The Moorlands of England and Wales: An Environmental History, 8000 BC - AD 2000

by Ian Simmons

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748617310
• ISBN13: 9780748617319
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.6"