; Dr Rackham proves an engaging and informative guide to some of Britain's best loved places, as well as offering practical advice on landscape detection techniques. With over 100 colour illustrations THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE contains a wealth of knowledge invaluable to our appreciation of our greatest asset - our natural heritage.

Author : Richard Muir
Publisher : Revealing History (Paperback)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Trees, Living Landscapes written by Richard Muir and published by Revealing History (Paperback). This book was released on 2006 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last 25 years, archaeologists and historians have been increasingly aware of the importance of woodland in the developing British landscape. No one has devoted more research to this subject then Richard Muir. In this magisterial study, matched by numerous informative and evocative illustrations, the author begins by disposing of the myth that in prehistoric times Britain was swathed in a virtually impenetrable wildwood. In fact, from the earliest times woodland has been manipulated and transformed. The author looks at landmark trees, then examines ancient trees and hedgerows before charting the early development of trees in the park, and then later parkland and forestry.

Author : Della Hooke
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843835657
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trees in Anglo-Saxon England written by Della Hooke and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2010 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trees played a particularly important part in the rural economy of Anglo-Saxon England, both for wood and timber and as a wood-pasture resource, with hunting gaining a growing cultural role. But they are also powerful icons in many pre-Christian religions, with a degree of tree symbolism found in Christian scripture too. This wide-ranging book explores both the "real", historical and archaeological evidence of trees and woodland, and as they are depicted in Anglo-Saxon literature and legend. Place-name and charter references cast light upon the distribution of particular tree species (mapped here in detail for the first time) and also reflect upon regional character in a period that was fundamental for the evolution of the present landscape. Della Hooke is Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Research in Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Birmingham.