The Invention of the Countryside: Hunting, Walking and Ecology in English Literature, 1671-1831

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Today's hunting debate began in the eighteenth century, when the idea of the countryside was being invented through the imaginative displacement of agricultural production in favour of country sports and landscape tourism. Between the Game Act of 1671 and its repeal in 1831, writers on walking and hunting often held opposed views, but contributed equally to the origins of modern ecology, while sharing a commitment to trespass that preserved common...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0333961544

ISBN13:9780333961544

Release Date:August 2001

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:306 Pages

Weight:1.67 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"

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