The Making of a Cultural Landscape

Name: The Making of a Cultural Landscape
Brand: Taylor & Francis
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The English Lake District as Tourist Destination, 1750-2010

Series: Heritage, Culture and Identity

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The Making of a Cultural Landscape delves into the English Lake District's evolution as a renowned cultural, sacred, and literary region. This collection of essays from leading experts investigates the area's tourism history and heritage from the mid eighteenth century to today, analysing how history, culture, landscape, and policy intertwine. It discusses the roles of key organisations like the National Park and Cumbria Tourism, as well as efforts to secure UNESCO World Heritage status, while addressing current challenges in conservation, tourism, and policy.
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Ideal for scholars, students, and general readers interested in British cultural history, heritage studies, tourism, environmental conservation, and national park management.

Bringing together leading writers from a wide range of disciplines, this book explores the tourism history and heritage of the Lake District and its construction as a cultural landscape from the mid eighteenth century to the present day It critically analyses the relationships between history, heritage, landscape.

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For centuries, the English Lake District has been renowned as an important cultural, sacred and literary landscape. It is therefore surprising that there has so far been no in-depth critical examination of the Lake District from a tourism and heritage perspective.

The Making of a Cultural Landscape brings together leading writers from a wide range of disciplines to explore the tourism history and heritage of the Lake District and its construction as a cultural landscape from the mid eighteenth century to the present day. It critically analyses the relationships between history, heritage, landscape, culture and policy that underlie the activities of the National Park, Cumbria Tourism and the proposals to recognise the Lake District as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

It examines all aspects of the Lake District's history and identity, brings the story up to date and looks at current issues in conservation, policy and tourism marketing. In doing so, it not only provides a unique and valuable analysis of this region, but offers insights into the history of cultural and heritage tourism in Britain and beyond.

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Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE praises the book as essential reading for enthusiasts of landscape history and the Lake District, highlighting its elegant narrative on the region's influence on Britain's love of landscape. Harriet Ritvo of MIT finds the essays both substantive and methodologically rich. The Journal of Historical Geography describes it as informative and enjoyable, offering new insights into cultural tourism development. Landscape History calls it an excellent read for anyone interested in the Lake District and national parks. Overall, it is acclaimed for its multidisciplinary perspectives and detailed storytelling.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781409423683

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 October 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Contributors:

Edited by Jason Wood
Edited by John K. Walton
Edited by Jason Wood

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 657g

Pages: 296

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture History & Archaeology History & Military Home & Garden Non-Fiction Science & Nature Series: Heritage, Culture and Identity Sports

About the Author

Professor John K. Walton is IKERBASQUE Research Professor at the Department of Contemporary History, University of the Basque Country, Leoia, Bilbao, Spain and Jason Wood, is Director of Heritage Consultancy Services, Lancaster, UK. Susan Denyer, John K. Walton, Angus J.L. Winchester Melanie Hall, Keith Hanley, Adam Menuge, Jonathan Westway, Mike Huggins, Keith Gregson, Sarah Rutherford, Jason Wood, David Cooper.

The Making of a Cultural Landscape