ISBN:
1423767381
,
9781423767381
,
1280446242
,
9781280446245
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 295 p.)
,
ill., maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
The Linacre lectures 1999
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Peopling of Britain
DDC:
304.20941
Keywords:
Human geography Great Britain
;
Land settlement patterns Great Britain
;
Human geography
;
Land settlement patterns
;
Land settlement patterns
;
Nederzettingen
;
Bevolking
;
Landschappen
;
Human geography
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Geography
;
History
;
Great Britain History
;
Great Britain
;
Great Britain History
;
Great Britain
;
Electronic books History
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
This volume reviews the way in which, over the centuries, the evolving human presence in Britain has shaped the British landscape and how, in turn, the British landscape has moulded the development of British communities. From the beginnings of human settlement Britain has represented a final frontier for successive waves of colonists, each bringing its own set of cultural adaptations and its own ethos into the landscape. Over time both landscape and culture have matured from raw frontier to settled centre, moulded by the advent of agriculture, towns, and industry, and by streams of migration both within Britain and from outside. The chapters in this book - by archaeologists, historians, and geographers - present an interdisciplinary and accessible account of that long process. Together they trace the various phases of the story, showing how much of it has only recently been unearthed, and how much remains to be discovered
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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