Our Island Stories - Ten Walks through Rural Britain and Its Hidden History of Empire

Corinne Fowler is Professor of Colonialism and Heritage in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. Between 2018 and 2022, Fowler directed a child-led history and writing project called ''Colonial Countryside: National Trust Houses Reinterpreted''. She also co-authored the 2020 National Trust report on its country houses'' historical links to the British Empire. Her most recent book is Green Unpleasant Land: Creative Responses to Rural England''s Colonial Connections.>

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Corinne Fowler is Professor of Colonialism and Heritage in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. Between 2018 and 2022, Fowler directed a child-led history and writing project called 'Colonial Countryside: National Trust Houses Reinterpreted'. She also co-authored the 2020 National Trust report on its country houses' historical links to the British Empire. Her most recent book is Green Unpleasant Land: Creative Responses to Rural England's Colonial Connections.

Product details

• Authors: Corinne Fowler, Fowler Corinne
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.05.2025
• EAN: 9780141999838
• ISBN: 978-0-14-199983-8
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 199 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; NATURE / General, European History, British Empire, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, The countryside, country life: general interest, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Colonialism and imperialism, The countryside, country life, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards