The Moorlands of England and Wales – An Environmental History 8000 BC – AD 2000

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The Moorlands of England and Wales – An Environmental History 8000 BC – AD 2000 Author: Format: Paperback First Published: Published By: Edinburgh University Press
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Pages: 288 Illustrations and other contents: Illustrations ISBN: 9780748617319 Category:

414pp, b&w photos, maps, figs. Written from combined perspectives of natural science, archaeology, social history and historical geography.”The North Pennines, Dartmoor and South Wales are the subject of detailed accounts that reveal the common characteristics of the moorlands as well as their marked contrasts. Beyond the recent crises of overgrazing and the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak, Ian Simmons lays out some possible futures for the moors”. Paperback.

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The book is well referenced and illustrated throughout and, in common with all his volumes, is eminently readable. The book is well referenced and illustrated throughout and, in common with all his volumes, is eminently readable.

Author Biography

Ian G Simmons retired in 2001 from his position as Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Durham. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and the author of many books including The Ecology of Natural Resources(Arnold 1973), Environmental History: An Introduction (Blackwell 1994), Changing the Face of the Earth (second edn, Blackwell 1996), and Humanity and Environment (Longman 1997). He received the Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1998.