The History of the Countryside by Oliver Rackham
Traces the history of the British countryside from the late Ice Age to the early 1990s. It examines how indigenous plants and wildlife and the general topography, have altered over the centuries and how the changing nature of the landscape shapes our lives. Won the Angel Literary Award 1986.
Dr Oliver Rackham is 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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780460860918 |
| ISBN 10 | 0460860917 |
| Title | The History of the Countryside |
| Author | Oliver Rackham |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 1993-03-25 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Prizes | Winner of Natural World Book of the Year Award 1994 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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