An Environmental History of France by Peter McPhee - 9781350267794

An Environmental History of FranceMaking the Landscape, 1770-2020\nAuthor(s): Peter McPhee\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350267794, 978-1350267794\nSynopsis\nThe French countryside is as beloved by the many millions of tourists who visit it each year as it is of French people themselves. But it has not always looked like it does today. An Environmental History of France instead presents the countryside in which people live and work and through which they travel as a human creation across 250 years of economic and cultural change, war and revolution. It is a book about the making of the French landscape and an engrossing story linking human geography, history, agriculture and culture.\n\nShowing an awareness of the origins and nature of current ecological and social challenges, Peter McPhee uses a blend of environmental and cultural approaches to paint a vivid picture of rural Frances modern history..