In the Nature of Landscape : Cultural Geography on the Norfolk Broads (Rgs-ibg Book)

Matless, David

Blackwell Pub（2014/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 280 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781405190824
• DDC分類 304.2094261

Full Description

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

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