v. 4

The West

by Barry Cunliffe

Published 7 August 2006
The most detailed description of why the countryside of England now looks the way it does, covering the geology, archaeology and history of each area and what effects each has had on the landscape we see today. It includes: What Manner of Place is This? - Barry Cunliffe; Rhythms of change, a region of contrasts - Mike Allen and Julie Gardiner; Peopling the Landscape - Julie Gardiner and Mike Allen; Villages and Markets - James Bond; The Architecture of Power - James Bond; Dynamics and Demography - James Bond; A Kaleidoscope of Regions - James Bond; Revenue from Rocks - Peter Ellis; Looking Outwards - Barry Cunliffe; Landscape and Legend - Jeremy Harte; West Country Spas - Sam Hunt; Fossils and Ferns - Jo Draper; and Romanticism and Recreation - Trevor Rowley.