Author: Mark WILLETTPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
An Excursion from the Source of the Wye. The Second Edition
Author: Mark WILLETTAn Excursion from the Source of the Wye
Author: Mark WillettPublisher:
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Category : Wye, River, Valley (Wales and England)
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The Book of British Topography
Author: John Parker AndersonPublisher:
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Category : British Isles
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The Book of British Topography. A Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
Author: John Parker AndersonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385430143
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
The Discovery of Britain (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Esther MoirPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136767878
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
First published in 1964, this book examines the Tour of Britain. It focuses, neither on foreign tourists coming to Britain, nor on British tourists travelling abroad, but on British people exploring their native land in the three centuries from 1540 to 1840. During this period, it became a popular pastime amongst gentlemen of leisure to travel for weeks, even months, in discovery of their own country and this book describes both the pleasure taken by tourists of Britain and the hardships they endured. Tracking these journeys over three centuries, the book presents a changing English landscape, a changing economy, and a change in people’s tastes as the interests and concerns of the tourists evolve over the timeframe covered.
The Invention of the English Landscape
Author: Peter BorsayPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350031666
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Since at least the Reformation, English men and women have been engaged in visiting, exploring and portraying, in words and images, the landscape of their nation. The Invention of the English Landscape examines these journeys and investigations to explore how the natural and historic English landscape was reconfigured to become a widely enjoyed cultural and leisure resource. Peter Borsay considers the manifold forces behind this transformation, such as the rise of consumer culture, the media, industrial and transport revolutions, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, and the Gothic revival. In doing so, he reveals the development of a powerful bond between landscape and natural identity, against the backdrop of social and political change from the early modern period to the start of the Second World War. Borsay's interdisciplinary approach demonstrates how human understandings of the natural world shaped the geography of England, and uncovers a wealth of valuable material, from novels and poems to paintings, that expose historical understandings of the landscape. This innovative approach illuminates how the English countryside and historic buildings became cultural icons behind which the nation was rallied during war-time, and explores the emergence of a post-war heritage industry that is now a definitive part of British cultural life.
Peak scenery; or, Excursions in Derbyshire
Author: Ebenezer RhodesThe Bibliographer's Manual of Gloucestershire Literature: The county generally. Forest of Dean. City of Gloucester
Author: Sir Francis Adams HyettPublisher:
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Category : Bristol (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The Bibliographer's Manual of Gloucestershire Literature: The county generally. Forest of Dean. City of Gloucester
Author: Francis Adams HyettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description