Sissinghurst An Unfinished History

Author : Adam Nicolson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Family farms
ISBN : OCLC:1256505970

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Sissinghurst by Adam Nicolson Pdf

Author : Adam Nicolson
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-25
Category : Castles
ISBN : 0771051301

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Sissinghurst by Adam Nicolson Pdf

A fascinating account from award-winning author Adam Nicolson on the history of Nicolson's own national treasure, his family home: Sissinghurst. Sissinghurst is world famous as a place of calm and beauty, a garden slipped into the ruins of a rose-pink Elizabethan palace. But is it entirely what its creators intended? Has its success over the last thirty years come at a price? Is Sissinghurst everything it could be? The story of this piece of land, an estate in the Weald of Kent, is told here for the first time from the very beginning. Adam Nicolson, who now lives there, has uncovered remarkable new findings about its history as a medieval manor and great sixteenth-century house, from the days of its decline as an eighteenth-century prison to a flourishing Victorian farm and on to the creation, by his grandparents Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, of a garden in a weed-strewn wreck. Alongside his recovery of the past, Adam Nicolson wanted something else: for the land at Sissinghurst to live again, to become the landscape of orchards, cattle, fruit and sheep he remembered from his boyhood.Could that living frame of a mixed farm be brought back to what had turned into monochrome fields of chemicalised wheat and oilseed rape? Against the odds, he was going to try. Adam Nicolson has always been a passionate writer about landscape and buildings, but this is different. This is the place he wanted to make good again, reconnecting garden, farm and land. More than just a personal biography of a place, this book is the story of taking an inheritance and steering it in a new direction, just as an entrepreneur might take hold of a company, or just as all of us might want to take our dreams and make them real.

Author : Adam Nicolson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Family farms
ISBN : OCLC:1340211253

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Sissinghurst, an Unfinished History by Adam Nicolson Pdf

Author : Adam Nicolson
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780007380725

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Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History (Text only) by Adam Nicolson Pdf

A fascinating account from award-winning author, Adam Nicolson, on the history of Nicolson’s own national treasure, his family home: Sissinghurst.

Author : Donna R. Gabaccia,Mary Jo Maynes
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118508220

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Gender History Across Epistemologies by Donna R. Gabaccia,Mary Jo Maynes Pdf

Gender History Across Epistemologies offers broad rangeof innovative approaches to gender history. The essays reveal howhistorians of gender are crossing boundaries - disciplinary,methodological, and national - to explore new opportunities forviewing gender as a category of historical analysis. Essays present epistemological and theoretical debates centralin gender history over the past two decades Contributions within this volume to the work on gender historyare approached from a wide range of disciplinary locations andapproaches The volume demonstrates that recent approaches to genderhistory suggest surprising crossovers and even the discovery ofcommon grounds

Author : Jerome De Groot
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135709433

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Public and Popular History by Jerome De Groot Pdf

This interdisciplinary collection considers public and popular history within a global framework, seeking to understand considerations of local, domestic histories and the ways they interact with broader discourses. Grounded in particular local and national situations, the book addresses the issues associated with popular history in a globalised cultural world, such as: how the study of popular history might work in the future; new ways in which the terms ‘popular’ and ‘public’ might inform one another and nuance scholarship; transnational, intercultural models of ‘pastness’; cultural translatability; and the demand for high-quality work on new technologies and history. A wide range of international contributors consider a broad selection of locale and media, from American television and Canadian heritage to the representation of history in contemporary Chinese culture. They consider the way in which the study of public or popular texts invoke multiple historiographies, and demonstrate our need to think about public and popular aspects of the past in new, ‘emerging’ locales, such as China, Eastern Europe and South America. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Rethinking History.

Author : Naomi Milthorpe
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781498570213

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The Poetics and Politics of Gardening in Hard Times by Naomi Milthorpe Pdf

The Poetics and Politics of Gardening in Hard Times illuminates the ways in which the garden as a real and imagined space, and gardening as a practice or ethic, is changed under extreme conditions of economic and environmental austerity.

Author : Stephanie Barczewski
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789147605

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How the Country House Became English by Stephanie Barczewski Pdf

The story of how the country house, historically a site of violent disruption, came to symbolize English stability during the eighteenth century. Country houses are quintessentially English, not only architecturally but also in that they embody national values of continuity and insularity. The English country house, however, has more often been the site of violent disruption than continuous peace. So how is it that the country how came to represent an uncomplicated, nostalgic vision of English history? This book explores the evolution of the country house, beginning with the Reformation and Civil War, and shows how the political events of the eighteenth century, which culminated in the reaction against the French Revolution, led to country houses being recast as symbols of England’s political stability.

