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