An Environmental History Of Wildlife In England 1650 - 1950
by Tom Williamson /
2014 / English / PDF
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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 landscape, with
contemporary analyses made by modern natural scientists, in order
to model the situation at various times and places in the more
remote past. This timely volume encompasses both rural and urban
environments from 1650 to the mid-twentieth century, drawing on a
wide variety of social, historical and ecological sources. It
examines the impact of social and economic organisation on the
English landscape, biodiversity, the agricultural revolution,
landed estates, the coming of large-scale industry and the growth
of towns and suburbs. It also develops an original perspective on
the complexity and ambiguity of man/animal relationships in this
post-medieval period.
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 landscape, with
contemporary analyses made by modern natural scientists, in order
to model the situation at various times and places in the more
remote past. This timely volume encompasses both rural and urban
environments from 1650 to the mid-twentieth century, drawing on a
wide variety of social, historical and ecological sources. It
examines the impact of social and economic organisation on the
English landscape, biodiversity, the agricultural revolution,
landed estates, the coming of large-scale industry and the growth
of towns and suburbs. It also develops an original perspective on
the complexity and ambiguity of man/animal relationships in this
post-medieval period.
