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Moorlands of England and Wales

An Environmental History, 8000 BC - AD 2000

By: Simmons Ian G Simmons

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Moorlands of England and Wales

An Environmental History, 8000 BC - AD 2000

By: Simmons Ian G Simmons

This is a history of the moorlands and the part they have played in English and Welsh history over ten millennia. Ian Simmons combines the perspectives of natural science, archaeology, social history and historical geography, and draws on forty years of exploring and studying the moorlands. Starting with a description of their origins and how they have changed under the impact of human and natural forces, Simmons shows how perceptions of the moors have been influenced by writers, artists and the media (and how they have been inspired by the moors), and how these perceptions have resulted in great changes in attitudes to moorland use and management. The book begins by offering some concise understanding of the physical and natural characteristics of moorlands. It then gives an account of how hunter-gatherers of the Mesolithic period altered their surroundings using fire. It describes how millennia of agricultural production wrought distinctive moorland landscapes and how these in turn were affected and sometimes transformed by industrialisation, afforestation and changes in farming methods. The renewed impetus in the twentieth century for environmental management and conservation brings the story near to the present. The North Pennines, Dartmoor and South Wales are the subject of detailed accounts that reveal the common characteristics of the moorlands as well as their marked contrasts. Beyond the recent crises of overgrazing and the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak, Ian Simmons lays out some possible futures for the moors.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474472613

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Global Environmental History

10,000 BC to AD 2000

By: Ian G Simmons

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Global Environmental History

10,000 BC to AD 2000

By: Ian G Simmons

Courses which deal with environmental history have long lacked a comprehensive overview. I. G. Simmons has made a significant contribution with a book that looks at the long-term history of environment and humanity from 10,000 BC to AD 2000. This far-reaching text considers the global picture and recognises the contributions of many disciplines including the natural sciences, the social sciences, and increasingly, the humanities.As a starting point, this book takes the major phases of human technological evolution of the last 12,000 years and considers how these have affected the natural world. It then considers the response to conditions such as climate change, putting today's preoccupations into a long-term perspective. This is a book of history, not prophecy, and so makes no judgements on current anxieties.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748629513

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9780748629510

Environmental History

By: I. G. Simmons

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Environmental History

By: I. G. Simmons

In this book, Ian Simmons provides an introduction to the field of environmental history and to the long history of the mutual interactions between nature and human culture.

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Wiley-Blackwell

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1557864462

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Global Environmental History

10,000 BC to AD 2000

By: Ian G Simmons

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10,000 BC to AD 2000

By: Ian G Simmons

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Environmental Sciences

A Student′s Companion

By: K J Gregory,Ian Simmons,Anthony Brazel,John W Day,Edward A Keller,Alejandro Yanez-Arancibia,Arthur G Sylvester

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Environmental Sciences

A Student′s Companion

By: K J Gregory,Ian Simmons,Anthony Brazel,John W Day,Edward A Keller,Alejandro Yanez-Arancibia,Arthur G Sylvester

Unique in the reference literature, this Companion provides students with an introduction to all the major concepts and contemporary issues in the environmental sciences. The text is divided into six sections (Environmental Sciences, Environments, Paradigms and Concepts, Processes and Dynamic, Scales and Techniques, Environmental Issues), with over 200 entries alphabetically organized and authored by key names in the environmental science disciplines. Entries are concise, informative, richly visual and fully referenced and cross referenced. They introduce key concepts and processes that are included in the index, cite relevant websites, and reflect the latest thinking.

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SAGE

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0857023128

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9780857023124

Global Environmental History

By: Ian Gordon Simmons

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Global Environmental History

By: Ian Gordon Simmons

Courses which deal with environmental history have long lacked a comprehensive overview. I.G. Simmons has made a significant contribution with a book that looks at the long-term history of environment and humanity from 10,000 BC to AD 2000. This far-reaching text considers the global picture and recognises the contributions of many disciplines including the natural sciences, the social sciences, and increasingly, the humanities. As a starting point, this book takes the major phases of human technological evolution of the last 12,000 years and considers how these have affected the natural worl.

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0748670769

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Changing the Face of the Earth

By: I. G. Simmons

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Changing the Face of the Earth

By: I. G. Simmons

This is a history of the human impact upon the natural environment of the Earth. It is a compelling story, the result of many years of original research and scholarship and drawn from work in a wide range of natural and humane disciplines. It covers every kind of culture and society, ranges in time from the earliest social groupings to the present, and considers the short and long-term consequences of current trends. A key argument of the book, and one that informs its structure, is that access to energy is a crucial influence on the way in which we have used and exploited our natural surroundings. If environmental impacts of the discovery of fire were substantial, and of agriculture dramatic, the effects of industrial and technological change over the last two centuries have been revolutionary. Exponential growth in the use of fossil fuels and of the human population mean that our own activities now constitute a critical variable in environmental change. The recent history of the interaction between human kind and nature has become different from the past not only in degree but in kind: and there is a mismatch between our ability to affect and to control the natural environment. These issues form the concluding theme of this outstanding and articulate book.

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Wiley-Blackwell

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0631163514

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9780631163510

Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Bible

By: Curt Simmons

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Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Bible

By: Curt Simmons

If FrontPage 2003 can do it, you can do it too... Whatever your level of expertise, this comprehensive guide to FrontPage 2003 helps you create and manage Web sites that support your objectives. If you’re building your first site, the step-by-step tutorials will get you going quickly and easily. If you belong to a corporate project team, you’ll find help coordinating the work of editors, designers, and programmers. And if you’re already a Web professional, here’s what you need to expand and refine your technical know-how. Inside, you’ll find complete coverage of FrontPage 2003 Learn how to add dynamic content with Photo Gallery or automatic content from Microsoft MSN and Expedia Design pages using tables, layers, shared borders, and frames Integrate FrontPage with Flash™ and other non-Microsoft technologies Set up, design, and manage an intranet with SharePoint™ Team Services Combine FrontPage with other Office applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint® Discover how to go "under the hood" and revise HTML coding Learn various ways to build navigational elements and see how FrontPage supports Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Embed video and sound files, incorporate animation, and use plug-ins and Java™ applets in your site Bonus CD-ROM and companion Web site! Exclusive Office 2003 Super Bible eBook, with more than 500 pages of information about how Microsoft Office components work together Bonus shareware, freeware, trial, demo, and evaluation programs that work with or enhance Microsoft Office Searchable eBook version of FrontPage 2003 Bible An easy-to-use interface that allows you to browse and install everything on the CD

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0764539744

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Moorlands of England and Wales

Moorlands of England and Wales

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Environmental History

Global Environmental History

Global Environmental History

Environmental Sciences

Environmental Sciences

Global Environmental History

Global Environmental History

Changing the Face of the Earth

Changing the Face of the Earth

Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Bible

Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Bible

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