Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape : The Complete History of Britain's Trees, Woods and Hedgerows

by Rackham, Oliver

• ISBN13: 9781842124697
• ISBN10: 1842124692
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc

Summary

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.'As an aid to understanding the landscape I haven't found its equal' New Scientist

Table of Contents

List of plates	p. ix
List of text-figures	p. xi
Preface to the First Edition	p. xiii
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xvii
The constant spring: how woods and trees work	p. 1
Wildwood and prehistoric beginnings	p. 26
From Claudius to Hugo de Northwold	p. 39
Classical woodland management: the Middle Ages and after	p. 59
The woods in decline: post-medieval changes	p. 91
What woods now mean: a guide to field-work	p. 106
Trees on commons: the wood-pasture tradition	p. 143
Parks: private wood-pasture	p. 151
Wooded Forests: the king's wood-pasture	p. 164
Trees on the farm: hedges and elsewhere	p. 184
Conservation and the future	p. 197
Bibliography	p. 209
References	p. 210
Index and Glossary	p. 219
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