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An exploration of how environmental concerns have shaped and reflected English national identity since the 1960s.

David Matless explores how 'England' and 'Englishness' have been imagined since the 1960s.

A classic account of how landscape has been central to questions of 'Englishness' - of national identity, history and modernity, as well as concepts of citizenship and the body.

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. .

This volume features thirteen essays by prominent scholars exploring the impact of geographical thinking on understanding modern Britain. It examines the evolution of Britain's geographies over the past century, integrating economic, political, social, and cultural perspectives, highlighting the field's significance in daily life.

Landscape has been central to definitions of Englishness for centuries. This title argues that landscape has been the site where English visions of the past, present and future have met in debates over questions of national identity, disputes over history and modernity, and ideals of citizenship and the body. schovat popis