From its earliest origins to the present day, this award-winning, beautifully written book describes the endlessly changing character of Britain's countryside.

THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE tells the many-layered story of the British landscape. Oliver Rackham shows, with passion and humour, how to read our

For most people in the United States, going almost anywhere begins with reaching for the car keys. This is true, Christopher Wells argues, because the United St

This engaging history of rural England and Wales during the twentieth century looks at the role of the countryside as both a place of work and of leisure and lo

More than a century and a half after its founding, the Iowa State Fair is the state's central institution, event, and symbol. During its annual run each August,