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The Peak District: A Cultural History (Landscapes of the Imagination)
John Bull
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Description for The Peak District: A Cultural History (Landscapes of the Imagination)
Paperback. Series: Landscapes of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMD; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
The Peak District was Britain's first National Park and the 'breathing space' for people in the great cities of the industrial north. Prehistoric man built stone circles at Stanton-in-the-Moor and Arbor Low and the Romans had garrisons here, but for many centuries the region was regarded as a 'howling wilderness', exploited by its aristocratic landlords for hunting, sheep-raising, lead-mining and the stone used to build great houses such as Chatsworth and Haddon Hall and ancient parish churches in Tideswell and Bakewell. The River Dove was the inspiration for Charles Cotton's continuation of the Compleat Angler and the Peak's rivers turned ... Read more
The Peak District was Britain's first National Park and the 'breathing space' for people in the great cities of the industrial north. Prehistoric man built stone circles at Stanton-in-the-Moor and Arbor Low and the Romans had garrisons here, but for many centuries the region was regarded as a 'howling wilderness', exploited by its aristocratic landlords for hunting, sheep-raising, lead-mining and the stone used to build great houses such as Chatsworth and Haddon Hall and ancient parish churches in Tideswell and Bakewell. The River Dove was the inspiration for Charles Cotton's continuation of the Compleat Angler and the Peak's rivers turned ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Interlink Signal
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Landscapes of the Imagination
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908493064
SKU
V9781908493064
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Ref
99-10
About John Bull
John Bull lived in Hayfield and Glossop in the High Peak for thirty years. He was a member of the Peak National Park Authority and chaired its Planning Committee between 1997 and 2004.
Reviews for The Peak District: A Cultural History (Landscapes of the Imagination)
'Bull doesn't just map the landscapes of the Peak District (both the white Peak and the Dark Peak) but also the cultural history as well in both pop ("The League of Gentleman") and high culture (DeFoe and de Loutherbourg). It's an interesting social history of an area that is as rich culturally and historically as it is physically.'
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