TY  - GEN
AU  - Atkins, Peter & others
TI  - People, land and time : an historical introduction to the relations between landscape, culture and environment 
SN  - 9780340677148
U1  - 307.7609 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Hodder Education
PB  -  Loondon
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
Preface   vii
Acknowledgements   ix
Introduction   xiii
PART I   THE PRE-INDUSTRIAL WORLD   I
Hunters and Gatherers   3
The Origins and Spread of Agriculture   13
Early Urbanization and the Hydraulic Environment   27
Resources, Population and Sustainability   40
Environmental Degradation and the Collapse of Civilizations   53
Sustainable Resource Management in Pre-industrial Societies   63
Large-scale Landscape Modification: Pays and Pre-industrial Planning   77
Clearing the Wood   93
The Control of Water   104
Landscapes on the Margin: Deserts, Hillslopes, Heath, Moor and Grassland   119
PART 2   THE TRANSITION TO MODERNITY   131
Feudal Landscapes   133
Urbanization and Proto-industrialization   148
PART 3   THE MODERN ERA    161
The Impact of Agriculture   165
Landscapes of Energy Acquisition: the Getting of Power   176
Industrial landscapes   184
Modern Urban Landscapes: Modern Cities and City Life   197
Postmodern Landscapes   212
Metaphors and Meanings in Modern Landscapes: Reading the Landscape   219
Landscapes of power and pleasure   231
'Other' Landscapes   239
PART 4   THE GLOBAL ERA   2S3
Globalized landscapes   255
Conservation   267
Conclusion: the Past, Present and Future of the Study of People, Land and Time   274
Index   280


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