{"product_id":"new-forest-hadrian-cook-9781911188193","title":"New Forest: The Forging of a Landscape","description":"Hadrian Cook's new account of the New Forest in southern England, provides an historical narrative of the occupation and use of a vast area that was, for centuries, important as a Royal Hunting Forest and subject to many contentious laws and regulations, but which includes much economically marginal land. Four critical themes are explored through time: the shaping of the natural environment into human prehistory; human intervention through natural resource management; governance and management of the forest over time, stressing pressures on resources and attempts at exclusion of certain social groups; and policies and designations to conserve the New Forest. Cook aims to reflect a complicated narrative around the evolution caused by changing management and economic objectives reflecting governance arrangements at different times. Once the domain of kings, the New Forest is today, in effect, open-access, largely state-owned land, famous for its pretty villages, mosaic of moorland and woodland, roaming horses and cattle, diverse wildlife and miles of open countryside. But this tranquility belies a complex and contested history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hadrian Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911188194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911188193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Windgather Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Hadrian Cook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075142414591,"sku":"9781911188193","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9c82635a-ed71-4ce6-be64-dea777945c6c.jpg?v=1685457846","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/new-forest-hadrian-cook-9781911188193","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}