LEADER 04023nam 2200565 450 001 9910822505703321 005 20230721041714.0 010 $a1-4744-7261-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781474472616 035 $a(CKB)4100000010673534 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6141478 035 $a(DE-B1597)614404 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781474472616 035 $a(OCoLC)1306538342 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010673534 100 $a20200618e20092003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe moorlands of England and Wales $ean environmental history 8000 BC to AD 2000 /$fI.G. Simmons 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 414 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 $a0-7486-1730-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 406-407) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tNote to readers -- $tChapter 1 'THE HUGE EXPANSE OF THE MOOR' -- $tChapter 2 THE MILLENNIA OF THE HUNTER-GATHERERS -- $tChapter 3 THE MILLENNIA OF AN AGRICULTURALIST ECONOMY -- $tChapter 4 INTO AN INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY -- $tChapter 5 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND NATURE CONSERVATION -- $tChapter 6 MORE DETAILED HISTORIES -- $tChapter 7 REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE IMAGINATION -- $tChapter 8 'Too FAR FOR YOU TO SEE' -- $tLocations -- $tGlossary -- $tAcronyms and abbreviations -- $tSelect bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748617319);This is a history of the moorlands and the part they have played in English and Welsh history over ten millennia. Ian Simmons combines the perspectives of natural science, archaeology, social history and historical geography, and draws on forty years of exploring and studying the moorlands. Starting with a description of their origins and how they have changed under the impact of human and natural forces, Simmons shows how perceptions of the moors have been influenced by writers, artists and the media (and how they have been inspired by the moors), and how these perceptions have resulted in great changes in attitudes to moorland use and management.The book begins by offering some concise understanding of the physical and natural characteristics of moorlands. It then gives an account of how hunter-gatherers of the Mesolithic period altered their surroundings using fire. It describes how millennia of agricultural production wrought distinctive moorland landscapes and how these in turn were affected and sometimes transformed by industrialisation, afforestation and changes in farming methods. The renewed impetus in the twentieth century for environmental management and conservation brings the story near to the present.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." 606 $aMoors (Wetlands)$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aMoors (Wetlands)$zWales$xHistory 606 $aHeathlands$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aHeathlands$zWales$xHistory 606 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on$zWales$xHistory 615 0$aMoors (Wetlands)$xHistory. 615 0$aMoors (Wetlands)$xHistory. 615 0$aHeathlands$xHistory. 615 0$aHeathlands$xHistory. 615 0$aNature$xEffect of human beings on$xHistory. 615 0$aNature$xEffect of human beings on$xHistory. 676 $a577.6870942 700 $aSimmons$b I. G$g(Ian Gordon),$f1937-$01632582 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822505703321 996 $aThe moorlands of England and Wales$94124763 997 $aUNINA