The Making of the English Landscape - HOSKINS W.G., THOMAS Keith (intro)
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Hoskins defines the theme of the book in the first chapter, arguing that a landscape historian needs to use botany, physical geography and natural history as well as historical knowledge to interpret any given scene fully. The remaining chapters describe how the English landscape was formed from the Anglo-Saxon period onwards, starting c. 450 AD, and looking in detail at the mediaeval landscape, the depopulation following the Black Death, the Tudor period through to the splendour of the Georgian period, the parliamentary enclosures that affected much of the English midlands, the industrial revolution, the development of road, canal, and railway transport networks, and finally the growth of towns from Norman times onwards. There is little mention of cities. The concluding chapter, however, laments the damage done to the English countryside by "the villainous requi...
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HOSKINS W.G., THOMAS Keith (intro)
The Making of the English Landscape
Luxurious edition by The Folio Society. Illustrated hardcover in the original slipcase, small 4to, , 280 pp., photos and maps, bibliography, index.
Hoskins defines the theme of the book in the first chapter, arguing that a landscape historian needs to use botany, physical geography and natural history as well as historical knowledge to interpret any given scene fully. The remaining chapters describe how the English landscape was formed from the Anglo-Saxon period onwards, starting c. 450 AD, and looking in detail at the mediaeval landscape, the depopulation following the Black Death, the Tudor period through to the splendour of the Georgian period, the parliamentary enclosures that affected much of the English midlands, the industrial revolution, the development of road, canal, and railway transport networks, and finally the growth of towns from Norman times onwards. There is little mention of cities. The concluding chapter, however, laments the damage done to the English countryside by "the villainous requirements of the new age" such as military airfields and arterial roads, describes the new England as barbaric, and invites the reader to contemplate the past.
A pioneering book.
Very good/Tres bel état/Sehr gut/Zeer goed
2005
The Folio Society
[Auteur: HOSKINS W.G., THOMAS Keith (intro)] [Pagina's: 280] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: The Folio Society] [Jaar: 2005] [Titel: The Making of the English Landscape]
