The Making of the British Landscape
Author(s): Nicholas Crane
How much do we really know about the place we call 'home'? In this sweeping, timely book, Nicholas Crane tells the story of Britain. The British landscape has been continuously occupied by humans for 12,000 years, from the end of the Ice Age to the twenty-first century. It has been transformed from a European peninsula of glacier and tundra to an island of glittering cities and exquisite countryside. In this geographical journey through time, we discover the ancient relationship between people and place and the deep-rooted tensions between town and countryside. The twin drivers of landscape change - climate and population - have arguably wielded as much influence on our habitat as monarchs and politics. From tsunamis and farming to Roman debacles and industrial cataclysms, from henge to high-rise and hamlet to metropolis, this is a book about change and adaptation. AS Britain lurches from an exploitative past towards a more sustainable future, this is the story of our age.
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A broader and 21st-century version of W.G. Hoskins' 1955 classic 'The Making of the English Landscape'. Popular TV presenter who is a prize-winning author, e.g. 'A classic journey through the heart of England... a rare and affectionate portrait' - Sunday Times on 'Two Degrees West'.
Ambitious, magnificent ... Crane is excellent at describing climate, geology and shifting shorelines, but is at his best when plaiting together earth-shaping events with humankind and civilisation -- Andrea Wulf Guardian Pungent, dramatic and drawing deeply on recent research ... a geographer's love letter to the British and the land that formed them - and which they transformed over many millennia of creative labour. As such, it is dramatic, lyrical and even inspiring, and given all those rocks, remarkably readable -- James McConnachie Sunday Times This is storytelling at its best. Crane's subject is the British landscape - the relationship between people and place, and how climate and population shaped our world ... written with brio (and) insight -- Clive Aslet The Times A book I absolutely loved -- Tom Holland (@holland_tom) Crane's book earns its place in the pantheon and it will hopefully inspire a passion for our landscapes in a new generation of readers -- Richard J Mayhew Literary Review
Nicholas Crane is a rare combination: prize-winning author, an expert cartographer and an international explorer with a charisma that brings his personal obsession alive. He co-presented BBC TV's highly successful 'Coast' series.
General Fields
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- : Orion Publishing Co
- : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- : 0.946
- : 01 October 2016
- : 238mm X 163mm X 50mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 December 2016
- : 01 August 2022
- : books
Special Fields
- : Nicholas Crane
- : Hardback
- : 1
- : 942
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