Saving the people's forest : open spaces, enclosure and popular protest in mid-Victorian London /
Gorman, Mark (International development coordinator),
Saving the people's forest : open spaces, enclosure and popular protest in mid-Victorian London / Mark Gorman. - x, 166 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm - Explorations in Local and Regional History ; Volume 9 . - Explorations in local and regional history ; v. 9. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-160) and index.
Introduction -- `The Arcadia of the artisan of the East-end': Epping Forest and the growth of Victorian London -- `The right of wandering through the green fields': open space and radical politics in London, 1840-68 -- `Now or never, to stop these cruel spoliations!' The struggle for metropolitan open spaces, 1850-68 -- `Save the Forest!' Parliament, the law and public campaigns, 1869-78 -- `The builders are walking up Wandsworth Hill': open spaces and localism -- `Only the genteel themselves may strike the blow': public opinion, popular action and commons preservation -- Conclusion: popular protest and the campaigns for the commons. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
9781912260416
Open spaces--England--London.
Epping Forest (England : Forest)--History.
England--Epping Forest (Forest)
History.
DA670.E7 / G676 2021
942.674
Saving the people's forest : open spaces, enclosure and popular protest in mid-Victorian London / Mark Gorman. - x, 166 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm - Explorations in Local and Regional History ; Volume 9 . - Explorations in local and regional history ; v. 9. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-160) and index.
Introduction -- `The Arcadia of the artisan of the East-end': Epping Forest and the growth of Victorian London -- `The right of wandering through the green fields': open space and radical politics in London, 1840-68 -- `Now or never, to stop these cruel spoliations!' The struggle for metropolitan open spaces, 1850-68 -- `Save the Forest!' Parliament, the law and public campaigns, 1869-78 -- `The builders are walking up Wandsworth Hill': open spaces and localism -- `Only the genteel themselves may strike the blow': public opinion, popular action and commons preservation -- Conclusion: popular protest and the campaigns for the commons. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
9781912260416
Open spaces--England--London.
Epping Forest (England : Forest)--History.
England--Epping Forest (Forest)
History.
DA670.E7 / G676 2021
942.674