The making of the British landscape : from the Ice Age to the present / Nicholas Crane
2016, First Edition. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #457823
ISBN: 9780297856665
Physical description; 579 pages, [24] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. Edge Land 10,000-9000 BC -- 2. Wood Land 9000-8000 BC -- 3. Tsunami 8000-6000 BC -- 4. Island 6000-4050 BC -- 5. Altered Earth 4050-3700 BC -- 6. Temenos 3700-3000 BC -- 7. Stone Eternity 3000-2400 BC -- 8. The Great Polyhedron 2400-1500 BC -- 9. Field Pattern 1500-800 BC -- 10. Fearful Height 800-400 BC -- 11. Oppidum 400 BC-AD 43 -- 12. Urbe in Rus AD 43-200 -- 13. Scatter of Tesserae 200-550 -- 14. Nuclear States 550-850 -- 15. Street Plan 850-1150 -- 16. Centres of Attraction 1150-1300 -- 17. Utopia 1300-1520 -- 18. Heat Island 1520-1620 -- 19. The Clowd 1620-1725 -- 20. Unnatural Geographies 1725-1811 -- 21. Chained Earth 1811-1920 -- 22. Interland 1920-2016. Subjects; Landscape changes Great Britain. Landscapes Great Britain. Natural history Great Britain. Travel and Tourism. Historical geography. Landscapes. Natural history. Travel. Geography. Geology. Landscape. History.
Price: €10.95