ISBN:
9781350031678
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 289 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Borsay, Peter, 1950 - 2020 The Invention of the English Landscape
DDC:
304.2094109/03
Keywords:
20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.)
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Landscapes History
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Heritage tourism History
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Leisure Social aspects
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History
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Nature Effect of human beings on
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20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
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British & Irish history
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Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
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HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
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HISTORY / General
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HISTORY / Modern / General
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Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
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Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
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Great Britain Environmental conditions
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History
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Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien
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Großbritannien
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Entdeckung
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Landschaft
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Geschichte 1700-1939
Abstract:
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
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