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Exploring the history and heritage of Irish landscapes / Patrick J. Duffy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Dublin [Ireland] ; Portland, OR : Four Courts, c2007.Description: 264 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. ; pbkISBN:
  • 1851829652 (pbk.)
  • 9781851829651 (pbk.)
  • 9781851829651:
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.209415
Contents:
1. Introducing landscape -- 2. Natural landscapes -- 3. Cultural landscapes -- 4. Built environment -- 5. Visualising landscape dynamics -- Conclusion : researching landscape heritages.
Review: "This book highlights the principal themes and elements in the making of the landscape, and the sources which can assist historians and historical geographers in studying and understanding Irish landscape history. Major and local sources relating to the natural environment, cultural landscapes and the built environment are explored. The book also looks at representations of landscapes in literature, painting and other artistic sources which can provide insights into the nature of real and imagined worlds of the past.Summary: The ultimate source which features prominently throughout this study is the landscape itself on which generations before us have inscribed the marks of their presence in fields, farms, houses, villages, towns, roads, lanes and the infrastructure of settlement."--BOOK JACKET.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 304.209415 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 73686
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 304.209415 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 73687
Reference Wexford Campus Library Wexford Reference 304.209415 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 73688

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-252) and index.

1. Introducing landscape -- 2. Natural landscapes -- 3. Cultural landscapes -- 4. Built environment -- 5. Visualising landscape dynamics -- Conclusion : researching landscape heritages.

"This book highlights the principal themes and elements in the making of the landscape, and the sources which can assist historians and historical geographers in studying and understanding Irish landscape history. Major and local sources relating to the natural environment, cultural landscapes and the built environment are explored. The book also looks at representations of landscapes in literature, painting and other artistic sources which can provide insights into the nature of real and imagined worlds of the past.

The ultimate source which features prominently throughout this study is the landscape itself on which generations before us have inscribed the marks of their presence in fields, farms, houses, villages, towns, roads, lanes and the infrastructure of settlement."--BOOK JACKET.

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