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Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape
  • ISBN: 9781474614047
  • Pages: 272
  • Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • Binding: Paperback

Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape

Oliver Rackham
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This classic of nature writing by Oliver Rackham 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. He concludes this definitive study with a section on the conservation and future of Britain’s trees, woodlands and hedgerows.



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