Our Island Stories - Country Walks through Colonial Britain

Empire transformed rural lives for better and for worse: whether in Welsh sheep farms or Cornish copper mines, it offered both opportunity and exploitation. Fowler shows how the booming profits of overseas colonial activities, and the select few who benefited, directly contributed to enclosure, land clearances and dispossession. These histories, usually considered separately, continue to shape lives across Britain today.

To give an honest account, to offer both affection and criticism, is a matter of respect: we should not knowingly tell half a history. This new knowledge of our island stories, once gained, can only deepen Britons'' relationship with their beloved landscape.<>

Product details

• Authors: Corinne Fowler, Fowler Corinne
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.09.2023
• EAN: 9780241561638
• ISBN: 978-0-241-56163-8
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 234 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; European History, British Empire, HISTORY / Modern / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, The countryside, country life: general interest, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, The countryside, country life, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards