The first authoritative survey of the history of common land in Great Britain from the medieval period to present day.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
ANGUS WINCHESTER is Emeritus Professor of Local and Landscape History at Lancaster University. His interests in common land have developed over many years, arising originally out of research into the history of upland landscapes in northern England.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I. Common Threads 1. Commons in the British Landscape 2. Custom and Law: The Genesis of Common Land 3. Managing Communal Resources 4. Commons as Communal Spaces 5. Living on the Edge: Commons and the Poor 6. The Age of 'Improvement': Privatisation and the Reconfiguration of Common Land 7. The Commons Reinvented 8. The Changing Face of Common Land since 1860 Part II. A Kaleidoscope of Common Landscapes: Eight Case Studies9. North Assynt Common Grazings, Sutherland 10. Nether Wasdale Common, Cumberland 11. Cockfield Fell, Co. Durham 12. Isle of Axholme Turbary Allotments, Lincolnshire 13. Llanllechid Mountain and Aber Mountain, Caernarvonshire 14. Bringsty Common and Bromyard Downs, Herefordshire 15. Ibsley Common and Rockford Common, New Forest, Hampshire 16. Wimbledon Common and Putney Heath, Surrey Conclusion: Common Ground Select Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I. Common Threads 1. Commons in the British Landscape 2. Custom and Law: The Genesis of Common Land 3. Managing Communal Resources 4. Commons as Communal Spaces 5. Living on the Edge: Commons and the Poor 6. The Age of 'Improvement': Privatisation and the Reconfiguration of Common Land 7. The Commons Reinvented 8. The Changing Face of Common Land since 1860 Part II. A Kaleidoscope of Common Landscapes: Eight Case Studies9. North Assynt Common Grazings, Sutherland 10. Nether Wasdale Common, Cumberland 11. Cockfield Fell, Co. Durham 12. Isle of Axholme Turbary Allotments, Lincolnshire 13. Llanllechid Mountain and Aber Mountain, Caernarvonshire 14. Bringsty Common and Bromyard Downs, Herefordshire 15. Ibsley Common and Rockford Common, New Forest, Hampshire 16. Wimbledon Common and Putney Heath, Surrey Conclusion: Common Ground Select Bibliography Index
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