The Peopling of Britain: The Shaping of a Human Landscape (The Linacre Lectures) [Hardcover]

Paul Slack (Editor), Ryk Ward (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 16, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0198297599 | ISBN-13: 978-0198297598

This volume reviews the way in which, over the centuries, the evolving human presence in Britain has shaped the British landscape and how, in turn, the British landscape has molded the development of British communities. The chapters in this book - by archaeologists, historians, and geographers - present an interdisciplinary and accessible account of that long process. Together they trace the various phases of the story, showing how much of it has only recently been unearthed, and how much remains to be discovered.

Editorial Reviews

Review

`...a fine demonstration of the fluxes which enrich the population of this island and have always done so.' Kevin J. Edwards, University of Aberdeen

About the Author

Paul Slack is Principal of Linacre College, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, and Professor of Early Modern Social History, University of Oxford. Ryk Ward is a Professor of Biological Anthropology, University of Oxford.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 312 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (May 16, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198297599
• ISBN-13: 978-0198297598
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,760,248 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)