Ed Douglas

Upland (eBook, ePUB)

The Strange History and Vital Future of Britain's Mountains

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Britain's mountains have inspired poets, painters and scientists and they are a cornerstone of our cultural narrative and our national identity. Yet they are also at the forefront of agricultural and climate change policy, in a tug of war between factions seeking preservation and economic development. Touching on their formation and prehistory, Upland describes how mountains were transformed through the centuries, the conflicts and reforms that shaped their landscapes and how the industrial revolution made their wide open spaces so important to the wealth of the nation.

Upland will tell the story of the kings, monks, travellers, shepherds, poets, engineers, soldiers, explorers, visionaries and campaigners who made Britain's mountains what they are today. It will unpick the centuries of war and the political framework that allowed these significant tracts of land to remain in the hands of a few landowners, the human cost of sudden depopulation in waves of clearances, the slow and then rapid decline of mountain environments and their central place in adapting to the challenges of a changing climate and a growing population.

Most of all, Upland will capture the enduring beauty of these treasured landscapes and explore why they mean so much to us.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529973990
• Artikelnr.: 75379605

Autorenporträt

Ed Douglas is an award-winning writer who has has been a climber for forty years. He is the author of numerous books including Himalaya: A Human History, Kinder Scout: The People's Mountain and a biography of Tensing Norgay. He is the editor of the Alpine Journal and won the Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature in 2010. He lives in Sheffield.