The Making of the English Countryside is W G Hoskins’ masterpiece, revealing the hidden histories of the landscape. This hugely influential and ground-breaking book changed forever the way we experience the places we live and work.
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William Hoskins (1908-1992) was born in Exeter, Devon, the son of a baker. He won a scholarship to St Hele’s School and later studied at the University of Exeter. In 1931 he became a lecturer at the University of Leicester, where he founded the Department of English Local History in 1948, which went on to pioneer the study of people in their landscapes. In 1951 he was appointe...
William Hoskins (1908-1992) was born in Exeter, Devon, the son of a baker. He won a scholarship to St Hele’s School and later studied at the University of Exeter. In 1931 he became a lecturer at the University of Leicester, where he founded the Department of English Local History in 1948, which went on to pioneer the study of people in their landscapes. In 1951 he was appointed as Reader in Economic History at Oxford University. He was made a fellow of the British Academy in 1969 and became a CBE in 1971. He wrote and edited many books including The Midland Peasant, Local History in England and Two Thousand Years in Exeter. In 1972 he made a television series for the BBC, based on his best-seller, The Making of the English Landscape. He was also president of the Dartmoor Preservation Association and was elected onto the City Council, to help preserve its historic fabric.
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v 一般地讲，“景观"指的是某个地区或某种类型的人为景致与自然景色。在西文中，“景观”一词最早出现在希伯来文本的圣经中，被用来描绘当时圣城耶路撒冷的景致。在汉语文献里，“景观”一词最早到底出现在什么时期、什么典籍之中，还有待进一步考证。但无论在东方还是西方的文化中，“景观”一词最初更多具有美学视觉的含义。直到19世纪初，德国地理学家亚历山大·冯·洪堡（Alexander vonHumboldt）才将“景观”作为一个现代科学的名词引入地理学之中，将其解释为“一个地区的总体特征”，希望“景观”成为地理学研究中的一个重要概念，并在此基础上探村从原始自然景观发展为人文景观的过程。 (查看原文)
威廉·霍斯金斯(William George Hoskins, 1908-1992年)是20世纪英国著名史学家。其研究涉猎许多领域，“骨子里则是一位十足的英格兰史学家”，不仅治史的主要对象是英格兰及其郡、市、村、镇，而且一生的足迹也主要留存于英伦大地，但其思想观点却通过著述在国际上广为流布，在...
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What is the 'English landscape tradition'? Why does it differ so radically from Americanist views of landscape? What are its links with its cultural and social background? Answers to these questions can be found in the life and career of one man: WG Hos...
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