Author: Herbert John Fleure
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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A Natural History of Man in Britain
Author: Herbert John Fleure
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
A Natural History of Man in Britain
Author: Herbert John Fleure
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Pelagic Dictionary of Natural History of the British Isles
Author: Dr. Peter Jarvis
Publisher: Pelagic Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784271950
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 2241
Book Description
A unique collection of concise but detailed information on 10,000 animals, plants, fungi and algae of the British Isles. Every species with an English common name is included. The compendium is in two parts. The first, smaller part, looks at various terms that people interested in natural history may come across. The second provides information on individual species or species groups, with entries on those with English (common) names, as well as selected families, orders, classes, etc. In the case of marine organisms, entries are given for intertidal and subtidal invertebrate species, and generally speaking for fish species that might be observed inshore. Indication is often given on distribution as well as whether a species is common, scarce or something in between. For some species a note is made of population size and trends. Comments are made where appropriate on etymology, both of the English name and the binomial. No other natural history dictionary or cognate publication relating to the British Isles is as comprehensive in taxonomic cover.
Publisher: Pelagic Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784271950
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 2241
Book Description
A unique collection of concise but detailed information on 10,000 animals, plants, fungi and algae of the British Isles. Every species with an English common name is included. The compendium is in two parts. The first, smaller part, looks at various terms that people interested in natural history may come across. The second provides information on individual species or species groups, with entries on those with English (common) names, as well as selected families, orders, classes, etc. In the case of marine organisms, entries are given for intertidal and subtidal invertebrate species, and generally speaking for fish species that might be observed inshore. Indication is often given on distribution as well as whether a species is common, scarce or something in between. For some species a note is made of population size and trends. Comments are made where appropriate on etymology, both of the English name and the binomial. No other natural history dictionary or cognate publication relating to the British Isles is as comprehensive in taxonomic cover.
A Natural History of Man in Britain
Author: H. J. Fleure
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 9780007308125
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A study of man through the ages, against the very varied natural conditions afforded by the British Isles. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com One of the aims of this series is to present a comprehensive survey of our natural history in relation to its background and environment. A first and vital consideration in a project of over fifty volumes is the study of man himself through the ages, against the very varied natural conditions afforded by the British Isles. A Natural History of Man in Britain is such a study. In the words of the editors, âe~we believe that it will contribute much to the outlook of man as one with nature, that alone can save our beautiful islands from wrongful changes, from the degradation and destruction which may result equally from unplanned development as from wrongly conceived planning.âe(tm) Surely no man, by academic training and subsequent studies, is as well fitted to undertake a review of this vast and complex field as Professor Fleure. His long association with the University of Wales at Aberystwyth and his connection with the University of Manchester have given him distinctive viewpoints. It is now more than thirty years since he published his Human Geography in Western Europe and more than twenty years since, with the late H. J. Peake, he began that remarkable series of volumes, the Corridors of Time. We owe this book to a perfect combination of historian, anthropologist, geographer and naturalist. It is the fruit of a lifetime's gathering.
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 9780007308125
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A study of man through the ages, against the very varied natural conditions afforded by the British Isles. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com One of the aims of this series is to present a comprehensive survey of our natural history in relation to its background and environment. A first and vital consideration in a project of over fifty volumes is the study of man himself through the ages, against the very varied natural conditions afforded by the British Isles. A Natural History of Man in Britain is such a study. In the words of the editors, âe~we believe that it will contribute much to the outlook of man as one with nature, that alone can save our beautiful islands from wrongful changes, from the degradation and destruction which may result equally from unplanned development as from wrongly conceived planning.âe(tm) Surely no man, by academic training and subsequent studies, is as well fitted to undertake a review of this vast and complex field as Professor Fleure. His long association with the University of Wales at Aberystwyth and his connection with the University of Manchester have given him distinctive viewpoints. It is now more than thirty years since he published his Human Geography in Western Europe and more than twenty years since, with the late H. J. Peake, he began that remarkable series of volumes, the Corridors of Time. We owe this book to a perfect combination of historian, anthropologist, geographer and naturalist. It is the fruit of a lifetime's gathering.
