H 174 x W 245 mm
382 pages
130 figures, 7 tables (colour throughout)
Published Apr 2024
ISBN
Paperback: 9781803275352
Digital: 9781803275369
Keywords
English Landscape; Wessex; Landscape Evolution; Economic History; Landscape Management; Environmental Conservation
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By Hadrian Cook
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Wessex is famous for its coasts, heaths, woodlands, chalk downland, limestone hills and gorges, settlements and farmed vales. This book provides an account of the physical form, development and operation of its landscape as it was shaped by our ancestors. Major themes include the development of agriculture, settlements, industry and transport.
Preface: Mesolithic, Malthus and mangelwurzels
Introduction: Where and what is Wessex?
Chapter 1: The region that is Wessex
Chapter 2: Utilisation of natural resources
Chapter 3: Environmental governance and change
Chapter 4: Floodplains, levels and marshes
Chapter 5: The Vales
Chapter 6: More than just calcium carbonate and grass?
Chapter 7: Heathland and upland moorland
Chapter 8: Woods and forests
Chapter 9: Between two seas
Chapter 10: Landscape, value and change
Index
Hadrian Cook started out as a geologist and soil scientist, and now teaches and writes on landscape-based subjects including environmental policy and history. He has served on the full-time academic staff of the University of London, at Wye and Imperial Colleges, and on the staff of Kingston University London, and has worked as an independent environmental consultant specialising in river catchment management. Hadrian currently works in adult and community education and is on the committee of the Society for Landscape Studies. As Trustee for the Harnham Water Meadows Trust, Salisbury, he works as the ‘drowner’ of these famous water meadows.
‘It is engagingly written, and well-illustrated throughout, making for a fascinating study of a region of diverse character.’ – Stephen Rippon (2024): Current Archaeology Issue 412