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Ancient Woodland: History, Industry and Crafts

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Ancient Woodland: History, Industry and Crafts
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ian Rotherham
SeriesShire Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:64
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 149
Category/GenreBritish and Irish History
Trees, wildflowers and plants
ISBN/Barcode 9780747811657
ClassificationsDewey:333.750941
Audience
General
Illustrations 20 b/w; 50 col

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Shire Publications
Publication Date 10 March 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Though most of us will have enjoyed strolling through beautiful British woodlands, we might not be aware of the ancient - and often complex - origins of our surroundings. From medieval times, woodlands were carefully managed commodities with hotly contested resources: conflicting demands from landowners, the Crown, the peasantry and local and national wood-based industries have all left their marks on today's woodland. Ian D. Rotherham here explains the various uses of British woods and their industries, such as coppicing, charcoal-burning, basket-making and bodging, and helps the reader to seek out the clues to their woodland's past.

Author Biography

Ian D. Rotherham, ecologist and landscape historian, is Reader in Tourism and Environmental Change at Sheffield Hallam University. An international authority on cultural and historical aspects of landscapes, especially peat bogs and peatlands, he also wrote Peat and Peat Cutting for Shire.