War & peat
Subtitle: the remarkable impacts of conflicts on peatlands and of peatlands on conflicts : a military heritage of moors, heaths, bogs and fens
By: edited by Ian D. Rotherham and Christine Handley
Series: Landscape archaeology and ecology -- Volume 10; Landscape archaeology and ecology -- v. 10.
Publisher: Wildtrack Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Sheffield
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781904098553
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Peat; Congresses; Peatlands
Other titles: War and peat; Remarkable impacts of conflicts on peatlands and of peatlands on conflicts; Conflicts on peatlands and of peatlands on conflicts; Military heritage of moors, heaths, bogs and fens
Description: "The themes of this book were addressed at a major international conference in 2013, and the expanded papers are presented here as chapters with an introduction by Ian D. Rotherham. The papers are grouped around several themes: Military Landscapes; Battles and Battlefields; The Impacts of Conflict and War; War & Peat in the Peak District; and Non-military Campaigns. As we approach the centenary of the Great War (WW1), matters of landscape, terrain, resources and strategies become increasingly topical and relevant. The relationships of people and landscapes, of economies and conflicts, and ecology and history, are complex and multi-faceted. For peatlands, including bogs, fens, moors, and heaths, the interactions of people and nature in relation to history and conflicts, are both significant and surprising."--
Notes: "This volume of papers was published as part of a major event ... conference organised by Professor Ian D. Rotherham and colleagues held ... September [4-6] 2013 in Sheffield"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references.