Peat and Peat Cutting: No. 483 (Shire Library) - Softcover

Rotherham, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747807051 ISBN 13: 9780747807056

Publisher: Shire Publications, 2009

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Ian D. Rotherham, ecologist and landscape historian, is Reader in Tourism and Environmental Change at Sheffield Hallam University. An international authority on cultural and historical aspects of landscapes, especially peat bogs and peatlands, he also writes and broadcasts on environmental issues.

Edition details

• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747807051
• ISBN 13: 9780747807056
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64