About Peter Atkins
Born 1949. Peter Atkins is an agrarian historian, geographer and university teacher.
Peter J. Atkins is emeritus professor of geography at Durham University. He is a specialist in food history and the geography of food.
Selected publications Atkins, P.J. A History of Uncertainty: Bovine Tuberculosis in Britain, 1850 to the Present. Winchester: Winchester University Press; 2016. Atkins, P.J. (Ed.) Animal Cities: Beastly Urban Histories Farnham: Ashgate; 2012. Atkins, P.J. Liquid materialities: a history of milk, science and the law. Farnham: Ashgate; 2010. Atkins, P.J. & Bowler, I.R. Food in Society, economy, culture, geography. London New York: Arnold; 2001. Atkins, P.J., Simmons, I.G. & Roberts, B.K. People, Land and Time. Arnold; 1998. Raw, M. & Atkins, P.J. Agriculture and Food. Collins Educational; 1995. Atkins, P.J. The Directories of London, 1677-1977. Mansell; 1990.
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English academic
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Peter Atkins was born in 1949.
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Peter Atkins is an agrarian historian, geographer and university teacher.
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