Ancient Woodland - History, Industry and Crafts

Though most of us will have enjoyed strolling through beautiful British woodlands, we might not be aware of the ancient - and often complex - origins of our surroundings. From medieval times, woodlands were carefully managed commodities with hotly contested resources: conflicting demands from landowners, the Crown, the peasantry and local and national wood-based industries have all left their marks on today''s woodland. Ian D. Rotherham here explains the various uses of British woods and their industries, such as coppicing, charcoal-burning, basket-making and bodging, and helps the reader to seek out the clues to their woodland''s past.>

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Ian Rotherham

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ian Rotherham, Ian D. Rotherham
• Verlag: SHIRE
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 10.03.2013
• EAN: 9780747811657
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-1165-7
• Seiten: 64
• Abmessung: 148 mm x 208 mm x 6 mm
• Serien: Shire Library; Shire Library
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Ratgeber > Natur > Naturführer; Sachbuch > Natur, Technik > Natur: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; NATURE / General, NATURE / Plants / Trees, Forests, rainforests, Regional Geography