An Environmental History of Great Britain

This is a history of the environment in England, Wales, and Scotland, and of the interactions of people, place, and nature since the last ice sheet withdrew some ten thousand years ago. It is concerned with the changing cultures (in the full anthropological sense) of the peoples inhabiting Britain as well as with the environment they transformed, exploited, abused, and cherished.

About the author

Ian Simmons

Summary

This is a history of the environment of England, Wales and Scotland, and of the interactions of people, place and nature since the last ice sheet withdrew some ten thousand years ago.

Product details

• Authors: I. G. Simmons, I.g. Simmons, Ian Simmons, Ian G Simmons, Ian G. Simmons
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.06.2001
• EAN: 9780748612833
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-1283-3
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 244 mm x 175 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 736 g
• Illustrations: Illustrations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries