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Saving the people's forest : open spaces, enclosure and popular protest in mid-Victorian London / Mark Gorman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gorman, Mark, author.
- Series:
- Explorations in local and regional history ; v. 9.
- Explorations in Local and Regional History ; Volume 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epping Forest (England : Forest)--History.
- Epping Forest (England : Forest).
- Physical Description:
- 166 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Hatfield, Hertfordshire : University of Hertfordshire Press, 2021.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
- 2. `The Arcadia of the artisan of the East-end': Epping Forest and the growth of Victorian London
- 3. `The right of wandering through the green fields': open space and radical politics in London, 1840-68
- 4. `Now or never, to stop these cruel spoliations!' The struggle for metropolitan open spaces, 1850-68
- 5. `Save the Forest!' Parliament, the law and public campaigns, 1869-78
- 6. `The builders are walking up Wandsworth Hill': open spaces and localism
- 7. `Only the genteel themselves may strike the blow': public opinion, popular action and commons preservation
- 8. Conclusion: popular protest and the campaigns for the commons.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1912260417
- 9781912260416
- OCLC:
- 1198557361
- Publisher Number:
- 99987727798
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