Author : Kathryne Beebe,Angela Davis,Kathryn Gleadle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317569565

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Space, Place and Gendered Identities by Kathryne Beebe,Angela Davis,Kathryn Gleadle Pdf

In the last two decades, historians have increasingly sought to understand how environments, ‘built’ and otherwise, architectural surroundings, landscapes, and conceptual ‘places’ and ‘spaces’ have affected the nature and scope of political power, cultural production and social experience . The essays in this collection expand upon this already rich field of inquiry by combining an analytical approach sensitive to questions of gender with an exploration of ideas of political space. The volume demonstrates how the gendered and political meanings of space—be that space domestic or public, rural or urban, real or imagined, or a combination of all these and more—are fashioned through the movement of historical actors through space and time. Whether in delineating the gendered and politicized space of the pulpit; the sickroom; the Irish farmyard; the London suffrage atelier; the domestic space created by the wireless; the lesbian ‘scene’ of rural Canada; the eighteenth-century ladies' ‘closet’; or the public space within the ‘public history’ of historic houses, the volume demonstrates how the meanings of these spaces are not fixed, but are challenged and reformulated. This book was originally published as a special issue of women’s History Review.

Author : Judith Bastide,Michael Rich
Publisher : Author House
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781481781046

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Follow These Writers...In Kent by Judith Bastide,Michael Rich Pdf

Follow these Writersin KENT Ever wished you had a knowledgeable friend who could help you find out more about the places that inspired your favourite writers? This book is that friendly guide around Kent, along main roads and off beaten tracks, along country lanes and coastal paths. Whether you are on holiday in Kent or lucky enough to live in the Garden of England, dip into this book to find out more about the colourful writers, Men of Kent and Kentish Men (not forgetting some very significant Maids of Kent and Kentish Maids) who have been inspired by this beautiful county. Enjoy your travels!

Author : Andrew Gorman-Murray,Matt Cook
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000183498

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Queering the Interior by Andrew Gorman-Murray,Matt Cook Pdf

Queering the Interior problematizes the familiar space of ‘home’. It deploys a queer lens to view domestic interiors and conventions and uncovers some of the complexities of homemaking for queer people.Each of the book’s six sections focuses on a different room or space inside the home. The journey starts with entryways, and continues through kitchens, living spaces, bedrooms, bathrooms, and finally, closets and studies. In each case up to three specialists bring their disciplinary expertise and queer perspectives to bear. The result is a fascinating collection of essays by scholars from literary studies, geography, sociology, anthropology, history and art history. The contributors use historical and sociological case studies; spatial, art and literary analyses; interviews; and experimental visual approaches to deliver fresh, detailed and grounded perspectives on the home and its queer dimensions. A highly creative approach to the analysis of domestic spaces, Queering the Interior makes an important contribution to the fields of gender studies, social and cultural history, cultural studies, design, architecture, anthropology, sociology, and cultural geography.

Author : Richard Heathcote
Publisher : Wakefield Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Gardens
ISBN : 9781743050316

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Carrick Hill by Richard Heathcote Pdf

From the late 1930's Carrick Hill was the home of one of Adelaide's most prestigious couples, Adelaide heiress Ursula [nee Barr-Smith] and successful businessman Edward Hayward. Their foothills mansion, with its glorious gardens was alive with social gatherings at which guests from all walks of life were welcomed and entertained. The house was full of antiques and paintings by notable Australian and French artists. The estate was bequeathed to the people of South Australia, and this book brings alive the glory and beauty of Australia's most intact twentieth century house museum.

Author : BIJAN DEHGAN
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781493161805

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PUBLIC GARDEN MANAGEMENT: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE by BIJAN DEHGAN Pdf

