| The Countryside of East Anglia: Changing Landscapes, 1870-1950 Contributor(s): Wade Martins, Susanna (Author), Williamson, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843834170 ISBN-13: 9781843834175 Publisher: Boydell Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2008 Annotation: Examines the shaping of the East Anglian countryside in a period of rapid change. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - General |
| Dewey: 914.26 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 9.7" W x 6.8" (1.90 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The countryside we enjoy today has a very long history, but many of its key features were created in the relatively recent past - as this book shows. It investigates how the landscape of a particular area of England, East Anglia, developed in the period of the so-called great depression, beginning in 1870, and the phase of wartime intensification which succeeded it after 1930. It considers how fields, farms and villages developed in this period of dramatic agricultural change; examines the fate of country houses, gardens, and landed estates; and looks in some detail at the character of habitat change - at the development of hedges, woods, wetlands and heaths. It also considers hownew kinds of landscape, ranging from vast conifer plantations to holiday resorts, came into existence. The period of the 'great depression' was not simply one of stasis and decay. It was instead a time in which there were fundamental changes in the rural environment, changes which were not always beneficial to wildlife and biodiversity. This book will be essential reading for all those interested in the history of the countryside [in East Angliaand beyond], landscape history, agricultural history, and historical ecology |
Contributor Bio(s): Williamson, Tom: - Tom Williamson was born in Hemel Hemstead in Hertfordshire, and was brought up in Bushey, before reading history and archaeology at Jesus College, Cambridge. |