Esther Moir

The Discovery of Britain (Routledge Revivals)

The English Tourists 1540-1840

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1964, this book examines the Tour of Britain, focusing on British people exploring their native land in the three centuries from 1540 to 1840. By tracking these journeys over three centuries, the book presents a changing English landscape, a changing economy, and a change in peopleà â â s tastes as the interests and concerns of the tourists evolve over the timeframe covered.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Revivals
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9780415821889
• ISBN-10: 0415821886
• Artikelnr.: 41668955

Autorenporträt

Esther Moir

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. ARS PEREGRINANDI: The Art of Travel 2. A
Looking Glass of Britain: The Tudor Topographers 3. Ecclesiology and
Science: The Seventeenth-century Tourists 4. A Planned Garden: Celia
Fiennes and Daniel Defoe 5. Romans and Goths: William Stukeley and the
Antiquarians 6. Stately Homes: The Round of Country Houses 7. The Pursuit
of a Terrestrial Paradise: The Round of Gardens 8. Horrid and Sublime:
Mills, Mines and Furnaces 9. Landscape with Figures: Arthur Young and
William Cobbett 10. The Pituresque and the Romantic: The Wye and North
Wales 11. The Playground of England: The Lakes; Bibliography; Index