The most detailed description of why the countryside of England now looks the way it does, covering the geology, archaeology and history of each area and what effects each has had on the landscape we see today. The contents include: The Personality of the North West; Land and People; A Patchwork of Landscapes People in the Landscape; Moving through the Landscape; Making a Living; The Farming Landscape; Fell, Moorlands and Moss; Landscapes of Industry; Townscapes and Cityscapes; Expressions of the Abstract; Expressions of Power; The Quest for Utopia; Landscape and Mind; and The Discovery of the Hills.