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Touring and publicizing England's country houses in the long eighteenth century

Anderson, Jocelyn, author

2018

Overview

Over the course of the long 18th century, many of England's grandest country houses became known for displaying noteworthy architecture and design, large collections of sculptures and paintings, and expansive landscape gardens and parks. Although these houses continued to function as residences and spaces of elite retreat, they had powerful public identities: increasingly accessible to tourists and extensively described by travel writers, they began to be celebrated as sites of great importance to national culture. This book examines how these identities emerged, repositioning the importance of country houses in 18th-century Britain and exploring what it took to turn them into tourist attractions.

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Subject: Country homes England History 18th century. / Tourism Great Britain History 18th century. / Heritage tourism Great Britain.
• ISBN: 9781501334979

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
NA7620.A53 2018	1	BOOK	ARTS