Peat and Peat Cutting
Seiten
2009
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-0705-6 (ISBN)
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-0705-6 (ISBN)
For thousands of years peat was the main fuel that warmed houses all over the British Isles, and the mark of the peat cutter is written deep in the landscape. This book celebrates a cultural history that extended from the Iron Age to the twentieth century. It tells the story of the use of peat for fuel in the British Isles.
For thousands of years peat was the main fuel that warmed houses all over the British Isles, and the mark of the peat cutter is written deep in the landscape. This book is a celebration of a cultural history that extended from the Iron Age to the twentieth century. It tells the story of the use of peat for fuel in the British Isles, and the people who cut it. It also examines the methods of cutting, the tools that were used, and the organization of cutting. It chronicles the beginning of commercial extraction and the exhaustion of this precious resource.
For thousands of years peat was the main fuel that warmed houses all over the British Isles, and the mark of the peat cutter is written deep in the landscape. This book is a celebration of a cultural history that extended from the Iron Age to the twentieth century. It tells the story of the use of peat for fuel in the British Isles, and the people who cut it. It also examines the methods of cutting, the tools that were used, and the organization of cutting. It chronicles the beginning of commercial extraction and the exhaustion of this precious resource.
Dr Ian D Rotherham is Reader and Director of the Tourism and Environmental Change Research Unit at Sheffield Hallam University.
?Preface /Introduction /Uses of Peat and Peatlands /How Peat was Worked /The Enclosures and Fuel Allotments /Other Uses of Peat /Conclusions /References and Bibliography /Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.4.2009 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Shire Library |
| Zusatzinfo | 40 b/w; 50 col |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 149 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 170 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7478-0705-1 / 0747807051 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7478-0705-6 / 9780747807056 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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