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Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Edited by F.H.A. Aalen, Kevin Whelan, and Matthew Stout Klappentext This second edition of the award-winning Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape continues to increase the visibility of the landscape within national heritage while establishing a proper basis for conservation and planning. Zusammenfassung This second edition of the award-winning Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape continues to increase the visibility of the landscape within national heritage while establishing a proper basis for conservation and planning. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: The Making of the Irish Landscape 1. The Irish Rural Landscape: Synthesis of Habitat and History / by F. H. A. Aalen (Trinity College, Dublin) 2. Early Landscapes: From Prehistory to Plantation / by Geraldine Stout and Matthew Stout (Trinity College, Dublin) 3. Recovering the Hidden Landscape / by Gillian Barrett (University of Wolverhampton) 4. The Modern Landscape: From Plantation to Present / by Kevin Whelan (University of Notre Dame, Indiana) Part II: Components of the Irish Landscape 5. Raised Bogs / by John Freehan (University College, Dublin) 6. Ardee Bog, County Louth / by G. F. Mitchell (Trinity College, Dublin) 7. The Changing Use of Raised Bogs / by John Freehan (University College, Dublin) and Sadhbh McElveen (Trinity College, Dublin) 8. Blanket Bogs / by Roy Tomlinson (The Queen’s University of Belfast) 9. Forests and Woodlands / by Roy Tomlinson 10. Fields / by F. H. A. Aalen and Kevin Whelan 11. Buildings / by F. H. A. Aalen 12. Towns and Villages / by Kevin Whelan 13. Demesnes / by Terence Reeves-Smyth 14. Communications / by James Killen (Trinity College, Dublin) 15. Mining and Quarrying / by Colin Rynne 16. Power Generation / by Fred Hamond 17. Water Supply / by Fred Hamond Part III: The Challenge of Change 18. Contemporary Challenge / by F. H. A. Aalen 19. Recent Housing Change in Kilclone, County Meath / by P. J. Duffy (St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth) 20. Field Boundaries and Landscape Change / Eilis Kennedy 21. The Destruction of Antiquities: An Aerial View / Gillian Barrett 22. Management of the Landscape / by F. H. A. Aalen 23. Distribution of Protected Sites and Areas / by Üte Bohnsack Part IV: Regional Case Studies 24. The Hook, County Wexford / by Billy Colfer 25. The Lecale Peninusla, County Down / by R. H. Buchanan 26. The Burren, County Clare / by David Drew (Trinity College, Dublin) 27. The Bend of the Boyne, County Meath / by Geraldine Stout 28. The Ring of Gullion, County Armagh / by Andrew Stott 29. Connemara, County Galway / by Tim Robinson ...

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Authors F. H. A. (EDT)/ Whelan Aalen, F.h.a. Whelan Aalen
Assisted by F H A Aalen (Editor), F. H. A. Aalen (Editor), F.H.A. Aalen (Editor), Matthew Stout (Editor), Kevin Whelan (Editor)
Publisher University of Toronto Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 15.12.2011
 
EAN 9781442642911
ISBN 978-1-4426-4291-1
No. of pages 360
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography

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