“Public Gardens Management: A Global Perspective” provides essential information about public gardens and what is involved in designing, managing, and maintaining one. Although suitable as a textbook, its audience will include anyone with direct or peripheral responsibility for administration or supervision of a complex organization that requires scientific knowledge as well as public relations and business acumen. It may also prove useful for homeowners, for there is no fundamental difference between growing plants in a public garden or a home garden, a fact reflected in the extensive reference citations. The topic is multidisciplinary and as old as the beginning of human civilization when the concept of mental and physical restoration was realized by early man while he/she was in a natural but well-ordered garden environment. Thus began the art of garden making. Many volumes have been written on every applicable subject discussed in this and similar publications. Indeed the voluminous literature on history, design, horticulture, and numerous related subjects is nothing short of overwhelming. Accordingly, anyone involved in management of public gardens, whether as a director or area supervisor, and irrespective of the type and size of such facility, would have to have familiarity with various aspects of garden organization and administration. However, despite the enormous number and diversity of such publications there are very few books that deal with the multiplicity of the topics in such a manner as to be practical in approach and cover most relevant and unified issues in a single book. These volumes provide the essential background information on plants, animals, management, maintenance, fundraising and finances, as well as history, art, design, education, and conservation. They also cover a host of interrelated subjects and responsible organization of such activities as creating a children’s garden, horticultural therapy, conservatories, zoological gardens, and parks, hence, administration of multidimensional public gardens. Nearly 500 full color plates representing illustrations from gardens in more than 30 countries are provided to assist and guide students and other interested individuals with history and the fundamental issues of public garden management. The 15 chapters begin with the need for public gardens, types of public gardens, historical backgrounds, as well as design diversity. Numerous quotations are included from many garden lovers, landscape architects, philosophers, and others. The author’s primary aim in writing this book was based on the confidence that a relevant reference, between the encyclopedic nature of some and the specific subject matter of others, could be used to provide fundamental information for management of public as well as private gardens. The boundary between botanical and zoological gardens and parks is no longer as distinct as it once was. In part it is because a garden is not a garden without plants and in part it has become apparent that for all practical intents and purposes all animals need plants for their survival. Visitors of zoological gardens expect to see more than just animals; zoos are landscaped grounds. Moreover, most communities find it financially difficult to simultaneously operate a botanical garden or an arboretum as well as a zoological garden and city parks. A number of public gardens are currently referred to as “botanical and zoological garden.” Population density and the public’s desires and expectations, as well as financial requirements, are among the reasons for some major city parks, such as Golden Gate in San Francisco, Central Park in New York City, and Lincoln Park in Chicago which integrate botanical or zoological divisions as well as museums and recreational facilities. While this book attempts to provide basic principles involved in public garden management, it does not claim to be a substitute for broader familiarity

Author : Nicola J. Watson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198847571

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The Author's Effects by Nicola J. Watson Pdf

A fascinating account of the emergence of the writer's house museum over the course of the nineteenth century in Britain, Europe, and North America. It considers the museum as a cultural form and asks why it appeared and how it has constructed authorial afterlife for readers individually and collectively.

Author : Rough Guides
Publisher : Apa Publications (UK) Limited
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781839052576

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Rough Guide to Kent, Sussex & Surrey (Travel Guide eBook) by Rough Guides Pdf

The Rough Guide to Kent, Sussex and Surrey Make the most of your time on Earth with the ultimate travel guides. World-renowned 'tell it like it is' travel guide. Discover Kent, Sussex and Surrey with this comprehensive and entertaining travel guide, packed with practical information and honest recommendations by our independent experts. Whether you plan to shop in medieval Rye, laze on the dune-backed beach of West Wittering or marvel at the soaring interior of Canterbury Cathedral, The Rough Guide to Kent, Sussex and Surrey will help you discover the best places to explore, eat, drink, shop and sleep along the way. Features of this travel guide to Kent, Sussex and Surrey: - Detailed regional coverage: provides practical information for every kind of trip, from off-the-beaten-track adventures to chilled-out breaks in popular tourist areas - Honest and independent reviews: written with Rough Guides' trademark blend of humour, honesty and expertise, our writers will help you make the most from your trip to Kent, Sussex and Surrey - Meticulous mapping: practical full-colour maps, with clearly numbered, colour-coded keys. Find your way around Hastings, Brighton and many more locations without needing to get online - Fabulous full-colour photography: features inspirational colour photography, including the sweeping green hills and country lanes of the South Downs Way and the distinctive, unmissable conical 'hats' of typical Kent oast houses of Sissinghurst. - Time-saving itineraries: carefully planned routes will help inspire and inform your on-the-road experiences - Things not to miss: Rough Guides' rundown of Canterbury, Chichester, Broadstairs, and Alfriston's best sights and top experiences - Travel tips and info: packed with essential pre-departure information including getting around, accommodation, food and drink, health, the media, festivals, sports and outdoor activities, culture and etiquette, shopping and more - Background information: comprehensive 'Contexts' chapter provides fascinating insights Kent, Sussex and Surrey, with coverage of history, religion, ethnic groups, environment, wildlife and books, plus a handy language section and glossary - Covers: Canterbury and around; North Kent; East Kent; The Kent Weald; The Sussex High Weald; East Sussex Downs; Brighton; West Sussex; Surrey You may also be interested in: The Rough Guide to Norfolk and Suffolk, The Rough Guide to The Cotswolds, The Rough Guide to Bath, Bristol and Somerset About Rough Guides: Rough Guides have been inspiring travellers for over 35 years, with over 30 million copies sold globally. Synonymous with practical travel tips, quality writing and a trustworthy 'tell it like it is' ethos, the Rough Guides list includes more than 260 travel guides to 120+ destinations, gift-books and phrasebooks.