The Making Of The English Landscape
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few books have so fundamentally reshaped how we see the land beneath our feet as this landmark work by W.G. Hoskins. A pioneering study in landscape history, it chronicles the transformation of England's countryside from prehistoric times through to the twentieth century, arguing that every field, hedgerow, village, and lane is a document written in earth and stone — one that, once learned to read, reveals millennia of human endeavour, struggle, and ingenuity. Hoskins writes with the passion of a man in love with his subject, weaving together archaeology, economic history, and regional geography into a seamless and deeply personal narrative. His prose carries the cadence of someone walking the land as he writes — observant, lyrical, and authoritative. The Making of the English Landscape is not merely a scholarly achievement; it founded an entirely new academic discipline and permanently altered the way historians, planners, and ordinary walkers interpret the rural and urban environments around them. What secrets, one wonders, are still hidden in plain sight across the English countryside?
Author: W.G. Hoskins
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, Hodder and Stoughton
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few books have so fundamentally reshaped how we see the land beneath our feet as this landmark work by W.G. Hoskins. A pioneering study in landscape history, it chronicles the transformation of England's countryside from prehistoric times through to the twentieth century, arguing that every field, hedgerow, village, and lane is a document written in earth and stone — one that, once learned to read, reveals millennia of human endeavour, struggle, and ingenuity. Hoskins writes with the passion of a man in love with his subject, weaving together archaeology, economic history, and regional geography into a seamless and deeply personal narrative. His prose carries the cadence of someone walking the land as he writes — observant, lyrical, and authoritative. The Making of the English Landscape is not merely a scholarly achievement; it founded an entirely new academic discipline and permanently altered the way historians, planners, and ordinary walkers interpret the rural and urban environments around them. What secrets, one wonders, are still hidden in plain sight across the English countryside?