Sheeplands: How Sheep Shaped Wales and the World

by: Alan Marshall (Author)

Publisher: Calon

Publication Date: 25 April 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 256 pages

ISBN-10: 1915279380

ISBN-13: 9781915279385

Book Description

Human civilisation was not just created by humans: we had the help of many creatures, and foremost among these were sheep. From Argentina to Australia and from Mesopotamia to Mongolia, just about every country with hills and meadows has adopted and then developed sheep farming as a way of living. And in Wales in particular, sheep played a central role in shaping landscape and culture.   Sheeplands outlines the joueys taken by some of these sheep as they voyaged across the world, both by themselves and with human shepherds, from the earliest human settlements to the present day. Along the way, Alan Marshall paints vivid portraits of the roles sheep have played in the development of the mode world, in times of peace and war, and describes how our sheeplands might continue to influence Wales and the wider world in future years.
About the Author Alan Marshall is an author and scholar of environmental humanities. He is the author of several books, including Ecotopia 2121: A Vision for Our Future Green Utopia in 100 Cities.