Silent fields : the long decline of a nation's wildlife / Roger Lovegrove ; line illustrations by Ross Lovegrove.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lovegrove, Roger, author.

Contributor:

Lovegrove, Ross, 1958- illustrator.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature--Effect of human beings on--Great Britain--History.

Nature.

Wildlife pests--Control--Great Britain--History.

Wildlife pests.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 404 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since time immemorial mankind had taken it upon himself to wage war against nature - against those species of birds & mammals which he believes conflict with his livelihood. This book documents the history of that battle in Britain from the Middle Ages, shedding a new light on the history of our much-loved wildlife.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Lost animals: early eliminations by Man; 2. The social background to persecution; 3. To kill a Rat or catch a Kite: methods of control; 4. Killing in Scotland; 5. In on the Act-searching the record; 6. Birds-individual species accounts; 7. Mammals-individual species accounts; 8. Local patterns of persecution: England and Wales; 9. The return of the natives; 10. Modern control-legal and illegal; 11. Vermin control and wildlife management: where next?; Appendix 1: Summary table of vermin payments extracted from churchwardens' accounts Appendix 2: Scientific names of species mentioned in the text References; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-377) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-02345-X

1-281-16009-1

9786611160098

0-19-151363-6

1-4294-7015-1

OCLC:

137240425