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The West
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This volume offers a description of why the countryside of England looks the way it does in contemporary times. It covers the geology, archaeology and history of each area and what effects each has...
This volume offers a description of why the countryside of England looks the way it does in contemporary times. It covers the geology, archaeology and history of each area and what effects each has had on the landscape.
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- Creator
- edited by Barry Cunliffe ; series editor Neil Cossons
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- London, England : Collins : English Heritage, 2006
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780007155736, 0007155735
- OCLC
- ocn124024991
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index.
- Foreword / Neil Cossons -- What manner of place is this? / Barry Cunliffe -- Rhythms of change; a region of contrasts / Michael J Allen and Julie Gardiner -- Peopling the landscape / Julie Gardiner and Michael J Allen -- Villages and markets / James Bond -- The architecture of power / Dynamics and demography / A kaleidoscope of regions / Revenue from rocks / Peter Ellis -- Looking outwards / Landscape and legend / Jeremy Harte -- West Country spas / Sam Hunt -- Fossils and ferns / Jo Draper -- Romanticism and recreation / Trevor Rowley