An Environmental History of Wildlife in England 1650-1950

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Acknowledgements vi


  - 1 Setting the scene: The nature of nature List of Figures vii
- Woodland and waste 2 Seventeenth-century environments:


  • 3 Seventeenth-century environments: Farmland

  • 4 The social contexts of wildlife, c.1650–1750

  • 5 The industrial revolution

  • 6 The revolution in agriculture

  • 7 New roles for nature

  • 8 Wildlife in depression, c.1870–1940

  • 9 New urban environments, c.1860–1950

  • 10 Conclusion: Nature, history and conservation

  • Notes

  • Bibliography

  • Index

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