This is a history of the woodlands and forests of England from the Norman Conquest to the present. It describes their many periods of growth and of decline, the men and women who lived, worked and hunted within them and the history of the forestry profession from the late Middle Ages to the present. In addition, it provides a practial guide to the surviving ancient and medieval forests, how to get to them and what to see in them.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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978-0-631-17674-9 (9780631176749)
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formerly Fellow of Corpus Christi and Brasenose College, Oxford
Part 1 The medieval forests: early developments and laws; administration of the laws; vert and venison; some English forests of the Middle Ages. Part 2 The development of modern forestry: the overture to forestry; the wooden walls; the old forestry; the new forestry; the First World War and its aftermath; the Second World War; the post-war era; the changing scene.
