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In the Nature of Landscape David Matless (University of Nottingham, UK)

In the Nature of Landscape By David Matless (University of Nottingham, UK)

In the Nature of Landscape by David Matless (University of Nottingham, UK)

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In the Nature of Landscape presents regional cultural landscape as a new direction for research in cultural geography through an in-depth study of the Norfolk Broads, a wetland region in eastern England, whose geography and history have been shaped for centuries by cohabiting and conflicting interests. .

In the Nature of Landscape Summary

In the Nature of Landscape: Cultural Geography on the Norfolk Broads by David Matless (University of Nottingham, UK)

In the Nature of Landscape presents regional cultural landscape as a new direction for research in cultural geography.

  • Represents the first cultural geographic study of the Norfolk Broads region of eastern England
  • Addresses regional cultural landscape through consideration of narratives of landscape origin, debates over human conduct, the animal and plant landscapes of the region, and visions of the ends of landscape through pollution and flood
  • Draws upon in-depth original research, spanning almost two decades of archival work, interviews, and field study
  • Covers a great diversity of topics, from popular culture to scientific research, folk song to holiday diaries, planning survey to pioneering photography, and ornithology to children's literature
  • Features a variety of illustrative material, including original photographs, paintings, photography, advertising imagery, scientific diagrams, maps, and souvenirs

About David Matless (University of Nottingham, UK)

David Matless is Professor of Cultural Geography at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of Landscape and Englishness (1998), editor of Geographies of British Modernity (2003) and The Place of Music (1998), and contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Preface vi

List of Illustrations vii

Preface and Acknowledgements ix

List of Abbreviations xii

1 Cultural Geography on the Norfolk Broads 1

2 Origins 39

3 Conduct 55

Icon I: Wherry 96

4 Animal Landscapes 106

5 Plant Landscapes 142

Icon II: Windmill 173

6 The Ends of Landscape 182

7 Concluding 215

Notes 224

References 238

Index 270

Additional information

GOR013502551
9781405190824
1405190825
In the Nature of Landscape: Cultural Geography on the Norfolk Broads by David Matless (University of Nottingham, UK)
David Matless (University of Nottingham, UK)
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Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
20140725
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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