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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Kelly, Matthew, 1975-     Subjects     Hill, Octavia, 1838-1912.     Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943.     Dower, Pauline, 1905-1988.     Sayer, Sylvia, 1904-2000.     Landscape protection -- England -- History.     Women conservationists -- England -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kelly, Matthew, 1975-       by title:      The women who saved ...       by call number:      333.9516 K29w     Search the Web     Kelly, Matthew, 1975-     Hill, Octavia, 1838-1912.     Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943.     Dower, Pauline, 1905-1988.     Sayer, Sylvia, 1904-2000.     Landscape protection -- England -- History.     Women conservationists -- England -- History.       MARC Display

The women who saved the English countryside / Matthew Kelly. by Kelly, Matthew, 1975- Yale University Press, 2022. Call #: 333.9516 K29w Subjects Hill, Octavia, 1838-1912.   Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943.   Dower, Pauline, 1905-1988.   Sayer, Sylvia, 1904-2000.   Landscape protection -- England -- History.   Women conservationists -- England -- History. ISBN:  9780300232240 (hc) Description:  x, 375 p., 8 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-364) and index Contents:  Octavia Hill : gathering in the givers -- Beatrix Potter : a farm of one's own -- Pauline Dower : inconspicuous good -- Sylvia Sayer : segregating Dartmoor -- Epilogue : fifty years on Summary:  "A vibrant history of English landscape preservation over the last 150 years, told through the lives of four remarkable women. In Britain today, a mosaic of regulations protects the natural environment and guarantees public access to green spaces. But this was not always so. Over the last 150 years, activists have campaigned tirelessly for the right to roam through the countryside and the vital importance of preserving Britain's natural beauty. Matthew Kelly traces the history of landscape preservation through the lives of four remarkable women: Octavia Hill, Beatrix Potter, Pauline Dower, and Sylvia Sayer. From the commons of London to the Lake District, Northumberland, and Dartmoor, these women protected the English landscape at a crucial period through a mixture of environmental activism, networking, and sheer determination. They grappled with the challenges that urbanization and industrial modernity posed to human well-being as well as the natural environment. By tirelessly seeking to reconcile the needs of particular places to the broader public interest they helped re-imagine the purpose of the English countryside for the democratic age."--Publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 333.9516 K29w Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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