Description
Book SynopsisCarrying the story of the rural landscape into our frantic era, he describes the bow wavewhere city life meets rural agriculture and plots the effect of recreation and its structures on the look of the land.
Trade ReviewJohn Fraser Hart's study of the ever-changing rural landscape is a competent and richly illustrated account of human endeavour, charting patterns of land use across time and space, from the small cross-ploughed fields of Neolithic Britain to the vast wheat-producing plains of modern-day America. It reveals how history is continuously incorporated into the landscape. Times Literary Supplement Hart has a keen eye, a facile pen, and a love for conversation with people who live and work in such places. The result is an admirable and wide-ranging book. Agricultural History A wonderful record to have between two covers... well produced with photographs of exceptional clarity. The Times Higher Education Supplement
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Understanding Landscapes
Part I: Rocks
Chapter 2. The Surface of the Land
Chapter 3. Landscapes of Mining
Part II: Plants
Chapter 4. Plant Life
Chapter 5. The Use of Forests
Chapter 6. Cropping Systems
Part III: Land Division
Chapter 7. Land Division in Britain
Chapter 8. Land Division in America
Part IV: Farm Structures
Chapter 9. Fences and Fields
Chapter 10. Barns
Chapter 11. Other Farm Structures
Chapter 12. Farm Size and Farm Tenure
Part IV: Small Towns and the Urban Edge
Chapter 13. Small Towns
Chapter 14. The Long Shadow of the City
Chapter 15. Recreation
Epilogue: The Changing Countryside
Further Reading
Index
