The English Landscape in the Twentieth CenturyHambledon Continuum, 2006 - 472 páginas The English landscape changed more radically in the twentieth century than it had over the previous thousand years. In this eye-opening book, Trevor Rowley shows vividly what changed and why. The countryside, now a dormitory or holiday destination, employed less than one percent of the population by 2000. In contrast, cities and towns, dominated by the megalopolis of London, expanded massively. Life, and the landscape, became ruled by the car. Regional identities disappeared as national chains and uniform building styles began to be found from Penzance to Carlisle. Uplands and country houses became theme parks often overrun by visitors. Two world wars and changing patterns of work and leisure also left their imprint. |
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... Monuments Act was entirely voluntary . A single Inspector of Ancient Monuments was appointed , a job placed in the safe hands of General Augustus Pitt Rivers , a Tory MP , great landowner and archaeologist . Pitt Rivers was the model ...
... Monuments Act was entirely voluntary . A single Inspector of Ancient Monuments was appointed , a job placed in the safe hands of General Augustus Pitt Rivers , a Tory MP , great landowner and archaeologist . Pitt Rivers was the model ...
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... monuments , castles , country houses , moated houses , bridges , market crosses , cottages , barns - was placed on hold . The Act did establish an advisory board to the Office of Works which could schedule ancient and historical monuments ...
... monuments , castles , country houses , moated houses , bridges , market crosses , cottages , barns - was placed on hold . The Act did establish an advisory board to the Office of Works which could schedule ancient and historical monuments ...
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... monuments such as Kenilworth Castle and the Tower of London , which were open to the public . The role of the Ministry of Works was taken over by the Department of the Environment in the 1970s , and then by English Heritage . Ironically ...
... monuments such as Kenilworth Castle and the Tower of London , which were open to the public . The role of the Ministry of Works was taken over by the Department of the Environment in the 1970s , and then by English Heritage . Ironically ...
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The English Landscape | 1 |
The Age of the Car | 11 |
Taking Off | 53 |
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