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245 13 a| An environmental history of Great Britainh| [electronic resource] :b| from 10,000 years ago to the present /c| I.G. Simmons.;

260 a| Edinburgh :b| Edinburgh University Press,;

300 a| xi, 419 p. :b| ill., maps ;c| 25 cm.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 8 a| 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.;

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An environmental history of Great Britain from 10,000 years ago to the present / I.G. Simmons.

Author/creator	Simmons, I. G., 1937-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,
Description	xi, 419 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Nature--Effect of human beings on. --Great Britain. --History. Human geography--Great Britain. --History.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2002327418
ISBN	074861284X
ISBN	0748612831 (pbk.)

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