In the Nature of Landscape: Cultural Geography on the Norfolk Broads
David Matless
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Description for In the Nature of Landscape: Cultural Geography on the Norfolk Broads
Hardback. 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. . Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
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 ... Read more
- Features a variety of illustrative material, including original photographs, paintings, photography, advertising imagery, scientific diagrams, maps, and souvenirs
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
RGS-IBG Book Series
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405190817
SKU
V9781405190817
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-22
About David Matless
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.
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