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Living with nature

Nature volume 321, pages 823–824 (1986)Cite this article

The History of the Countryside: The Full Fascinating Story of Britain's Landscape.

By Oliver Rackham. Dent/Biblio, Totowa, New Jersey: 1986. Pp.445. 16.95, 35.

Countryside Conflicts: The Politics of Farming, Forestry and Conservation.

By Philip Lowe, Graham Cox, Malcolm MacEwan, Tim O'Riordan, Michael Winter. Gower/Maurice Temple Smith: 1986. Pp.378. Hbk 19.50, 35; pbk 8.95, 16.

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