A Natural History of Man in Britain
Author: H.J.Fleure and M.Davies Staff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781870630733
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781870630733
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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James Cowles Prichard's Anthropology
Author: Hannah Franziska Augstein
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042004047
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The Bristol doctor James Cowles Prichard (1786-1848) has enjoyed a glowing reputation. Late Victorians regarded him as the founder of British anthropology and, in the twentieth century, he has been considered as a precursor of Darwin. Nowadays his name is cited mainly in context of inquiries into the rise of racial theories. Prichard's own theoretical goal was simple: the son of Quaker parents, he attempted to establish that the Bible provided a correct account of the earliest history of humankind; above all it was his aim to prove once and for all the doctrine of monogenesis: the unitary origins of mankind. He single-handedly charted the waters of the pre-Victorian human sciences. Philology, anthropology, mythology, Biblical criticism, the philosophy of the human mind, comparative anatomy, physiology, and practical medicine - Prichard mastered subjects so diverse that his learning may be called truly universal. His views have often been misrepresented, however, and his opposition to racial thinking in particular has been underestimated. This book, the first study dedicated exclusively to Prichard, explores his notions of man's place in nature and puts them in the context of contemporary European learning.
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042004047
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The Bristol doctor James Cowles Prichard (1786-1848) has enjoyed a glowing reputation. Late Victorians regarded him as the founder of British anthropology and, in the twentieth century, he has been considered as a precursor of Darwin. Nowadays his name is cited mainly in context of inquiries into the rise of racial theories. Prichard's own theoretical goal was simple: the son of Quaker parents, he attempted to establish that the Bible provided a correct account of the earliest history of humankind; above all it was his aim to prove once and for all the doctrine of monogenesis: the unitary origins of mankind. He single-handedly charted the waters of the pre-Victorian human sciences. Philology, anthropology, mythology, Biblical criticism, the philosophy of the human mind, comparative anatomy, physiology, and practical medicine - Prichard mastered subjects so diverse that his learning may be called truly universal. His views have often been misrepresented, however, and his opposition to racial thinking in particular has been underestimated. This book, the first study dedicated exclusively to Prichard, explores his notions of man's place in nature and puts them in the context of contemporary European learning.
A Natural History of Man in Britain
Author: Herbert John Fleure
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Man and the Natural World
Author: Keith Thomas
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141936045
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
'Man and the Natural World, an encyclopaedic study of man's relationship to animals and plants, is completely engrossing ... It explains everything - why we eat what we do, why we plant this and not that, why we keep pets, why we like some animals and not others, why we kill the things we kill and love the things we love ... It is often a funny book and one to read again and again' Paul Theroux, Sunday Times 'The English historian Keith Thomas has revealed modes of thought and ways of life deeply strange to us' Hilary Mantel, New York Review of Books 'A treasury of unusual historical anecdote ... a delight to read and a pleasure to own' Auberon Waugh, Sunday Telegraph 'A dense and rich work ... the return to the grass roots of our own environmental convictions is made by the most enchantingly minor paths' Ronald Blythe, Guardian
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141936045
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
'Man and the Natural World, an encyclopaedic study of man's relationship to animals and plants, is completely engrossing ... It explains everything - why we eat what we do, why we plant this and not that, why we keep pets, why we like some animals and not others, why we kill the things we kill and love the things we love ... It is often a funny book and one to read again and again' Paul Theroux, Sunday Times 'The English historian Keith Thomas has revealed modes of thought and ways of life deeply strange to us' Hilary Mantel, New York Review of Books 'A treasury of unusual historical anecdote ... a delight to read and a pleasure to own' Auberon Waugh, Sunday Telegraph 'A dense and rich work ... the return to the grass roots of our own environmental convictions is made by the most enchantingly minor paths' Ronald Blythe, Guardian
A Natural History of Man
Author: John Brierley
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838678190
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A survey of Man's struggle with his environment and within his own species that covers such topics as Man's past emphasizing his inventiveness, the changing pattern of disease, immigration and its genetic effects and human aggression. Illustrated.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838678190
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A survey of Man's struggle with his environment and within his own species that covers such topics as Man's past emphasizing his inventiveness, the changing pattern of disease, immigration and its genetic effects and human aggression. Illustrated.
A Natural History of Man in Britain
Author: Herbert John Fleure
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description