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"Patterned Ground unravels the entangled relationships between nature and culture. Around 100 entries by leading names in new geography and related disciplines focus on various 'objects' in the landscape - from beaches to battlefields, bees to horses, police stations to post offices, trees to tractors. Each entry, written by an expert in the field, explores the way in which we understand that object and its relationship to the world around it." "This book is neither encyclopaedia nor dictionary, but a knowledgeable and impassioned engagement with the world. In this sense, it chimes with…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2004Reaktion Books · 312 pages · 9781861891815
Geographical perceptionLandscape assessmentLandscapeSymbolic aspectsHuman geographyNATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETSMulticultural EducationEarth Sciences - Geography