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Old Ways New Roads
Travels in Scotland 1720-1832|
19,19 € |
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| Verlag: | Birlinn |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 06.10.2022 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781788855990 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 240 |
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Beschreibungen
In 1725 an extensive military road and bridge-building programme was implemented by the British crown that would transform 18th-century Scotland. Aimed at pacifying some of her more inaccessible regions and containing the Jacobite threat, General Wade's new roads were designed to replace 'the old ways' and 'tedious passages' through the mountains. Over the next few decades, the laying out of these routes opened up the country to visitors from all backgrounds. After the 1760s, soldiers, surveyors and commercial travellers were joined by leisure tourists and artists, eager to explore Scotland's antiquities, natural history and scenic landscapes, and to describe their findings in words and images.
In this book a number of acclaimed experts explore how the Scottish landscape was variously documented, evaluated, planned and imagined in words and images. As well as a fascinating insight into the experience of travellers and tourists, it also considers how they impacted on the experience of the Scottish people themselves.
In this book a number of acclaimed experts explore how the Scottish landscape was variously documented, evaluated, planned and imagined in words and images. As well as a fascinating insight into the experience of travellers and tourists, it also considers how they impacted on the experience of the Scottish people themselves.
John Bonehill is a Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Glasgow.
Nigel Leask is Regius Professor of English Literature and Language at the University of Glasgow.
Anne Dulau-Beveridge is Curator of French and British Art at the Hunterian.
Nigel Leask is Regius Professor of English Literature and Language at the University of Glasgow.
Anne Dulau-Beveridge is Curator of French and British Art at the Hunterian.
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