Landscape and identity
Subtitle: geographies of nation and class in England
By: Wendy Joy Darby.
Series: Materializing culture
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Landscape -- England -- History; Human ecology -- England -- History; Social classes -- England -- History; Group identity -- England -- History; National characteristics, English -- History; Landscape -- Social aspects -- England; England -- Historical geography
Description: "Moving between the 1750s and the present, this transdisciplinary book explores the powerful role of landscape in the formation of historical class relations and national identity. The author's direct field experience of fell walking in the Lake District and with various locally based clubs includes investigation of the roles gender and race play. She shows how the politics of access to open spaces has implications beyond the immediate geographical areas considered and ultimately involves questions of citizenship."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-316) and index.