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Peat and Peat Cutting 1st Edition

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Peat and Peat Cutting 1st Edition

Author(s)

Ian Rotherham

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9780747811824, 9780747807056

Publisher

Shire Publications

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

For thousands of years peat was the main fuel that that warmed houses all over the British Isles, and the mark of the peat cutter is written deep in the landscape. This book is a celebration of a cultural history that extended from the Iron Age to the twentieth century. It tells the story of the use of peat for fuel in the British Isles, and the people who cut it. It also examines the methods of cutting, the tools that were used, and the organization of cutting. It chronicles the beginning of commercial extraction and the exhaustion of this precious resource.

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Peat and Peat Cutting 1st Edition

SKU: 9780747808893

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Full Title

Peat and Peat Cutting 1st Edition

Author(s)

Ian Rotherham

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9780747808893, 9780747807056

Publisher

Shire Publications

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

For thousands of years peat was the main fuel that that warmed houses all over the British Isles, and the mark of the peat cutter is written deep in the landscape. This book is a celebration of a cultural history that extended from the Iron Age to the twentieth century. It tells the story of the use of peat for fuel in the British Isles, and the people who cut it. It also examines the methods of cutting, the tools that were used, and the organization of cutting. It chronicles the beginning of commercial extraction and the exhaustion of this precious resource.