Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape

A beautifully written classic of nature writing.
'A masterly account...of supreme interest...a classic' Country Life


Long accepted as the best work on the subject, Oliver Rackham's book is both a comprehensive history of Britain's woodland and a field-work guide that presents trees individually and as part of the landscape.

From prehistoric times, through the Roman period and into the Middle Ages, Oliver Rackham describes the changing character, role and history of trees and woodland. He concludes this definitive study with a section on the conservation and future of Britain's trees, woodlands and hedgerows.

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Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape

A beautifully written classic of nature writing.
'A masterly account...of supreme interest...a classic' Country Life


Long accepted as the best work on the subject, Oliver Rackham's book is both a comprehensive history of Britain's woodland and a field-work guide that presents trees individually and as part of the landscape.

From prehistoric times, through the Roman period and into the Middle Ages, Oliver Rackham describes the changing character, role and history of trees and woodland. He concludes this definitive study with a section on the conservation and future of Britain's trees, woodlands and hedgerows.

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Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape

Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape

by Oliver Rackham
Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape

Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape

by Oliver Rackham

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A beautifully written classic of nature writing.
'A masterly account...of supreme interest...a classic' Country Life


Long accepted as the best work on the subject, Oliver Rackham's book is both a comprehensive history of Britain's woodland and a field-work guide that presents trees individually and as part of the landscape.

From prehistoric times, through the Roman period and into the Middle Ages, Oliver Rackham describes the changing character, role and history of trees and woodland. He concludes this definitive study with a section on the conservation and future of Britain's trees, woodlands and hedgerows.


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ISBN-13: 9781474614054
Publisher: Orion
Publication date: 03/19/2020
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
File size: 37 MB
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About the Author

Dr Oliver Rackham was a botanist and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. An acknowledged authority on the British countryside, especially trees, woodlands and pasture. THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE won the 1986 Angel Literary Award, the Sir Peter Kent Conservation Prize and the Natural World Book of the Year Award.

Table of Contents

List of plates ix

List of text-figures xi

Preface to the First Edition xiii

Preface to the Second Edition xvii

1 The constant spring; how woods and trees work 1

2 Wildwood and prehistoric beginnings 26

3 From Claudius to Hugo de Northwold 39

4 Classical woodland management: the Middle Ages and after 59

5 The woods in decline: post-medieval changes 91

6 What woods now mean: a guide to field-work 106

7 Trees on commons: the wood-pasture tradition 143

8 Parks: private wood-pasture 151

9 Wooded Forests: the king's wood-pasture 164

10 Trees on the farm: hedges and elsewhere 184

11 Conservation and the future 197

Bibliography 209

References 210

Index and Glossary 219

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