A collection of essays concerned with topographical writers who published work on the west country between c. 1600 and 1900. It provides an assessment of some f

This fascinating book looks at how local history developed from the antiquarian county studies of the sixteenth century through the growth of 'professional' his

The articles in this second issue of Romantik: Journal for the Study of Romanticisms demonstrate the crucial role of emergent regionalism and nationalism within

The 19th century historic landscape of Devon developed from earlier patterns of landholdings and settlement that are, today, not always easily discernible on th

This collection explores the various forms of narrative, semiotic, and technological mediation that shape the experience of place. Gary Backhaus and John Murung