Product details
ISBN
9781138153882
Published
2016-12-02
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd; Routledge
Weight
453 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
138 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
304
Author
Field names are not only interesting in themselves, but also a rich source of information about the communities originating them. The earliest recorded names often describe only the location or nature of the land, but changes in language, technology, social organisation, land ownership and even religious and political thinking have all contributed to a surprisingly complex picture today. A pioneering history.
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Field names are not only interesting in themselves, but also a rich source of information about the communities originating them. This is a pioneering history, by the author of the standard Dictionary of Field Names.
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One: Place-Names and Field-Names; Two: Common Fields and The Process of Enclosure; Three: Field-names and the landscape; Four: Woodlands and wild life; Five: A Living From the Land; Six: Descriptions of size, shape and distance; Seven: Transfer and transplantation; Eight: Tenure and Endowment; Nine: Buildings, transport and manufacturing industry; Ten: Religion, Folk Customs And Assembly Places; Eleven: Work in progress and prospect
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Product details
ISBN
9781138153882
Published
2016-12-02
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd; Routledge
Weight
453 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
138 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
304
Author