People, Land and Time: An Historical Introduction to the Relations Between Landscape, Culture and Environment

by Roberts,Brian

• ISBN13: 9780340677148
• ISBN10: 0340677147
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-05-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This major new text provides an introduction to the interaction of culture and society with the landscape and environment. It offers a broad-based view of this theme by drawing upon the varied traditions of landscape interpretation, from the traditional cultural geography of scholars such as Carl Sauer to the "new" cultural geography which has emerged in the 1990s.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Pre-Industrial World	p. 1
Hunters and Gatherers	p. 3
The Origins and Spread of Agriculture	p. 13
Early Urbanization and the Hydraulic Environment	p. 27
Resources, Population and Sustainability	p. 40
Environmental Degradation and the Collapse of Civilizations	p. 53
Sustainable Resource Management in Pre-industrial Societies	p. 63
Large-scale Landscape Modification: Pays and Pre-industrial Planning	p. 77
Clearing the Wood	p. 93
The Control of Water	p. 104
Landscapes on the Margin: Deserts, Hillslopes, Heath, Moor and Grassland	p. 119
The Transition to Modernity	p. 131
Feudal Landscapes	p. 133
Urbanization and Proto-industrialization	p. 148
The Modern Era	p. 161
The Impact of Agriculture	p. 165
Landscapes of Energy Acquisition: the Getting of Power	p. 176
Industrial landscapes	p. 184
Modern Urban Landscapes: Modern Cities and City Life	p. 197
Postmodern Landscapes	p. 212
Metaphors and Meanings in Modern Landscapes: Reading the Landscape	p. 219
Landscapes of power and pleasure	p. 231
'Other' Landscapes	p. 239
The Global Era	p. 253
Globalized landscapes	p. 255
Conservation	p. 267
Conclusion: the Past, Present and Future of the Study of People, Land and Time	p. 274
Index	p. 280
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